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ANTIqUARIAN BOOKS
AND MANUSCRIPTS
Friday 14th December 2012, 1pm
Sale No. 36007
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❦ ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL MANUSCRIPTS & EPHEMERA Lots 1-76
❦ CONTINENTAL LITERATURE AND HISTORy Lots 77-133
❦ ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORy Lots 134-203
❦ MODERN FIRST EDITIONS Lots 204-230
❦ ART & ARCHITECTURE Lots 231-243
❦ CHILDREN’S BOOKS Lots 244-252
❦ TRAVEL & TOPOGRAPHy Lots 252-297
❦ NATURAL HISTORy AND SCIENCE Lots 298-418
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❦ ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL MANUSCRIPTS & EPHEMERA
Lot 1
1. Somerset, Merridge.- Ch a rt e r o f C o n f i r m at i o n b y w h iC h mat i l d
d e Ch a n d o s g r a n t s to wa lt e r ha k e b a l l, one measure of land with
appurtenances in the northern part of the town of Merrigge near
Spakeston [Merridge near Spaxton], which Richard Albus held,
witnesses: Philipe de Horly, William de Bagedripe, Matthew de
Braderne and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 7 lines, 2 small
holes, folds, creased, slightly soiled, lacks seal, 76 x 170mm., n.d.
[early thirteenth century]. £300 - £400
Lot 2
2. Yorkshire, Pollington.- gr a n t b y wi l l i a m bat e d e go l d a l e
to [?ra d u l p h u s] fo m o r i e o n e s e l i o n o f l a n d ly i n g in lu n d C r o f t
[n e a r po l l i n g t o n], witnesses: ?John de Heton, Henry de Hecke
[Heck], Thomas de Snayth [Snaith] and others, manuscript in land,
on vellum, 14 lines, lacks seal, slight staining not affecting legibility,
small piece of right hand corner cut away slightly affecting one
word, folds, creased, modern notes on verso, 110 x 180mm., n.d.
[thirteenth century]. £300 - £400
Lot 3
3. Yorkshire, Pollington.- gr a n t w i t h wa r r a n t b y al i C e
fa r ay d o n e d e go u d a l e to ed m u n d s o n o f hu g h o f go u d a l e o n e
s e l i o n o f l a n d in go u d a l e C a l l e d pe r i s C r o f t, witnesses: William
de pouet, Henry de Hecke, John de Goudale and others, manuscript
in Latin, on vellum, 13 lines, ruled in red, lacks seal, small stain,
one small hole slightly affecting text, folds, slightly browned and
creased, 105 x 190mm., [thirteenth century]. £300 - £400
Lot 4
4. Yorkshire, Pollington.- Qu i t C l a i m, Jo h n s o n o f hu g h o f
go l d a l e, g r a n t s to he n ry, s o n o f Jo h n o f he C k l a n d in t h e t o w n
o f po l i n g t o n [po l l i n g t o n], witnesses: John de Merebiri, William
Golding, Eadward de Gold and others, manuscript in Latin, on
vellum, 9 lines, lacks seal, folds, creased, contemporary endorsement
and modern ink inscription on verso, 80 x 240mm., n.d. [thirteenth
century]. £300 - £400
Lot 5
5. Savoy (Counts of) do C u m e n t s C o n C e r n i n g t h e r u l i n g fa m i ly o f
sav o y, b e i n g m a i n ly d o n at i o n s b y o r r e l at i n g to philip i, am e d e u s
iii, am e d e u s iv, am e d e u s v, ay m o n a n d ed wa r d, 9 manuscripts
in Latin, on vellum, 1 document worn with loss, all with some
browning, fading, staining and spotting, a few holes, most legible,
4 with remains of seals, v.s. (largest 320 x 330mm., smallest
80 x 150mm.), v.d., [thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries].
£300 - £400
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Lot 6
6. Kent, Downe.- gift a n d C o n f i r m at i o n w i t h wa r r a n t y b y al i C e
d a u g h t e r a n d h e i r o f ri C h a r d lu s e n g d e o f t h e pa r i s h o f “l a
d o u n e” [do w n e] to Jo h n al e y n a n d ma b e l h i s w i f e, of her cottage
with the appurtenances which contains 27 feet in length and 18 feet
in width, except for her chamber with one bay of building which she
wishes to retain for her own use which contains in length 14 feet, to
have and to hold of the chief lord of the fee by the said John Aleyn,
for which grant John and Mabel have given 7 shillings sterling in
gersuma, witnesses: Henry de Upsteye, Henry Waukelin, Thomas
de Luckestechele and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum,
18 lines, endorsed “doune” on verso in a contemporary hand,
some staining with loss of a few words on four lines, a few small
wormholes, otherwise legible, slightly creased, browned, lacks seal,
127 x 220mm., 1313/4. £300 - £350
*** Downe, formerly in Kent; later the home of Charles Darwin.
Lot 7
7. Book of Hours, 4 l e av e s f r o m t h e offiCe f o r la u d s, manuscript
in Latin, on vellum, 37 lines, double column, written in brown ink,
in a gothic bookhand, red and blue pen and ink 2-line with marginal
penwork decoration, some slight fading to some initials and text
in one or two places, two inner margins torn not affecting text,
browned, disbound, 160 x 110mm., [?France, c. 1400]. £300 - £400
Lot 8
8. Fastolf (Sir John, soldier and landowner, 1380-1459).- Arundel
(John Fitzalan, seventh earl of, soldier, 1408-35) & John Duke of
Bedford, Prince, Regent of France, younger brother of Henry V,
1389-1435) do C u m e n t issued b y ar u n d e l a n d be d f o r d m e n t i o n i n g
sir Jo h n fa s t o l f, transferring Guybon Barde and his men the guard
and control of Alençon, previously held by Sir Robert Harling,
k n i g h t in t h e s e rv iC e o f sir Jo h n fa s t o l f, manuscript in French,
in brown ink, in a neat lettre batârde and signed at tail by the
scribe ?”Bezasse” , on vellum, 23 lines, lacks seal, central fold,
some creasing and staining slightly affecting legibility of right hand
edge of document, docketed on verso and with incorrect date added
in another hand, 220 x 360mm., Alençon, Monday, 4th May 1433.
£1,200 - £1,800
*** Sir John Fastolf saw extensive service in France under the
Duke of Clarence in Aquitaine and later, under Henry V in northern
France. In 1415 he fought at the battle of Agincourt. He was made
Lieutenant of Normandy in 1422 and made a knight of the Garter in
1426. In 1429, while retreating with Lord Talbot from Beaugency,
the rearguard was overwhelmed and only the van under Fastolf were
able to escape leading to a charge of cowardice from Talbot. The
accusation stuck and for many years his reputation suffered.
“Although Shakespeare adapted Fastolf’s name for his character Sir
John Falstaff, the personality he gave him was wholly imaginary.
In the original draft of Henry V (1597) the companion of Prince
Hal was the historically correct Sir John Oldcastle who had also
figured in the Famous Victories of Henry V (1594). Apparently
to meet the objection of Oldcastle’s descendant, Lord Cobham,
Shakespeare changed the name to Falstaff, doubtless suggested
by the fact that Fastolf had owned the Boar’s Head tavern in
Southwark.” - Oxford DNB.
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Lot 9
9. Bible, Latin. fragment of St. John’s Gospel, from chs. 18 & 19,
manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 7 ff., 14 lines, written in black ink in
an elegant lettre batarde, modern vellum, c. 135 x 90 mm., France,
late fifteenth century. £300 - £400
*** An attractive fragment containing John’s account of the events
leading up to the Crucifixion.
Lot 10
10. Pentecost, s i n g l e l e a f f r o m a bo o k o f ho u r s, illuminated
manuscript on vellum, large miniature of Pentecost, the Virgin
kneeling at prayer, surrounded by seven apostles, with more just
visible in the background, the Holy Ghost above, in an architectural
setting, with three lines of text below, in a gothic liturgical hand,
with a full border of naturalistic foliage, flowers and fruits on a
yellow ground, with a bird on one side and a monkey playing a
dulcimer (?) below, framed and glazed, 155 x 110 mm., [Southern
Netherlands, ?Bruges, c.1500]. £3,000 - £4,000
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11. Kent.- Bredgar. ag r e e m e n t b e t w e e n ri C h a r d wo d e o f
br e d g a r a n d ri C h a r d he n e k e r f o r t w o a C r e s a n d 12 v i r g at e s
o f l a n d in t h e pa r i s h o f br e d g a r in t h e f i e l d C a l l e d de e n y s
fi e l d, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 12 lines, red wax seal of a
?ribbon appended with good impression, folds, 126 x 326mm., 10th
September 1507; and 21 others, including 4 more 16th century items
relating to Kent (Bettisden, Egerton and Pluckley), deeds and bonds
relating to Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Lancashire (Rochdale) etc., and
a small quantity of others, 18th and 19th century paper documents,
including wills, copies of enclosure awards, abstracts of titles, v.s.,
v.d. (qty). £300 - £400
Lot 12
12. Switzerland.- re n t i e r speCiffiCatifs d e s Ce n s e s dh e u e s e t
ap pa rt e n a n t e s d e l a Cu r e d e l’eg l i s e p e r r o C h i a l l e d e do m p e d d i e r,
manuscript in French, on paper, 45 ff., with 1 preliminary and 13
final blank ff., c. 30 lines, written in black ink in a clear secretarial
hand, with some marginalia, and the last 2 ff. in difference, slightly
later hands, some marking, the last 2 ff soiled and the margins
frayed, with very slught loss, bound in a leaf from a large manuscript
bible, France, 12th century, from Revelations ch 20 & 21, double
column, 29 lines, rubruicated, 2 initials, one with pen-and-ink
decoration, worn and soiled, holed on spine and elsewhere, inner
text partly covered, modern cloth drop-down case, c. 260 x 170 mm.,
Domdidier, c. 1580. £400 - £600
*** Census of the lands and rents due to the parish priest, ‘Pierre de
Disieu’, of ‘Dompeddier’, now Domdidier, in the canton of Fribourg,
Switzerland. It consists of a ‘Repertoire..’, listing the forty-eight
tenants of Domdidier and the associated hamlet ‘Eyssy’, followed
by extensive details of their lands, families, marriages, leases, rents
&c, providing a full account of the intricate economic workings of
a recently post-feudal village. Many of the names of the villagers
are still found in the area today. The binding is a sadly mutilated
fragment of what must have been a most handsome bible.
13. Miscellaneous documents.- Co l l e C t i o n, including, deeds,
wills and letters, some property in Harlington, Bedfordshire (some
Astrey family), Kent and Wales, manuscripts, most on vellum, some
on paper, v.s., v.d. (2 16th century, 16 17th century & c. 20 18th &
19th centuries), sixteenth - nineteenth centuries (c. 38).£300 - £350
14. Channel Islands.- do C u m e n t s r e l at i n g to e s tat e r e pa i r s e t C.
in gu e r n s e y & e l s e w h e r e, including: accounts of repairs to the
rectory, 1683, rents, inventories, and various families including:
Le Mesurier, De Sausmares, Bonamy, Blondell etc., manuscript
in French, numerous pp., folds, browned, some staining, v.s., v.d.
1641-1700 (c. 40 pieces). £300 - £350
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Lot 15
15. [?Bickford (Arscott, of Dunsland House, Bradford, near
Holsworthy, Devon, c. 1635-93)].- a p r e fa C e to C ata C h i s m e,
manuscript, c. 585pp. excluding blanks, 5 sections, elaborate pen
and ink chapter headings and other decorations of flowers and leafy
sprays, text in red and black, ruled in red, inscribed “William Codd
1683” in the decoration, signed by William Bickford at beginning
with address of Dunsland and signed at end and dated 1717, slightly
browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, dated in the manuscript
1683. £800 - £1,200
*** Probably compiled for the education of Arscott Bickford’s son,
William who has signed and dated it. Dunsland House and estate
was acquired by the National Trust in 1954 and was burnt down
during the 1960s.
Lot 16
16. Devon.- [Warburton (Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Williams
of Penrhyn, wife of Thomas Warburton of Winnington, Cheshire,
sister of Gwen who married Sir Walter Yonge of Escot, Devon, fl.
1690s)] [aC C o u n t o f a visit to de v o n, s e r m o n s & C o o k e ry r e C i p e s],
pa rt a u t o g r a p h m a n u s C r i p t s i g n e d, 167pp. excluding blanks (visit
to Devon 8pp.) in a variety of hands, reverse entries, some staining,
browned throughout, original panelled calf, rubbed, sm. 4to, c.
1691-93 & later. £800 - £1,200
*** An account of Anne Warburton’s visit to several houses in Devon
in the company of her sister, Gwen, wife of Sir Walter Yonge.
Visits, including, a ship from New England: “I was att Topsham
about 9 mile from Estcott a great seaport town ye 3d in England, we
went aboard a ship there called ye America built in New England
Captain Parsons Master she carried 22 guns.”
“I was att the Grange, Mr Drues a great Jacobite... they had 2
daughters, one married to Mr Keston, who has 5000l pr An she is
dear... ye other is Lady to Sir Arthur Chichester & has 6 children,
3 wych I saw all girls nott well fashiond, we were entertaind, wth
sack & a great peice of ordinary plumb cake... she is handsome butt
speaks clownishly... my sister, was invited to Mrs Clap’s to eat milk
& cream in ye Afternoon/ they call cream un sealded Raw head in
Devonshire... .”
Sir Walter Yonge (bap. 1653, d. 1731), politician and friend of
John Locke.
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17. Evelyn (John, diarist, founding member of the Royal Society, antiquarian, numismatist and garden historian, 1620-
1706) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d “Jev e ly n” to ra l p h th o r e s b y, w r i t t e n f r o m h i s s o n’s h o u s e in do v e r st r e e t, 1p., folio,
address panel on verso with red wax seal, Dover Street, 27th June 1702, concerning two coins which Thoresby had asked
him about, and with Thoresby’s autograph notes identifying the pieces as, “Lord Fairfax enameled upon Gold” and “a crown
and 12d obsidional peices”, reporting that he and his wife had examined them and they have proved to be what Thoresby had
mentioned, and sending “The Curiosity which you mention” as a gift from his wife as “a piece of art worthy [of] yr Collection”;
he also informs Thoresby that, having failed to arrange the delivery with Mr Kird [Thoresby’s friend, the vituoso], he has left
them with Mr Hunt, “operator of the [Royal] Society at Gresh[am] Colledge”, “to be delivered to whomsoever comes in your
name for them”, folds, browned. £3,000 - £4,000
*** The gift was probably made as a consequence of Thoresby’s visit to the Evelyns the previous year, which he recorded
in his own diary, “The famous Mr Evelyn, who has published a great number of very rare books, was above measure civil
and courteous, in showing me many drawings and paintings of his own and his lady’s doing; one especially of enamel was
surprisingly fine, and this ingenious lady told me the manner how she wrought it, but I was uneasy at his too great civility in
leaving an untold heap of gold medals before me &c.”
Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725), antiquary and topographer, author of Ducatus Leodiensis, or, The Topography of Leeds, 1715,
whose father, having served under Fairfax during the Civil War, was able after the general’s death, to purchase Fairfax’s coin
collection and library for £185, which he used to create a private museum, the Musaeum Thoresbyanum.
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18. St. Paul’s School.- Wroughton (Charles, rector of Codford St
Peter, Wiltshire, b. 1654/5, fl. 1654-1729) au to g r a p h letter s i g n e d
to Jo h n postlethwayt, h e a d m a s t e r o f st pa u l’s sC h o o l, 2Ωpp., folio,
Codford St Peter, 28th April 1704, about a pamphlet he is getting printed
for him, “The alterations you have made an don with so good judgmt,
yt I not only readily but thankfully submit to them”, and agreeing to
strike some other material out lest it should be construed as an attack
on the memory of the late William III, “deliverer of these nations under
god from Popery& Slavery”, and sending some corrections and asking
him to send 2 copies, 1 to Dr. Windebank, “at his house in Buckingham
Street in Yorke buildings” and another to, “C.W. de Codford: The
Bookseller”, tears where opened, folds, slightly browned; and a small
quantity of other material, including a pamphlet by W. Wyatt, A Sermon
Preached to those, who had been Scholars of St. Paul’s School, [Wing
W3735], 1679, 2 other printed pamphlets of sermons and document
relating to John Leigh, `1595 and a letter from the Rev. C. Philpot
and a watercolour of Canterbury Cathedral etc., v.s., v.d. (11 pieces).
£300 - £350
*** ESTC traces Wroughton as the author of two works: “Bodleius”,
Oxford, 1677 & “The Government, and True Sons of the Church of
England”, 1705.
19. Nottinghamshire, Upton.- pr e r o g at i v e Co u rt o f yo r k. Jo h n
po rt e r s u r r e n d e r s a l l h i s l a n d in up t o n for a mortgage of £40 to
Roberta Walker, Jos: Clay and George Cooper fulfilling the last will
of Susanna Alvey, manuscript in Latin and English, on vellum, 4
sheets, some tears affecting text, folds, browned, v.s., largest 730 x
640mm., smallest 185 x 295mm., 1710; and c. 48 others, indentures
and deeds relating to Durham, Surrey, Cambridgeshire, Devon
(Bovey Tracy) etc., 18th & 19th centuries (c. 48). £300 - £400
20. Yorkshire.- [Co m p i l at i o n o f l a s t w i l l s a n d t e s ta m e n t s o f
p e o p l e in va r i o u s t o w n s in yo r k s h i r e 1546-1735], manuscript,
104pp., including a few pp. of indexes, a few ff. torn away, slightly
browned, original vellum, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, 1735; and
a quantity of others, including several manuscript sermons, an
indenture relating to the sale of land at Ilveston, Leicestershire,
to Robert Hesilrige of Noseley, a relation of Sir Arthur Hesilrige
(1601-61), army commander in the parliamentary army, 1663, v.s.,
v.d. (c. 20 pieces). £300 - £350
*** Towns including: Overton, Farlington, Bradford, Leeds, Sawley,
Skipsey, Silkstone, Holderness, York etc.
21. [Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting].- Thompson
(Gilbert) th e ep i s t l e f r o m t h e ye a r ly -me e t i n g, he l d in lo n d o n,
drophead title, 4pp., soiled in places, browned, 1748 § Burn
(Richard) Proposals for Printing by Subscription, a Book to be
intitled, Ecclesiastical Law, drophead title, 3pp., title stained, folds,
browned, a few ink words on first page, edges a little chipped, [ESTC
locates the St. Brides Printing Library copy only], 1762; and a small
collection of other printed material, including the Newark Wesleyan
Methodist Circuit Plan, 1879-80, Report on the Fortification of
Milford Haven, 1758; Marine Chronometers, 1853, 4 newspapers,
including The Tyne Mercury, 1806, The Daily Mirror Titanic issue,
1912 etc., v.s., v.d. (sm. qty). £300 - £400
22. Papal Bull.- Benedict XIV (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini,
Pope 1740-58, 1670-1758) pa pa l b u l l r e l at i n g to Joseph si m o n e t t i,
manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 27 lines, decorated initials, signed
twice at tail, lead bulla attached (slightly discoloured), 275 x
435mm., February 1755. £300 - £350
Lot 23
23. Ephemera.- th e de r b y, lo u g h b o r o u g h, mo u n t s o r r e l, a n d
le i C e s t e r wa g g o n s. That lay at the Bull-and-Mouth Inn, near
Aldersgate, and at the White-Horse Inn, in Friday-street, are now
Remov’d to the Bell-Inn, in Woodstreet, London... Perform’d (if
God permit) by Nathan Latham, Joseph Turner, and Thomas Whaley,
printed handbill, slightly browned, [not in ESTC], 230 x 180mm., [c.
1780] § bat t e r s e a & wa n d s w o rt h, su r r e y; Particulars... Freehold
Property, in the Parishes of Battersea and Wandsworth, large folding
hand-coloured map of plots in Battersea, original boards, printed
paper label on upper cover, 1836; and a small quantity of others,
including: a handbill, “Grand Oratorio! in the Weslyan Chapel,
Castle Donington, 1840”, a small quantity of material relating to
auctions at Castle Donington, Leicestershire, poster and small
quantity of material “To the Electors of the Northern Division of...
Leicester... 1859” etc., some with manuscript notes, v.s., v.d. (sm.
qty). £300 - £400
24. de la Platière (Jean-Marie, Vicomte, French revolutionary
statesman, husband of Madame Roland, 1734-93) eC o n o m i C
r e p o rt C o m pa r i n g fra n C e u n fav o u r a b ly to eng l a n d s i g n e d b y d e
l a plat i è r e, manuscript in French (?autograph), 4pp., removed
from an album, folds, slightly browned, sm. 4to, Amiens, 1778.
£400 - £600
*** Headed “Memoire”, this report is a scathing attack on
France’s economic situation in comparison with England. (‘The
Civil Service... has seen England triumph everywhere; beating us
everywhere, and in fact excluding us from all areas where industry
has managed to attract attention and mould tastes’).
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25. Shropshire & elsewhere.- Smith (Joseph, town clerk of
Bridport) ex a m p l e s o f va r i o u s l e g a l a g r e e m e n t s e t C., manuscript,
178pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red throughout, ink signature of
Joseph Smith on fly-leaf, 4pp. loose, browned, bookplate of Hubert
Stanier-Smith on front pastedown, original roan, worn, lacks tail of
spine, folio, 1795. £300 - £350
*** Provenance: Manuscript account of Joseph Smith by Hubert
Stanier-Smith (1823-1911), British folklorist loosely inserted in
volume.
26. Manuscript, Persian, ni z a m i. lay l a w a m a J n u n, 2 columns,
nastaliq script, headpiece in gold and colours, 3 full page miniatures,
some repairs, contemporary limp leather, sometime rebacked,
[Kashmir, late 19th Cent.]; and an ottoman arabic ms. of poetry,
probably Maqamat aÆhaiki, imperfect, loose in binding, AH 1211,
[1796], 8vo and folio (2) £150 - £200
27. Music.- [Volumes of manuscript music taken from the Psalms],
2 vol., manuscript music scores, numerous pp., some ff. cut, slightly
browned, first partially stained, contemporary calf, rubbed, remains
of brass clasp, lacks tail of spine, second original half morocco,
gilt, slightly rubbed, first 120 x 300mm., second 135 x 240mm.,
[c. 1800 & later]; and 12 others, including a printed vol. of music
by F. Herold and 10 scrapbooks with poetry etc., v.s., v.d. (14).
£300 - £400
Lot 28
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28. Jersey.- Don (Sir George, army officer, Lieutenant-Governor
of Jersey, 1756-1832).- pr o C l a m at i o n o f d e f e n C e o f Je r s e y, printed
poster, folds, browned, slight stain at tail, framed and glazed, 290 x
180mm., St. Helier, 27th September 1811. £300 - £400
*** “Proclamation. It having been intimated that the Strangers who
are in the Island, and the Seamen whose ships or vessels are in the
Harbours, are desirous to come forward at the present moment and
enrol themselves as a Volunteer Corps for the purpose of acting
against the common Enemy should he invade this Island... .” -
George Don.
29. Grimsby Election.- Tennyson (Charles, later Tennyson-
D’Eyncourt, politician, uncle of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1784-
1861) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to Jo s h u a pl a s k i t t at t h e do C k
offiCe, gr i m s b y, 4pp., 4to, address panel franked by Tennyson’s
brother-in-law Matthew Russell MP for Bletchley, Hardwick House,
Rushyford, Derbyshire, 8th December 1817; and 2 others, autograph
manuscript text, “To the Electors of the Borough of Great Grimsby”,
asking that it be printed as a handbill, 2pp., and the printed handbill,
1817, 4to & folio (4 pieces). £400 - £600
Lot 30
30. Children’s.- Inglis (Jane Anne, later married Rev. Thomas
Garnham Luard, vicar of Stanstead-Mountfitchet, 1821-86,
daughter of Jane Anne Inglis, née Mason whose portrait was
painted by Constable, d. 1871) a bo o k o f ta l e s, comprising: The
Little Hospital, or Humanity to Animals [&] The Magpie Theif,
a u t o g r a p h m a n u s C r i p t, together title and 59pp. excluding blanks, in
pencil, 4 drawings, all stories incomplete, original half red morocco,
slightly rubbed, gilt spine, 82 x 52mm., 28th February 1822.
£400 - £600
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Lot 31
31. Bentham (Jeremy, philosopher, jurist and reformer, 1748-
1832) au t o g r a p h d r a f t o f a l e t t e r in t h e t h i r d person to t h e
Cat h o l i C as s o C i at i o n, 1p., folio, with an autograph note at the
head by his executor and editor John Bowring with date and note:
“JB. to the Catholic Association. Not sent”, 9th December 1822,
sending “Five pound from Jeremy Bentham” and expressing the
hope that “his oppressed brethren of the Catholic persuasion will
neither retaliate persecution by persecution, nor attempt redress by
insurrection, but unite with the liberal among Protestants for the
attainment of security for all, against depredation and oppression in
every shape, by the only practicable means - Parliamentary Reform,
in the radical and soley efficient vmode”, and with a long section,
amounting to more than half the text, crossed through, removed
from an album, ruled in red, folds, browned. £1,500 - £2,000
*** The note by Bowring notwithstanding, the letter was evidently
sent though without any of the text crossed through in the present
manuscript. Bowring noted at the end of this transcription of the
letter that he had persuaded Bentham to suppress the text deleted.
However, he did retain a copy of it and it is printed in full in The
Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, 2006, vol. 12, p. 73, the source
being the Bowring edition, 1843, vii. x. p. 544.
The Catholic Association, formed by Daniel O’Connell, collected
money known as Catholic Rents to defray the costs of publishing
and petitioning for the removal of the political disabilities imposed
on Roman Catholics. Bentham’s contribution of £5 was noted in the
issue of the Examiner for 26 December 1824.
31a. Letters.- Grant (Charles, director of the East India Company
and philanthropist, 1746-1823) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to h i s
s o n Ch a r l e s, 3pp. & address panel, sm. 4to, India House, 17th
October 1823, on his son’s marriage, “So you have made a quiet
expedition with the Highlander’s in order to chuse for yourself a
wife! I hope you have chosen well, and very sincerely wish you
& my young kinswoman all the happiness to be looked for in a
chequer’d world”, and enquiring about a suitable ship to take him
to India, “Capt. Campbell of the Duke of York is rewcommended to
me in preference, and I have some little claim on his attention”, torn
where opened and with small tears to edges, folds, browned; and
a large quantity of other letters, including from Sir Alfred Keogh
(1857-1936), army medical officer, and 1 from Sarah Churchill
(daughter of Sir Winston Churchill), and a very large quantity of
others, v.s., v.d., 20th century (lge qty). £300 - £400
32. Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, army officer, 1769-
1852) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to de a n o f Ch r i s t Ch u r C h
Co l l e g e, ox f o r d, 1p., 4to, Stratfield Saye, 19th January 1825,
requesting permission for his sons, Lord Douro and Lord Wellesley
to have weekend leave from the College, tipped-in on album guard,
folds, browned; and 3 others, letters of Palmerston, Peel and an A.N.
of John Piper’s, sm. 4to & 8vo (4). £300 - £350
Lot 33
33. Bentham (Jeremy, philosopher, jurist and reformer, 1748-
1832) [sy n o p s i s o f Ch a p t e r seven o f h i s w o r k “states o f mi n d w i t h
r e s p e C t to d e l i n Q u e n C y” o f h i s proJeCted b u t u n f i n i s h e d w o r k “pe n a l
Co d e”], a u t o g r a p h m a n u s C r i p t, 1p., headed: “watermarked 1824,
ruled in red, slightly browned, housed in a custom made moroccobacked
cloth slip-case, folio, 11th July 1826. £2,000 - £2,500
*** be n t h a m’s p e n a l C o d e.
Contains the essence of Bentham’s projected chapter on “States of
Mind” intended for the Penal Code section of the Pannomium, the
keystone of Bentham’s project for comprehensive code-making
(he invented the term “codification”) which he believed should be
enacted as the law, representing the will of the sovereign power, and
that it should be consistently aimed at promoting the public interest
or happiness. Indispensable to this was that every provision should be
accompanied by a short rationale in which its purpose and justification
were explicitly stated and thereby made intelligible to all.
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34. Disraeli (Benjamin, first Earl of Beaconsfield, statesman and
novelist, 1804-81) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d w i t h a p s e u d o n y m
(a n d C r o s s e d o u t) to ro b e rt pl u m e r wa r d, 4pp., sm. 4to, 11th
April 1827, praising in the highest terms Ward’s second novel, De
Vere or the Man of Independence, 1827, “it is a work as improving
as delightful - one which must always be remembered with profit,
as it must ever be recurred to with pleasure. The vein of unaffected
philosophy, practical wisdom, & characters... however skilfully
delineated, must, from our previous acquaintance with them, cease
to engage our attentions, & excite our sympathies...”, Disraeli singles
out for comment the interview with Sir William Flowerdale as being
especially interesting to him, “as a young political aspirant”, folds,
browned; and another an AL.s.signed “D” complaing of influenza,
1833, v.s., v.d. (2). £1,200 - £1,600
*** Disraeli plays critic to his first literary mentor.
The present letter, written only eleven days before the publication
of his own first novel, Vivian Grey, is based on Ward’s first novel,
Tremaine, or the Man of Refinement, 1825.
35. Leemans (Conrad, orientalist and museum director, 1809-93)
6 au t o g r a p h le t t e r s s i g n e d to Jo h n le e o f ha rt w e l l, 18pp. with
address panels, sm. 4to & 8vo, 1 in French, the rest English, Leiden,
29th December 1835 - 20th May 1866, on a variety of antiquarian
topics, including, conveying thanks for a copy of Henry Tattam’s
Lexicon Aegyptiaco-Latinum, 1835, working on the Reuvens
library and Leiden Museum responsibilities, sending a manuscript
to Leiden for Dr Weyers to compare with one at the museum etc.,
letters stamped “B.R.A.”, British Records Association and sold by
Sotheby’s in the 1930s, folds, browned. £200 - £220
*** John Lee, of Hartwell (1783-1866), antiquary, collector of
oriental manuscripts and astronomer.
36. Monroe (Vere, oriental traveller, curate of Upper Beeding,
Sussex, 1801/2-41) 2 au t o g r a p h le t t e r s s i g n e d to re v. Jo h n
ri C h a r d er r i n g t o n at tu l s e hi l l, br i x t o n, 7pp. with address
panels, sm. 4to, postmarked 1836 & 2nd January 1837, giving an
invitation to join him in Upper Beeding, and his travels, “I am just
now employed in working up my Tartar journey from Constantinople
to Belgrade, & very much want some local information about the
places through which our route lay. These are chiefly Adrianople
[Turkey] - Sophia [Bulgaria] - Nyssa Philloppopoli [Nis, Serbia]”,
folds, stained and browned; and 2 others, another letter to to the
Rev. Errington, and a copy of Henry Rogers, Essay..., 1857, with
varied manuscript notes and inserted letters, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).
£300 - £350
37. Castle Hill Estate, Bakewell, Derbyshire.- [Underwood
(Captain William) & Robert Nesfield, Estate Managers of
the Castle Hill estate, owned by John Manners, fifth Duke of
Rutland, 1778-1857)] diaries o f m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e e s tat e, 5
vol., manuscript, numerous pp., slightly browned, original calf or
morocco, rubbed, brass locks forced, 1851-83; and 9 other diaries
(3 locked and probably relating to the Castle Hill Estate), 8vo (14).
£300 - £400
*** The Castle Hill Estate of Bakewell was bought by the Duke of
Rutland in 1846 and disposed of in 1920.
Lot 38
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38. Lear (Edward, landscape painter and writer, 1812-88)
au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to “de a r ma d a m” [a l m o s t C e rta i n ly
la d y wat e r f o r d], 4pp., 8vo, 65 Oxford Terrace, Hyde Park, 17th
July 1853, informing her, in view of her wish to see Holman Hunt’s
paintings, that he had called on Hunt the day before and found that
he had completed his painting [‘The Light of the World’], “his
painting from the text ‘I stand at the door and knock’ and another
painting, ‘The Hireling Shepherd’ was also there”, and asking if she
would like to bring her sister, Lady Canning and further asking if
they would like him to go with them, tape marks on first page, folds,
slightly browned. £600 - £800
*** Holman Hunt’s ‘Light of the World’ and ‘The Hireling Shepherd’
are in Manchester Art Gallery.
Lear and Holman Hunt first met in 1852 and became close friends
after spending months together in Sussex and travelling up the Nile
together.
39. Cobden (Richard, statesman and reformer, founder of the
Anti-Corn Law League, pamphleteer, 1804-65) lo n g au t o g r a p h
le t t e r s i g n e d to sir will i a m mole s w o rt h mp (1810-55), o f
pe n C a r r o w, Co r n wa l l, 10pp., 8vo, laid down on card with an
engraving of Cobden’s house in Midhurst on verso, Midhurst,
10th February 1855, mainly about the ballot, introducing himself
as the “Manchester Manufacturer”, expressing disquiet at the
1837 elections and proposing a society be set up for the further
demonstration of how the ballot should function etc., folds.
£400 - £600
40. Dawes (William Rutter, astronomer, 1799-1868) lo n g
au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to Jo h n he pa rt h, mathematical physicist
and journalist, 6pp., 4to, Hopefield Lodge, Haddenham, Thame, 12th
May 1860, an exposition of scientific methodology, Dawes considers
the phenomenon of apparent projections and then he defends his
own observations against the idea that they afford only negative
evidence and discussing occultations, the Royal Observatory’s
evidence of occultations etc., folds, slightly browned. £300 - £400
*** Dawes contributed papers to the Royal Astronomical Society on
occultations, triple and double stars, planets, comets, the solar eclipse
of 1836, photometry and instruments. He discovered the rotation
of sunspots and invented the wedge photometer. In 1865 Dawes
established the non-atmospheric character of the redness of Mars.
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41. Photographs.- Co l l e C t i o n o f p h o t o g r a p h s, including: George
Henry Strutt (cotton manufacturer and philanthropist, 1826-95) &
his son, George Herbert Strutt (cotton mill owner and philanthropist,
1854-1928) and family, of Belper, Derbyshire; the Bridson family
(Greta Bridson), Lily Severn (relation of John Ruskin), Beyers
Wood House, Windermere, North West Frontier, New Zealand
(North Island), Scotland (Culloden Ballater etc.), the Isle of Wight
(the Needles etc.), England (Bodmin Moor, Chichester, Glastonbury
etc), Wales (Conwy Castle and Bridge), the Normandy invasion,
family portraits etc. numerous photographs, some in albums, many
loose, v.s., v.d., 1861-1944 (lge qty). £300 - £400
Lot 43
Lot 42
42. Swinburne (Algernon Charles, poet and literary critic, 1837-
1909) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to to h i s s i s t e r al i C e, “my d e a r e s t
al ly ”, 4pp., 8vo, Tintagel, 26th October [1864], where he has just
finished writing Atlanta, containing a lyrical description of his
surroundings, “... the two or three days that I have got out this week
I have come upon the most delicious clefts & coves... between the
capes & headlands the small narrowing bays heaved without room
for a wave to break, our broad back of green with wide shifting
spaces esplashed of level foam thrown all about it & clear sunlight
overhead & violent wind running up chines & gullies of rock, &
the grass waving & blowing over the edge of the cliff... you stand
out on a headland with deep sea in front & to right & to left &
nothing before you but as it were the hidden end of a green field”,
explaining that he is “still quite disabled & closely confined & very
worse still more dull”, having sustained an injury to his foot, but had
the winter not set in he would stay and enjoy the sea air rather than
return to London, “as I am doubtless a wrecked pig in appearance &
reality”, and regretting having imposed upon and delayed his host
and companion, the painter J.W. Inchbold, folds, browned.
£1,000 - £1,200
*** “... in August [1864], Swinburne joined his friend John William
Inchbold, the Leeds-born painter, in Tintagel, north Cornwall,
until November. While in Cornwall Swinburne finished Atlanta in
Calydon and wrote an elegy for Landor when news reached him of
Landor’s death that September.” - Oxford DNB.
Only one letter from Swinburne’s stay in Tintagel in 1864 is printed by
Cecil Y. Lang, The Swinburne Letters, vol. I, 1959 (to Mary Gordon).
43. Palmer (Samuel, landscape painter and writer, 1805-81)
au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to le o n a r d ro w e va l p y, 4pp., 8vo,
Furze Hill House, Red Hill, 11th December 1866, expressing great
pleasure that Valpy has perceived what he is striving for in a picture,
“it always makes a painter purr to find that a critic whose judgment
he esteems has detected in his picture the latent motive, and if you
felt that those weather beaten stones looked ‘legendary’ then I
feel rewarded for much study spent in aiming at it”, responding to
Valpy’s enquiry about a drawing of his of Tintagel, “I fancied when
it went away that it was one of my best drawings but they say people
are no judge of their own drawings”, discussing Milton’s supposed
preference for Paradise Regained to Paradise Lost, mentioning the
death of Toynbee and giving news of his wife’s health, remains of
former hinge attached, folds. £800 - £1,200
*** Leonard Valpy (1825-84), Ruskin’s solicitor and art collector.
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44. Photographs.- al b u m o f v i e w s o f in d i a, including: Tomb at
Jatta, Muggur Peer 1868 [sacred crocodiles at Manghopir], Tombs
on the Mucklee Hills, Indo-European Telegraph Buildings Kurrachee
[Karachi], Tiger’s Cave Elephants, Calicut, “The Castle” Malabar
Hill Bombay, S.P. & D. Railway Workshops Kurrachee, St Thomas’
Cathedral Bombay, 26 albumen prints, yellowed and slightly faded,
laid down, original cloth album, worn, covers detached, each 195
x 230mm., 4to album, 1868; and c. 12 other photograph albums,
including photographs of India, Italy (Venice, Florence and Sienna),
Britain (Cambridge etc.), family portraits etc. & many loose, v.s.,
v.d. (qty). £300 - £400
Lot 45
45. Dolomites.- [wa l k i n g t o u r o f t h e dolom i t e s], 12pp.,
manuscript, charming pen and ink illustrations throughout, slightly
browned, a few edges with slight soiling, loose, 262 x 370mm.,
1868. £300 - £350
Lot 44
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46. Poynter (Sir Edward, painter and medallist, first Slade
Professor, 1836-1919) lo n g au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to he n ry
Cr a i k, de a n a n d se C r e ta ry o f Qu e e n’s Co l l e g e f o r la d i e s, 15pp.,
sm. 4to, 28 Albert Gate, SW, 26th June 1879, written in his capacity
as Director of Art and Principal of the National Art Training
Schools, South Kensington Museums [the V&A] commenting on
the quality of teaching under Miss Lassman and others, “I do not
think I exaggerate when I say that I have never in my experience
seen beginners more excellently taught or producing better results”,
and comparing it unfavorably with Miss Dicksee’s class, “the pupils
are evidently set to too soon, & carry on a loose & scratchy method
of execution with the pencil”, folds, slightly browned. £400 - £600
*** Queen’s College, London, founded in 1848 by Frederick
Denison Maurice, professor of English Literature and History at
King’s College London and Christian Socialist thinker.
47. Ephemera etc.- la r g e C o l l e C t i o n o f m a n u s C r i p t s a n d
e p h e m e r a, including; material relating to the Great Western Railway,
St. Bees, Cumbria, the Remington family of Manchester, an album
of Christmas Cards, c. 1890s; scrap album, 20th century; letters,
pamphlets, drawings, engravings, manuscript scraps, v.s., v.d.,
nineteenth - twentieth centuries (lge. qty). £300 - £400
48. Gordon (Charles George, army officer, killed defending
Khartoum, 1833-85) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to “my de a r
ro b s o n” J. ro b s o n, may b a n k ro a d, lo n d o n, 2pp., 8vo, Mauritius,
17th October 1881, commanding the Royal Engineers in Mauritius,
asking him to pass on his congratulations to his brother on his recent
marriage, saying how sorry he was to hear he was leaving Airds
(civil engineering firm), “I hope you will succeed in your own
business. I have no idea, who I could introduce you to in W[ar]
O[ffice]. I do not know even the surgeon. I think you must know Mr.
Hurst. I do not know though, whether he has retired”, folds, foxed.
£300 - £350
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49. Gladstone (W.E., prime minister and author, 1809-98).-
le t t e r s & C u t s i g n at u r e s to w.e. o r mr s. gl a d s t o n e, including:
wi l l i a m mo r r i s, G.F. Watts, Edward Burne-Jones, Frederick
Leighton, J.E. Millais and other artists (some concerning portraits
of Gladstone); James Russell Lowell, William T. Stead, Sir Henry
Irving, Joseph Joachim, Louis Blanc, Andrew Lang, Michael Davitt,
Auberon Herbert (2), Walter Besant; and signatures of Ch a r l e s
da r w i n (autograph envelope for his letter to Gladstone, now BL
Add. 4471:5), Tennyson & Browning (envelope fronts), Gladstone,
Palmerston, Lord John Russell, Robert Peel, Queen Victoria (“The
Queen”), and others, most tipped-in or laid down, a few loose, ink
signature of Mary G. Burnett on front free endpaper, original green
morocco album, gilt, rubbed, spine working loose, g.e., oblong 4to,
1870s - 80s (c. 100 pieces). £500 - £700
*** Provenance: Mary G. Burnett, author of Mrs. Gladstone and
her Good Works, McClure’s Magazine, 1893.
50. [Coats of arms], 196pp. of outline engraved coats of arms
with pen and ink decoration (some other pp. with unused outlines),
9pp. manuscript index, in two hands, slightly browned, front free
endpaper and fly-leaf loose, original half calf, rubbed, corners
worn, upper cover detached, lacks spine, folio, watermarked 1894.
£300 - £350
fi r s t wo r l d wa r
51. Hawksley (John Plunkett Verney, DSO, Royal Field Artillery,
served in the South African and Sudan Campaigns, of Caldy Island,
Pembokeshire, buried at Becourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-
Becourt, 1880-1916) Co l l e C t i o n o f pa p e r s, relating to his time in
the South African War (1899-1902) and World War I (1914-16),
including: letters, diary of the retreat from Mons, printed maps of
the relative positions of the Austrians and Prussians and manuscript
maps of France and further afield, showing relative positions in the
Near East, Afghanistan, China and Japan, manuscripts and letters,
v.s., v.d., 1899-1902 & 1914-16 (qty). £600 - £800
*** Retreat from Mons. 26 August 1914. “Soon after daylight we
heard heavy gun fire to NE. The Germans were shelling our (4th
div) infantry who were billeted in CAUDRY. The sound reminded
me so much of Ladysmith. It was evident to my trained ears that
the enemys artillery was not being replied to & I was surprised at
the length of time it took before the order to “hook in & be ready to
move” was given out.”- JPV Hawksey.
52. Pennifold (G.A., Painter II, HMS Queen Elizabeth, RNVR,
of 325 Queens Park Road, Brighton, Sussex) [diaries], 2 vol.,
a u t o g r a p h m a n u s C r i p t, 440pp., in blue and red ink, some pen and
ink illustrations, some loose or working loose, browned, original
cloth (not uniform), worn, housed in a modern cloth box, 8vo & sm.
4to, 1914-17. £300 - £350
*** “Aug 19th Sat [1916] At Sea Action Station all day during
the forenoon W/T message to say ‘Nottingham’ was sunk 1.30pm
hammocks were taken up on Bridge for Officers protection on the
Compass Platform at 3.35 W/T message to say ‘Falmouth’ had been
torpedoed, by the time we were of [sic] the coast of Holland we
passed a lot of Dutch Trawlers about, 6.15pm a German Submarine
was spotted on Starboard 45ºº we then slewed around and went full
speed ahead the Destroyer Munster passed over the Sub: and we
followed her when we had passed great pools of oil came to the
surface so we must have hit and sunk her.”
Lot 53
53. Prowse (Charles Bertie, Major, later Brigadier-General,
DSO, Commander 11th Infantry Brigade, killed on the first day
of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916, 1869-1916) [di a ry o f
t h e 1st bat ta l i o n so m e r s e t li g h t in fa n t ry], 184pp., duplicated
in carbon, slightly browned, half crushed and polished morocco,
corners bumped, edges a little rubbed, by Bumpus of Oxford, 175 x
125mm., 4th August - 16th December 1914. £600 - £800
*** Ypres. “During the afternoon Capt Jones-Mortimer and Capt.
Smith were wounded by a high explosive shell... . B Coy dug fresh
trenches during the night at the Eastern end of the line near St Yves -
During the night Germans got into a trench about 600 yds north... and
2 sections of B Coy were lent to OC Hants Regt to recapture it - The
counter attack failed with heavy casualties - At daylight this trench
was found to have been evacuated by the Germans and the line was
restored. Ch Prowse Major Cmd 1st Somerset LI Nov. 3 1914.”
Battalion diary compiled by Prowse documenting the first five
months of the war on the Western Front. The battalion fought at
the battle of the Marne and were involved in the First Battle of
Ypres and the beginning of the utter stalemate that led to the trench
systems across the Western Front. Prowse point cemetery is the only
cemetery in Ypres Salient named after an individual. The cemetery
is the site of the stand by the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment
and the 1st Battalion the Somerset Light Infantry in October 1914,
which featured the heroism of Major Charles Prowse.
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54. le t t e r s to an n i e fr a n C e s el g o o d o f wh i t f i e l d lo d g e, ea s t
du l w iC h gr o v e, many relating James Roger Smith, a Canadian
in the Black Watch, ?killed on the Western Front & S.B. Smith,
served in Egypt, numerous pp., postcards & envelopes (also a copy
“Memorial to the Fallen”, St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1914 & 2 copies
of “Roll of Honour”, St. Barnabas Dulwich, 1914), folds, housed
in a custom made fold over box, v.s., v.d., 1915-19 (c. 220 pieces).
£400 - £600
*** James Roger Smith’s death. “... upon all accounts my son
obtained from officers & men of the Regiment [The Black Watch];
there seemed no doubt that the poor fellow was killed when carrying
our boy out of action, the machine gun man who went to the rescue
when Smith fell, had difficulty in disengaging our boy from Smith
who he stated was dead. My son firmly believes that that was the
case, & that there is no truth in him having died in hospital. Now,
there is not one man of the platoon left who was out that day.”
Many relating to James Roger Smith, a Canadian who came back
from working in Honolulu at the beginning of the war to join up
and was shot while attempting to rescue his lieutenant. An extensive
correspondence of to Elgood from Smith and her efforts to get his
letters published.
55. Miller (G.H.O., medical officer, RAMC, fl. 1916-19) [diaries],
vol. II-XVII, a u t o g r a p h m a n u s C r i p t, numerous pp., in pencil, vol. II
original roan, rubbed, the rest morocco-backed cloth, rubbed, sm.
8vo, 1916-19 (16). £400 - £600
*** Battle of the Somme. 1 July 1916. “Got up about 8.30 Bath
About midday the convoys began coming in. I gave a hand in the
theatre giving anaesthetics &c and at intervals helped in other ways.
I was mostly in the theatre taking notes of cases anaestheticising
&c. Sunday morning July 2nd. Ghastly wounds today. I don’t mind
anything now. Theatre like a shambles. Many amputations &c. I’m
become a regular anaesthetist it seems... . Went into reception room
& helped there.” - Miller.
56. Smith (Elizabeth Maud Alice, clerk in the Women’s Army
Auxiliary Corps 1917-19, 1887-1919) ph o t o g r a p h a l b u m, 101
photographs, several pieces of ephemera (registration cards and
dance cards from Unit 1 at Wimereaux, norther France), original
boards, 1917-19; and another album and a small quantity of
loose cards etc., housed in a modern cloth box, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).
£300 - £350
57. Warren (J.P., Section 66, O Special Compy, Royal Engineers,
fl. 1917) di a ry a n d no t e b o o k, a u t o g r a p h m a n u s C r i p t, 291pp.
excluding blanks, slightly browned, inner hinges breaking, original
blind stamped cloth, edges a little rubbed and creased, 8vo, 1917;
and 7 others, diaries (including 1 war diary) of C.H. Bradley of the
8th Battalion Lincolnshire regiment, 1917-28, housed in modern
cloth boxes, v.s., v.d. (8). £300 - £350
*** 6 September 1917. “Back about 1.30 Fritz began to strafe
heavily with gas... till about 3.30 when we opened up.” - Warren.
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58. Beardsley (Aubrey, illustrator, 1872-98).- Gray (Rev. John
Henry, author and Roman Catholic priest, 1866-1934) dr a f t o f
a l e t t e r to messrs. lo n g m a n s, gr e e n & Co., p u b l i s h e r’s, 2pp.,
4to, on writing paper of the North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh,
[1904], in reply to their letter of 20 September 1904, concerning the
publication of The Last Letters of Aubrey Beardsley, 1904, edited
by John Gray, the letter revealed to Longmans that Beardsley’s last
letters were mostly addressed to André Raffalovich, who did “not wish
his identity to transpire”. There is a reference on last line to Arthur
Symons’s monograph on Beardsley and to a forthcoming exhibition
of Beardsley’s drawings in Vienna, to Madame Strindberg’s interest
in a German translation of Beardsley’s letters and the rebuff given
her by Raffalovich, to the horrors of consumption and the power of
divine grace in Beardsley, torn in two along central fold, browned;
and a copy of the Aubrey Beardsley Exhibition at the Victoria and
Albert Museum 1966, v.s., v.d. (2). £300 - £350
*** André Raffalovich (1864-1934), writer; friend of Aubrey
Beardsley and life long companion of John Gray.
Provenance: Aubrey Beardsley Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert
Museum, 1966.
59. Hardy (Thomas, novelist and poet, 1840-1928).- al b u m,
including: au t o g r a p h po s t C a r d f r o m th o m a s ha r d y, thanking the
recipient for sending a letter, 24th January 1906, cut signatures of
Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Edward German, Arthur Bliss, Constant
Lambert, John Gielgud, Adrian Boult and letters of Hjalmar Schacht
and Sir Charles Hallé and others, and photographs (unsigned) of
Richard Strauss, Kirsten Flagstad and Sir Thomas Beecham etc., c.
100 pieces, most laid down, some loose, some album leaves loose,
some material excised, original cloth album, 4to, 1906-34 (c. 100
pieces). £300 - £400
60. James (Henry, novelist, 1843-1916) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d
“un C l e” to h i s n e p h e w wi l l i a m Ja m e s , 4pp. & envelope (torn),
4to, Lamb House, Rye, Sussex, 15th July 1907, welcoming him to
England from Italy, “after a journey that I fear indeed must have
been beastly if you had to go through Oxford that same night”,
proposing possible days for meeting in London and going together
to Lamb House, “to great comfort & a lovely (if lonely) garden and
asking him to write, folds, slightly browned. £750 - £1,000
*** Apparently unpublished. Not in The Letters, edited by Lionel
Edel, 1974-84.
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Lot 61
61. Gloucestershire.- Gladwin (Dorothy Fane, later Fane
Ratcliffe, nurse at Cheltenham during the First World War, of
Seven Springs and Hailes House, Gloucestershire, fl. 1909-52)
al b u m, including: material relating to nursing work before and
during the First World War (at the special hospital opened in the
stands of Cheltenham race course), programmes of the Cotswold
Hunt Ball, County Pall, V.W.H. Hunt Ball, Royal Gloucestershire
Hussars Yeomanry etc., St. John Ambulance certificates, newspaper
cuttings of her marriage to Charles John Ratcliff in 1909 etc.,
signatures, ephemera, newspaper cuttings etc., laid down in a
Visitor’s album, original red morocco, gilt, g.e., 1909-52; and a
quantity of other material, including: a Laggan (Isle of Islay) Game
and Fishing Book, an extract from a 17th century Act relating to
Highways during the reign of Oliver Cromwell, a collection of
printed and manuscript scraps and printer’s waste recovered from
bindings, vol. on local authorities and a large collection of printed
pattern designs etc., v.s., v.d. (qty). £300 - £400
62. Edward VIII (King of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor
of India, as Prince of Wales, 1894-1972) au t o g r a p h d r a f t o f a
s p e e C h g i v e n in Car d i f f a s pri n C e o f wale s a d d r e s s e d to t h e
may o r a n d Cor p o r at i o n o f Car d i f f, with autograph insertions,
deletions and revisions in ink and pencil, 6pp., sm. 4to, n.d. [1919].
£1,400 - £1,600
*** Manuscript royal speeches are rare.
Addressed to the Mayor and Corporation of Cardiff, stating that this
was his first visit to Wales since “the victorious close of hostilities”,
thanking them for conferring on him the Freedom of the City of
Cardiff and thanking the people of the country for their part in the
war effort, “... No Welsh man or woman failed to play their part
nobly & I am convinced that the splendid Welsh spirit... has done
so much to carry us thro. the last 4Ω critical years to a victorious
peace”, and expressing his twin cares are now the welfare of exservicemen
and improving housing conditions.
63. Hardy (Thomas, novelist and poet, 1860-1928) ty p e d no t e
s i g n e d to ge o f f r e y le pa g e, 1p., oblong 8vo, Max Gate, Dorchester,
28th September 1923, refusing an invitation to judge a magazine
prize for young writers, “it is quite beyond my physical powers
nowadays to read and estimate the respective merits of any pieces
of modern fiction by young writers”, folds, slightly browned.
£300 - £350
64. Politicians etc.- Co l l e C t i o n, including: George VI (signed
“Albert”), President William McKinley (signed military commission),
Herbert Hoover, Franklin J. Roosevelt, Rosa F. Kennedy (wife of
Joseph Kennedy), Ralph Pulitzer, James Guthrie Harbord, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Namie Doud Eisenhower, Lady Bird Johnson (signed
photograph), Jonas Salk, Jimmy Carter, together c. 30 autographied
pieces, A.L.s.s, T.Ls.s. & signed photographs, v.s., v.d., 20th century
(c. 30 pieces). £400 - £600
Lot 65
65. Crowley (Aleister, author and occultist, 1875-1947) pa rt
o f a r o u g h d r a f t o f a p o e m, a u t o g r a p h m a n u s C r i p t s i g n e d, “Our
consciousnes depends; Arteries-sclerosis!” [first and last lines],
c. 30 lines, numbered verses divided into sections II2 - V, 2pp., in
pencil, some revisions, additional section at the end heavily scored
through, written on a half-title: “The Mother’s Tragedy”, the title of
one of Crowley’s verse dramas, folds, browned, 8vo, n.d. [?1920s].
£300 - £400
66. Driberg (T.E.N., “Tom”, Baron Bradwell, journalist and
politician, 1905-76) Co l l e C t i o n o f m a n u s C r i p t s a n d e p h e m e r a,
including, diaries, business papers, others relating to his ownership
of Bradwell Lodge, income tax etc., cookery recipe books,
old passports, books (some signed, some prize), photographs,
programmes etc., numerous pp., v.s., v.d. 20th century (qty).
£300 - £350
67. Girl Guides.- da f f o d i l pat r o l lo g bo o k - 5t h le y t o n Co:,
2 vol., manuscript, in several hands, numerous pp., pen and ink
illustrations, 1f. at end torn, slightly browned, inner hinges splitting,
paper covered boards, rubbed, sm. 4to, 1934-36. £200 - £300
68. Morris (C.J., “John”, CBE, Captain, army officer, participant
in two Everest expeditions, adviser to the Japanese Department
of Foreign Affairs, lecturer at Keio University Tokyo, head of
the Far Eastern Service of the BBC and Controller of the Third
Programme (later Radio 3), 1895-1980) ar C h i v e, including:
diaries, typed journals/biography, phptographs, letters, Cambridge
University Diploma & Master’s degree, 2 books (one inscribed
to Morris) etc., manuscripts etc., various bindings and loose, all
housed in a small metal chest, v.s., v.d., 1936-76 (qty). £300 - £400
*** With references to E.M. Forster (“Morgan”), William Plomer,
James Joyce, Guy Chapman, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas etc.
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69. Milne (A.A., author of children’s books and playwright, 1872-
1956) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d “al a n” to h i s n e p h e w an t h o n y
ke n n e t h mi l n e, 2pp., 8vo, Chelsea, 19th October 1940, pa rt ly
a b o u t h i s s o n Ch r i s t o p h e r ro b i n, u s i n g h i s n i C k n a m e “mo o n”,
informing him in a playful tone about “[Billy] Moon’s [Christopher
Robin’s] progress in the army, “he is not yet Sapper-Carpenter
6146464 Acting L’Cpl (unpaid) C.R. Milne, but is still hoping to
be quite soon. But, of course if there are 6146462 Lance-Corporals
already in the army, he may not be wanted,” and congratulating him
on his own promotion and the bombing of London, “a bomb has
just dropped. The Luftwaffe never ceases to watch over us, day and
night...”, fold. £1,500 - £1,800
*** Letters on the market by Milne very rarely mention Christopher
Robin, nor do they use his nickname [Billy] Moon.
70. RAF.- Barratt (AC2 & LAC, RAF, fl. 1942) [no t e s], autograph
manuscript, together 140pp., pencil illustrations, some pp. loose,
browned, original wrappers, slightly rubbed, 1942; and another,
v.s., v.d. (3). £300 - £350
*** Includes: “Depth Charge Pistol Tests”; “The English
Micrometer”; “F.N. Turret Notes”; “Velocity of Bullet”; Depth
Charge Pistol Tests” etc.
71. Writers, Actors & Producers.- Co l l e C t i o n, including:
Thornton Wilder (“Your old Thornton”), Edwin Markham, Edward
G. Robinson, Jackie Coogan, Frank Capra, Louis B. Mayer, David
O. Selznick, Jack L. Warner (of Warner Bros.), 12 A.Ls.s. or T.L.s.,
1 signed printed poem by Markham and 1 printed pamphlet, “Those
Who Write Them and Those Who Collect Them”, Black Archer
Press, 1936, v.s., v.d. (14). £300 - £350
72. Sitwell (Dame Edith, poet and critic, 1887-1964) au t o g r a p h
le t t e r s i g n e d to mr wi l l i a m s, e d i t o r o f th e CritiC, 2pp., 4to,
Renishaw Hall, Renishaw, near Sheffield, 18th October 1947,
quoting Leavis’s celebrated aphorism that she belong[s] to the
history of publicity rather than of poetry, mentioning Dylan Thomas,
Day Lewis, Stephen Spender, John Lehmann and Geoffrey Grigson,
while complaining about his treatment of her, and informing
him that she has brought his conduct to the notice of the Society
of Authors, small spindle hole in upper left-hand margin, fold.
£300 - £400
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73. Philip (Prince, Duke of Edinburgh, b. 1921) 4 au t o g r a p h
le t t e r s s i g n e d to fr a n k Ca r r, di r e C to r o f t h e nat i o n a l
maritime mu s e u m, 8pp. & envelopes, 8vo, Buckingham Palace
& Sandringham, Norfolk, 19th December 1952 - 11th July 1955,
thanking him for a paperknife fashioned from the timber of the
Cutty Sark and saying how pleased he is that it is now safely in dry
dock etc., folds; and a quantity of other correspondence to Carr and
others, including, a Christmas card, ?autopen “Philip” and 3 letters
and a Christmas card from Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Christmas
card from Queen Mary and an invitation to and Order of Service at
her funeral etc., v.s., v.d. (qty). £300 - £400
74. Walsingham.- Dickinson (John Compton, priest, academic
and chaplain of Pembroke College, Cambridge, author of “The
Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham”, 1956, fl. c. 1912-88)
wa l s i n g h a m, autograph manuscript notes, 93pp., reverse entries,
1p. partially torn away, original cloth-backed boards, [c. 1956];
and 8 others, including, a stamp album, notes on the Belgian Army,
Uniform List of Wages for the Amalgamated Society of Journeyman
Cloggers, 1919 etc., v.s., v.d. (9). £300 - £350
Lot 75
75. Supermilers.- 30 ye a r s o f t h e su p e r m i l e r s, 11 signatures,
comprising: sir ro g e r ba n n i s t e r, John Landy, Derek Ibbotson,
Herb Elliott, Peter Snell, Michel Jazy, Jim Ryun, Filbert bayi, John
Walker, Steve Ovett, Sebastian Coe, poster with 11 signatures,
on card, 330 x 230mm., 1984; and a copy of the videotape of the
programme, v.s., v.d. (2). £300 - £400
*** Provenance: “This collection of autographs was put together
during the filming of a documentary for Channel 4 called
‘Supermilers’. This programme was made in the 80’s by a company
called Worldmark Productions and was produced by Drummond
Challis and directed by Tony Maylam.” - David Wooster.
76. Crick (Francis, scientist co-discoverer of the double helix
structure of DNA and Nobel Prize winner, 1916-2004) au t o g r a p h
le t t e r s i g n e d to la r ry p. ba C h m a n n, 2pp., sm. 4to, La Jolla,
California, 26th April 1999, commenting on an enclosure about
Larry’s wife Bettina, mentioning his friend Bradley Smith, “had
6Ω wives”, his wife’s cataract operation and the fact of his own 50
year old second marriage, and reporting that he does not go to the
cinema preferring videotapes which results in him not being up to
date, fold. £300 - £400
*** Larry Bachmann (1911-2004), screenwriter, producer and head
of MGM Europe; son of Paramount film executive and agent J.G.
Bachmann.
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❦ CONTINENTAL LITERATURE AND HISTORy
77. Natalibus (Petrus de) Cata l o g u s s a n C t o r u m e t g e s t o r u m
e o r u m, first e d i t i o n, double column, 331 ff. (of 332, lacking final
blank), 57 lines and headline, Roman type, a1 in red and black,
woodcut decorative initials, woodcut printer’s device to foot of
R8 verso, 17th century ink ownership inscription to a1 and front
pastedown, occasional early ink marginalia, some water-staining
and foxing, mostly marginal, but encroaching within text on sigs.
d&e and a few other ff. (mostly light), c4 upper corner repaired,
not affecting text, 16th century vellum over wooden boards, metals
clasps, hole near head of spine, stained and marked, [BMC VII,
1047; Goff N-6; Hain 11676], folio, [Vicenza], [Henricus de Sancto
Ursio], [12th December, 1493]. £2,500 - £3,500
*** The scarce first edition of this lives of the saints.
Provenance: Jo. Urbanus Schlapp, 1688; Tobias Petrus Orttner,
1671 (ink ownership inscriptions).
78. Early Printed leaves & cuttings.- Co l l e C t i o n, including: a
leaf from Francesco Colonna’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ?1545;
a leaf from Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, 1497; and
several other incunable ff., among them two with woodcuts, and
partial ff. from a legal text retrieved from a binding; also a group
of early printed title pages, printers’ marks etc., and folio woodcut
ff. in Dutch; two conjoint ff. with Crucifixion scene and musical
notation, 16th cent; and a 19th cent. Italian printed commemorative
text for a visit to North Italy by the Austro-Hungarian emperor,
some browned, some edges chipped, v.s., v.d., (c. 150 pieces).
£300 - £400
Lot 77 Lot 79
79. Eusebius eC C l e s i a s t i C a historia...e t eC C l e s i a s t i C a historia
ge n t i s an g l o r u m ve n e r a b i l i s be d a e, 2 parts in one, 160 ff., double
column, 50 lines, Gothic type, title decorated in red, initials supplied
in red, one in blue, small tears to title, 2 repaired, marginal holes
to next 2 ff., small holes to margin of last 4 ff., heavy brown stain to
2nd & 5th ff., lighter stain to last few ff., little syaining & marking
elsewhere, early, mostly obliterated, ownership note on title, early
marginalia to Table, at head of Bede, and occasionally elsewhere,
scoring, vellum strip with ownership inscription, and bookplate, on
front paste-down, contemporary calf over wooden boards, covers
decorated in blind, with roll-tooled border of flowers and birds,
and central panel, brass corner and centre-pieces, and remains
of clasps, vellum title-lable on front cover, rebacked, spine blindstamped,
gilt-lettered, small gilt arms at head, [BMC I 162; Goff
E-129; Hain 6714], folio, Strassburg, [Georg Husner], 1500.
£1,200 - £1,500
*** Two major early works on ecclesiastical history.
Provenance: ‘pertinet ad biblioth[ec]am hospitalis’ (vellum strip
on paste-down); Sir Charles Anderson, Lea Library, Lincolnshire
(bookplate).
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80. Martialis (Marcus Valerius) ep i g r a m m ata, woodcut printer’s
device to title and verso of colophon f., capital spaces with guideletters,
occasional light marginal foxing, a few very small marginal
stains, attractive 17th century English speckled polished calf, gilt,
small chip to head of spine, [Adams M694; EDIT 16 CNCE 37562],
a very good copy of a scarce edition, 8vo, [Venice], [in aedibus Aldi
et Andreae Soceri], 1517. £800 - £1,200
Lot 81
81. Musaeus. op u l u s C u m d e he r o n e & le a n d r o [g r a e C e], italic
type, mostly Greek, woodcut printer’s device to title and verso
of final f., 2 three quarter-page woodcut illustrations depicting
Leander crossing the Hellespont to spend the night with Hero and
Hero casting herself from her tower when seeing her lover dead on
the beach at dawn, capital spaces with guide-letters, contemporary
Greek marginalia to head of a8, b8 lower corner with some fraying,
occasional spotting, unusual patterned paste-paper endpapers, 18th
century mottled sheep, richly gilt spine in compartments and with a
red morocco label, small repair to head of spine, rubbed, [Adams
M1991; Ahmanson-Murphy 159; Renouard 81:8; EDIT 16 CNCE
37563], 8vo, [Venice], [In Aedibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri], 1517.
£2,500 - £3,500
*** A very good copy of the attractively printed first post-incunable
edition of Musaeus.
Provenance: T.Kimball Brooker (bookplate).
Lot 82
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82. Cicero (Marcus Tullius) m.tu l i i Ci C e r o n i s fa m i l i a r e s
ep i s t o l a e, title in red and black and within an ornate floral and
foliage woodcut border, woodcut illustrations and decorative
initials, some early ink marginalia and inter-linear notes in red ink,
extensive on certain ff., lacking 2K1 and final blank, some worming
and staining, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Adams C1943;
EDIT 16 CNCE 12209], a scarce and attractive edition, folio,
[Venice], [per Georgium de Rusconibus Mediolanensem], 1519.
£300 - £400
Lot 83
83. bi b l e, Hebrew.[ne v i m ri s h o n i m ve’aC h r o n i m], vol 2, only
(of 2), 2 parts in 1, blank f. 58 and 10 present, several woodcut
book-titles, little staining and marking, early manuscript Latin
identifications of book-titles in margin, occasional Hebrew
marginalia, cancelled bookplate on front pastedown, blind stamp on
last f., transcription and typed translation of colophon pasted in after
text, nineteenth-century decorated vellum, edges gilt and gauffered,
4to, [Adams B1218, cf. D&M 5084], Venice, Daniel Bomberg, 1521.
£800 - £1,200
*** Third edition, and second 4to edition, of the Biblia Rabbinica.
This vol.contains the Latter Prophets and Hagiographica.
Provenance: Auburn Seminary Library bookplate.
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Lot 84
84. Menot (Michel) se r m o n e s Qu a d r a g e s i m a l e s...C u m aliis t r a C t,
2 parts, ? only, of 3, in 1, title in red and black, with device, criblé
initials, little marking, early marginalia, note on free endpaper,
bookplate, blind stamp on rear fly-leaf, later mottled calf, spine gilt,
little rubbed, joint cracked, [Not in Adams], 8vo, [Paris], Jehan
Petit, n.d. [c. 1525]. £300 - £400
*** Scarce edition of sermons, &c. by a popular Franciscan
preacher, ‘remarkable for their vigour, and the range of anecdotes
and fables they contain as exempla’ (Oxford Companion to French
Literature). The contents of this edition seem to vary; the one in the
Bibliothèque Nationale. Also contains an Epistolarum ...expositio.
Lot 85
85. Claudianus (Claudius) op e r a, first a n d o n ly al d i n e e d i t i o n,
woodcut anchor device to title and verso of final f., capital spaces
with guide-letters, internally crisp and clean, attractive 18th century
red panelled morocco, richly gilt, spine in compartments with crown
and floral tools and a black morocco label, covers with wide gilt
panels of filets and floral and foliage corner-pieces, spine slightly
faded and with a small chip at head, 2 small shelf labels at spine
ends, g.e., [Adams C2073; Ahmanson-Murphy 218; Renouard 96:1;
EDIT 16 CNCE 12668], The Macclesfield copy with North Library
bookplate to front pastedown and unobtrusive blind-stamp to first
couple of ff., 8vo, [Venice], [in aedibus Aldi et Andreae Asulani
Soceri], [1523]. £1,600 - £1,800
*** The sumptuous Macclesfield copy of works by Claudian, court
poet to the Emperor Honorius.
86. Postillae.- po s t i l l e ma i o r e s to t i u s an n i, title in red and
black in woodcut border, large woodcut of the Crucifixion facing
beginning of text, smaller woodcut and initials throughout, device
at end, some worming, mostly marginal, but also a little affecting
text, fore-edge margins of Bb3&4 defective, first and last few ff.
stained & margins frayed, marking elsewhere, early name at head
of title, blind stamp on rear free endpaper, contemporary calf over
wooden boards, covers decorated in blind, with central panel and
rolls including letters, fleurs-de-lis, shield, &c., worn and repaired,
clasps missing, new endpapers, [Adams P2043], 4to, Lyons, Gilbert
de Villiers, 1525. £400 - £600
Lot 87
87. Martial de Paris, dit d’Auvergne. s’e n s u y v e[n]t l e s C i n Q u a n t e
[e t] u n g a r r e s t z d o[n]n e s a u g r a[n]t C o[n]s e i l d a m o u r s a l
e n C o n t r e d e p l u s i e u r s pa rt i e s, title with 2 large woodcut vignettes,
woodcut decorated initials, lacking C3, title torn at upper corner
with loss of text, water-stained, a few small marginal repairs, 20th
century speckled boards, [not in Adams], small 4to, Lyon, Olivier
Arnoulet, 1527. £300 - £400
*** A rare edition in any condition of this satire on courtly love. Les
arrêts d’amour is the best-known of all this lawyer-poet’s works. It
takes the form of 51 cases heard before a ‘Cour d’amour’.
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Lot 88
88. Xenophon. de l l a vi ta d i Cy r o, re d e pe r s i, italic type, capital
spaces with guide-letters, title lightly soiled and nicked, a little
water-staining to preliminaries and lower margin towards end,
occasional spotting, late 18th / early 19th century red straight-grain
morocco, richly gilt spine in compartments with black morocco gilt
labels, spine faded, lower edge of upper cover scuffed, inner gilt
dentelles, [Adams X35; EDIT 16 CNCE 48346], 8vo, [Toscalano],
[1527]. £300 - £400
*** This charming little edition is scarce at auction. We can trace
only two other copies (including the Walton copy sold in these
rooms 14th May, 2009).
Lot 89
89. Breviary.- br e v i a r i u m s e C u n d a m...eC C l e s i e parisiensis
Co n s u e t u d i n e m, devices on title and at end, printed in red and
black, double column, occasional notes, note with music on rear
fly-leaf, modern vellum, edges gilt and gauffered, 8vo, Paris, vidua
Thielmani Kerver, 1544 (1545 at end). £400 - £600
Lot 90
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90. Melanchthon (Philipp) lo C i pr æ C i p u i th e o l o g i C i, title with
woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut initials, lightly browned,
some water-staining at head, blind-stamped armorial vellum dated
1606, split at head of spine, upper corner of lower cover extensively
worn, others a little worn, soiled, [Adams M1180], Wittenberg, typis
M. Simonis Gronenbergii, 1545; and 2 others, 16th century German
imprints, including a defective copy of Ebero’s Brevis Historia
Populi Iudaici in an attractive contemporary blind-stamped vellum
binding, v.s (3) £300 - £400
Lot 91
91. Aretino (Leonardo) la g u e r r a d e gh o t i. f at t a in v u l g a r e d a
m. lo d o v i C o pe t r o n i C ava l i e r s e n e s e, title with woodcut printer’s
device, woodcut initials, little closely trimmed at head, modern calfbacked
marbled boards, [Not in Adams], Venice, Gabriel Giolito
de Ferrari, 1548 § Rao (Cesare) Invettive Orationi et Discorsi,
title with large woodcut printer’s device, woodcut initials, some
water-staining, mostly marginal, contemporary limp vellum [Not in
Adams], Venice, Damiano Zenaro, 1592; and another, Porcacchi,
1576, v.s. (3) £300 - £400
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Lot 92
92. Aristotle. te C h n e s r h e t o r i k e s b i b l a t r i a [g r a e C e]...d e art e
di C e n d i l i b r i t r e s. Greek text, final blank f. present, penultimate
f., part of a list of authors cited, severely cut down, but apparently
textually complete, name obliterated from title, some early notes and
scorring, title markedcontemporary calf, decorated in blind, covers
with central ornament and initials R B, ruled border, worn, spine
damaged, large fragments of a f. from a medieval manuscript and
others from early printed books used in binding and as fly-leaves,
[Adams A-1943], Paris, apud Vascosanum, 1549 ; Problematum
Aristotelis Sectiones...Problematum Alexandri Aphrodisiei libri
duo, Theoforo Gaza interprete, device on title, lacks N1 & 8, the last
? blank, early notes on title, some in red, title soiled and with stamp,
little marked, nineteenth-century boards, worn, Lyons, Paulus
Mirallietus, 1551, 8vo (2) £300 - £400
*** The first work is without the Latin translation by Hermolaus
Barbarus called for on the title, but collates as Adams.
Lot 93
93. Manutius (Paulus) in e p i s t o l a s Ci C e r o n i s a d at t i C u m...
C o m m e n ta r i u s, title with woodcut printer’s device, capital spaces
with guide-letters, some marginal water-staining at start, ocasional
spotting, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, upper hinge
broken, but holding firm, some spotting, [Adams M459; Ahmanson-
Murphy 446; Renouard 157:11], 8vo, Venice, [apud Paulum
Manutium, Aldi Filium], 1553. £300 - £400
*** A good copy of the revised and expanded edition of Manutius’
celebrated commentary on the 16 books of Cicero’s letters to his
closest friend T. Pomponius Atticus and the starting point of all
modern editions of the text.
Lot 94
94. Bible, Latin. li b e r ps a l m o r u m dav i d i s, 2 parts in 1, titles with
woodcut printer’s devices, first title lightly browned, occasional
staining, 18th century calf, gilt, spine in compartments with brown
label, upper joint starting, but holding firm, spine faded, rubbed,
[Adams B1425; Renouard 66:4], the Macclesfield copy with North
Library bookplate, unobtrusive blind-stamp to first few ff. and 2
small shelf labels, 8vo, Paris, Robert Estienne, 1546. £500 - £700
*** A scarce edition of the Psalms.
Lot 95
95. Macrobius (Ambrosius Theodosius) in so m n i u m sCipionis
lib. ii. sat u r n a l i o r u m, lib.vii, woodcut printer’s device to title,
woodcut half-page w o r l d m a p , astronomical diagrams and initials,
a few ff. with small area of water-staining in lower margin, a few
spots, attractive 18th century mottled calf, richly gilt spine in
compartments and with red morocco label, small paper label within
1 compartment, [Adams M68], 8vo, Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius,
1556. £400 - £600
*** The world map is important in that it shows a symmetry, in
land and climate, between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Europe, Africa and Asia are shown in the upper hemisphere, with a
vast southern continent (Antipodum Nobis Incognita) in the lower
hemisphere. They are separated by an intervening great ocean
(Alveus Oceani). His view of a large southern land mass was an
early and important part of the long tradition of unknown south
lands t h at i n f l u e n C e d paCifiC e x p l o r at i o n a n d C h a rt i n g.
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Lot 96
96. Plato. op e r a om n i a, text mostly in Greek, title in Greek and
Latin and with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut historiated
intials, 2 ink stamps to title, occasional small area of water-staining
at head, [Adams P1438], Basel, apud henrichum Petri, 1556 b o u n d
w i t h Athenaeus. Dipnosophistarum Lib. XV, second Greek edition,
woodcut printer’s device to title and larger variant to verso of final
f., woodcut historiated intials, [Adams A2097], Basel, apud Ioannem
Valderum, 1535, worm hole (sometimes a few) to lower margins,
contemporary vellum-backed blind-tooled calf over boards, lower
cover worn, lacking ties, rubbed and scuffed, folio £1,200 - £1,400
*** Two fine examples of Greek printing. The second work is a
collection of dinner conversations, in which we learn a great deal
about the food and drink of the Ancients.
Lot 97
97. Beards.- Valeriano (Giovanni Pierio) pr o sC a r e d o t u m ba r b i s,
title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut initial, lightly browned,
occasional spotting, 18th century calf, later gilt to spine, this rather
worn away, rubbed, [Not in Adams], 8vo, Paris, Andreas Wechel,
1558. £300 - £400
*** A scarce witty defence of the growing of beards by ecclesiastical
dignitaries.
Lot 98
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98. Comines (Philippe de, Seigneur d’Argenton) le s me m o i r e s,
translated by Denis Sauvage de Fontenailles en Brie, title with
woodcut printer’s device, attractive woodcut criblé decorated
initials, lacking Y6 (supplied in handsome later ms.), some waterstaining,
heavier to preliminaries, occasional spotting, 17th century
calf, rebacked, presrving original richly gilt backstrip with slight
loss at head, corners repaired, [Not in Adams], folio, Lyon, Ian de
Tournes, 1559. £300 - £400
*** Provenance: Charles Whibley (1859-1930) literary journalist
and author; Paul Howard Beves (bookplates).
Lot 99
99. Raviglio Rosso (Giulio) i suCCessi d’in g h i lt e r r a d o p o l a m o r t e
d i od o va r d o sesto, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut
historiated initials, lacking final blank ?and a colophon f., repairs
to title and lower margins of first few ff., occasional spotting or
light foxing, some finger-marking, 19th century calf-backed
marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, [Adams R818;
EDIT 16 CNCE 47563], Ferrara, Francesco di Rossi da Valenza,
1560 § Boccaccio (Giovanni) Ameto Over Comedia delle Nimphe
Fiorentine, title within an attractive woodcut border, verso of final f.
with woodcut printer’s device, with final blank, occasional staining
(mostly marginal), some, mostly marginal, foxing, contemporary
vellum, [Adams B2126; EDIT 16 CNCE 6260], [Venice], [Nicolo
Zopino], 1524, 8vo (2) £300 - £400
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100. Galenus (Claudius) om n i a, Qu a e ex ta n t, in lat i n u m se r m o n e m
Co n v e r s a, 11 vol. in 4, edited by Conrad Gesner, t h e C o p y o f t h e
17t h C e n t u ry p h y s i C i a n ro b e rt gr ay w i t h h i s m a r g i n a l i a, general
title within an ornate woodcut historiated border, other titles with
woodcut printer’s devices, 6 parts with colophon f. with woodcut
printer’s device, the others with woodcut printer’s device to verso
of final text f., woodcut illustrations, diagrams, initials and headpieces,
occasional ink marginalia of Robert Gray, index vol. with
blank l6, part 10 misbound after preliminaries (but complete), vol.1
lacking final f. (presumably a colophon f.), index vol. lacking 1 leaf
(i4), water-staining to start of vol.2, a few small stains, occasional
light soiling, lightly browned, antique style blind-stamped calf,
spines in compartments, each with double gilt leather labels,
[Adams G39; Durling 1757], folio, Basel, Hieronymus Froben &
Nicolaus Episcopius, [1561] - 1562. £1,800 - £2,200
*** An attractive edition with an interesting medical provenance.
Provenance: Robert Gray was a doctor in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
and became an Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians in
December, 1684. The College was required by the House of Lords
to give in a list of their numbers those who were ‘Papists, reputed
Papists, or criminals’. In the return dated 1st July, 1689 Dr Gray’s
name appears under the heading of ‘criminals or reputed criminals’.
The title to each volume bears his ink inscription; ‘George D.
Gibb M.D. M.A., July 23rd, 1863’ (ink inscription to first f. of
preliminaries of all vol.).
Lot 100
101. Binding.- Politanus (Angelus) alt e r to m u s op e r u m an g e l i
po l i ta n i, 2 vol. in 1, woodcut printer’s device to titles and verso
of otherwise blank final f., woodcut historiated initials, occasional
early ink marginalia, some spotting and staining, attractive
contemporary black panelled calf, spine in compartments, covers
with wide blind-tooled borders, short split to lower joint at head
with minor loss, corners worn, lacking ties, rubbed, [Adams
P1764], Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1533 § Manutius (Aldus, the
elder) Lettere Volgari di Diversi Nobilissimi Huomini, part 2 only
(of 3), title with woodcut Aldine device, capital space with guideletter,
first 4 ff. lightly browned, occasional spotting or light foxing,
contemporary limp vellum, [Adams L591], Venice, Aldus, 1564 §
Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera, half-title, fine engraved additional
pictorial title, head-pieces and initials, final f. with large engraved
ornament otherwise blank, occasional spotting, contemporary calf,
gilt, upper cover detached, lower joint split, spine ends and corners
worn, rubbed, Paris, Typographia Regia, 1641 § Horatius Flaccus
(Quintus) [Poemata], title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut
initials, small repair to head of title, first 2 ff. lightly water-stained,
some spotting, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments
and and with a red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, Paris,
ex Typographia Rob. Stephani, 1613; and 3 others, Continental,
including a defective 1st edition of Charles Estienne’s Praedium
Rusticum, v.s. (7). sold not subject to return £250 - £350
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102. Law.- Tiraquellus (Andreas) Co m m e n ta r i i de no b i l i tat e
e t iu r e pr i m i g e n i o r u m, title within ornate woodcut architectural
border and with small woodcut portrait verso, woodcut historiated
initials, title trimmed, just touching image, browning and some
foxing, worm traces to upper margins, some water-staining to index,
modern vellum, [not in Adams], folio, Guillaume Rouille, 1566.
£200 - £300
*** André Tiraqueau’s legal works are of great importance in
the development of the French judicial system. He was an active
member of the Cénacle de Fontenay-le-Comte, a salon of fellow
lawyers, writers, doctors, philosophers and historians, which
included François Rabelais, Guillaume Budé and Pierre Lamy
among its ranks. Rabelais’ Tiers Livre was greatly influenced by
Tiraqueau’s De Legibus.
Lot 103
LONDON
103. Pasquier (Etienne) le mo n o p h i l e, av e C Q ’ Q u e l Q u e s a u t r e s
e u v r e s d’a m o u r…, pa u l el u a r d’s C o p y, with his bookplate by Max
Ernst, woodcut printer’s device to title, initials and head-piece,
worm trace to sig.N, mostly marginal, but just touching part of the
odd letter, 17th century armorial calf, gilt spine in compartments,
spine repaired, corners a little worn, rubbed, [Not in Adams; cf.
Brunet IV, p. 406 (noting that the first edition of this work is ‘fort
rare’)], 8vo, Paris, pour Robert le Mangnier, 1566. £1,000 - £1,500
*** A rare edition of this romantic work with an excellent
provenance. Paul Eluard (1895-1952), poet and one of the founders
of the surrealist movement. The work is a collection of fables, songs,
love letters, stories and dialogues written in honour of the woman
Pasquier was in love with, to whom it is dedicated.
Lot 104
104. Law.- Hotomanus (Franciscus, editor).- Justinian I,
Emperor. Co m m e n ta r i u s in Qu at u o r li b r o s in s t i t u t i o n u m iu r i s
Civilis, second edition, woodcut printer’s device to title, woodcut
historiated initials, some water-staining (to varying degrees) to
upper and lower margins, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges,
soiled, [Adams J643], folio, Lyon, apud Antonium Gryphium,
1567. £300 - £400
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105. Ruscelli (Girolamo) pr e C e t t i d e l l a militia mo d e r n a, ta n t o
p e r ma r e, Q u a n t o p e r te r r a, second printing (identical to the first),
woodcut printer’s device to title, woodcut illustrations (some fullpage)
and initials, sig.G misbound, 2 ink signatures of Thomas
Knyvett to title, engraved South Library Macclesfield bookplate,
contemporary panelled English calf for Thomas Knyvett, gilt spine
in compartments and with orange leather label, covers double ruled
in blind to a panel design with central silver fleuron and fleurs-delis
corner-pieces, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Cockle
663; Mortimer, Italian, 450 (first printing); EDIT 16 CNCE 30248],
4to, Venice, Heredi di Marchio Sessa, 1572. £1,400 - £1,600
*** The Thomas Knyvett-Macclesfield copy of this scarce work on
fireworks and artillery. Thomas Knyvett of Ashwellthorpe (c.1539-
1618), was a noted sixteenth-century book collector, whose personal
library is largely preserved at Cambridge University Library having
passed through the hands of John Moore, Bishop of Ely and later
King George I when he bought Moore’s library en bloc.
Lot 106
Lot 105
106. Regnier de la Planche (Louis) la le g e n d e d e Ch a r l e s ,
Ca r d i n a l d e lo r r a i n e, & d e s e s fr e r e s, d e l a m a i s o n d e gu i s e, first
e d i t i o n, with blanks 7&8 and P8, upper corners of P2&3 torn,
just touching 1 page number with very minor loss, water-stained,
19th century polished calf, gilt spine in compartments and with a
red morocco label, lower cover heavily scuffed (through leather
to boards in 2 small areas), foot of spine chipped, lower joints
worn, rubbed, [Adams R312], 8vo, Reims, Jaques Martin, 1576.
£250 - £350
*** Rare. We can trace no copies at auction. Charles was protector
of Rabelais and Ronsard and founder of the University of Reims.
Lot 107
107. Zosimus, Panopolitanus. hi s t o r i a e no va e li b r i vi, first
e d i t i o n, title with large woodcut printer’s device, woodcut initials,
variant printer’s device to verso of final f., title with ink bookseller’s
stamp, final f. with repaired tear (loss of a few letters) and frayed
and creased at edges, foxed, some water-staining to lower corners,
modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Adams Z188], Basel, ex
officina Petri Pernae, [1576] § New World.- Panciroli (Guido)
Rerum Memorabilium libri duo, quorum prior Deperditarum,
posterior noviter Inventarum est, 2 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 second
edition, vol.2 third edition, vol.2 title little torn with loss of a few
letters and mounted, last few ff. frayed, some staining and marking,
modern calf, Hamburg, Michael Forster, 1607-1612; and 2 others,
Continental, including a 17th century pamphlet on Kisses, v.s. (6)
*** The first mentioned is a rare work by this pagan Byzantine
historian on the emperors of Rome and their reigns. £300 - £400
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108. Porta (Francesco) la v i s i o n e d i m. fr a n C e s C o po rta. da
Ca s t e l nu o u o d e l l a Ca r fa g n a n a, italic type, title and final f. with
woodcut printer’s device, charming woodcut vignette to head of A5,
woodcut initials and head-pieces, occasional light marginal foxing,
[Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 28909], 8vo, Florence, Giorgio
Marescotti, 1578. £300 - £400
*** A scarce edition of this attractively produced poetical work.
Lot 109
109. Rosinus (Joannes) ro m a n a r u m an t i Q u i tat u m li b r i de C e m,
sir he n ry sp e l m a n’s C o p y, with his ink signature to head of title,
woodcut printer’s device to title and a variant to verso of final f.,
2 woodcut double-page plans, woodcut illustrations and initials,
water-stained, small wormholes (later a trace) to head of sigs.r-z,
contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, rubbed,
housed in a later rather rustic leather case, [Adams R798], 4to,
Basel, Petrus Perna for Conrad Waldkirch, 1583. £300 - £400
*** A scarce work with an excellent provenance. Sir Henry Spelman
(1563-1641), antiquary, historian and author of archaeological and
legal works.
Lot 110
LONDON
110. Camilli (Camillo) imprese i l l u s t r i d i d i v e r s i C o i d i s C o r s i, 3
parts in 1, first e d i t i o n, 3 fine engraved pictorial titles within ornate
architectural borders, 108 engraved emblematic devices within
elegant borders by Girolamo Porro, woodcut initials and tail-pieces,
with final blank in part 2, light water-stain to foot of first title, a few
finger-marks, 17th century mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments
and with brown leather label, joints starting, but holding firm, some
worming, rubbed and scuffed, [Landwehr, Romanic, 202; Praz, p.
296; Mortimer, Italian, 99; Cicognara 1870; EDIT 16 CNCE 8702],
4to, Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1586. £800 - £1,200
*** Camilli, in this work dedicated to Ferdinando de’ Medici,
provides the device and motto of the most illustrious families of
Italy. In addition to his lines of verse to accompany each emblem he
provides an interpretive commentary of the allegorical symbolism
and historical significance embedded in the image.
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Lot 111
111. Aristotle.- Zabarella (Giacomo) de re b u s nat u r a l i b u s li b r i
xxx, title with large woodcut arms and portrait of Pope Sixtus V
verso, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, lacking initial
and final blanks, some water-staining, a few ff. with minor marginal
worm traces, contemporary limp vellum, spine repaired with loss
at ends, some staining, [Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 30836],
folio, Venice, apud Paulum Meietum Bibliopolam Patauinum, 1590.
£2,000 - £3,000
*** Zabarella on natural philosophy. Rare at auction. He is considered
the prime representative of Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy.
Lot 112
112. Camerarius (Joachim) sy m b o l o r u m & em b l e m at u m ex re
he r b a r i a de s u m t o r u m Ce n t u r i a un a Co l e C ta, 4 parts in 1 vol.,
first C o l l e C t e d e d i t i o n, each part with a fine engraved pictorial
title, 400 fine engraved circular emblems, e x t r a-i l l u s t r at e d b y
t h e i n C l u s i o n o f 3 17t h C e n t u ry m o u n t e d o r i g i n a l i n k e m b l e m s,
engraved plate from another work mounted on inner cover, lacking
a f. with printer’s device and a blank f., first engraved title wormed
at head with a little loss to image, vol. preliminaries outer margin
repaired, all parts with some worming to innner gutters and staining,
the latter heavier to part 4, contemporary calf, worn and repaired,
but holding firm, [Landwehr, German, 166; Praz 295; Nissen 312],
8vo, Nuremberg, Typis Voegelinianis, 1590-1605. £300 - £400
*** Camerarius the Younger was a German physician, botanist, and
humanist scholar. The first part of this work is the first b o ta n i C a l
e m b l e m b o o k.
Lot 113
113. Lullus (Raimundus) op e r a, first C o l l e C t e d e d i t i o n, woodcut
printer’s device to title, 3 double-page tables, woodcut diagrams,
some marginal water-staining, a few red pencil marks, occasional
spotting, a few small stains, contemporary vellum, lacking ties, foot
of spine chipped, lightly soiled, [Adams L1694], 8vo, Strasbourg,
sumptibus Lazari Zetzneri, 1598. £1,800 - £2,200
*** The scarce first collected edition of Lull’s major works. He
wrote on astronomy, mysticism, the occult and mathematics among
other things
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Lot 114
114. Parker (Matthew, Archbishop of Canterbury) de an t i Q u i tat e
br i ta n n i C a e eC C l e s i æ, second edition, title with woodcut printer’s
device, woodcut arms and initials, lightly browned, contemporary
mottled calf, rebacked, preserving original richly gilt backstrip
with new red leather label, slight loss, corners repaired, rubbed,
folio, Hanover, Typis Wechelianis, apud Claud. Marnium & hæredes
Ioannis Aubrii, 1605. £250 - £350
*** Scarce edition of the English episcopacy.
Lot 115
115. Mazzella (Scipione) and others. si to, e t a n t i C h i ta d e l l a
C i t ta d i po z z u o l o [w i t h] op u s C u l u m d e ba l n e i s pu t e o l o r u m
[a n d] ap pa r at o de l l e st at u e , 3 parts in 1, woodcut folding map
and 17 illustrations within text, lightly browned, occasional
spotting, contemporary limp vellum, later brown leather label to
spine, [Cicognara 4317], 8vo, Naples, Tarquinio Longo, 1606.
£700 - £900
*** Best and most complete edition of this description of the numerous
Roman and Greek ruins found in Pozzuoli and neighboring Cuma,
Baia and Miseno. Cicognara calls it ‘elegante libro per le sue erudite
notizie’. The third part by Ferro is the first edition of this work.
Lot 116
LONDON
116. Bonarelli (Guidubaldo de) fi l l i d e sC i r o, fav o l a pa s t o r a l e,
first e d i t i o n, the W.W. Greg-Allardyce-Nicoll copy, fine engraved
pictorial title incorporating 8 putti and the arms of the dedicatee the
Duc d’Urbino, 5 fine full-page engraved illustrations, a few spots,
contemporary vellum, rebacked in 20th century cream buckram,
little soiled, [Ferrara], Impressa dell’Accademia degli Intrepidi di
Ferrara, [1607]. £300 - £400
*** A rare and charmingly illustrated pastoral play with an
attractive provenance. Both Greg and Nicoll were leading scholars
of theatrical history.
Lot 117
117. Boitel (Pierre) le ta b l e a u d e s me rv e i l l e s d u mo n d e,
first e d i t i o n, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut initials
and head-piece, some light foxing, including title, contemporary
vellum, re-cased, [Sabin 6164], 8vo, Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1617.
£300 - £400
*** Scarce first edition of this fascinating collection of stories,
curiosities and wonders, both historic and mythological, including
several of interest concerning the ‘New World’.
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Lot 118
118. Aesop. aesopi ph ry g i s fa b u l a e, double column, with Greek
and Latin parallel text, title with woodcut portrait of Aesop,
c.60 woodcut illustrations within text, front free endpaper with
C o n t e m p o r a ry en g l i s h 6-l i n e i n k m s . p o e m, some worming to varying
degrees throughout, some loss of text, contemporary sheep, a few
ink stains, rubbed, Geneva, Johannis de Tournes, 1628 § Horatius
Flaccus (Quintus) Poemata, title with woodcut printer’s device,
colophon and blank ff. at end, rear endpapers with C o n t e m p o r a ry
en g l i s h a n d lat i n i n k m s . p o e t ry, N2 torn at outer margin with
loss of printed side-notes, water-stained, contemporary calf, spine
in compartments, covers with blind-stamped floral centre-pieces,
Hanover, apud Guilielmum Antonium, 1610, 16mo & 8vo (2)
£350 - £450
*** The Aesop is a rare edition. We can trace only one other copy
at auction.
Lot 119
119. Puget de la Serre (Jean) le s de l i C e s d e l a mo rt, fine
engraved additional pictorial title and 4 plates after Corneille
Galle, the fourth plate closely trimmed at outer margin, just
touching image towards foot, very small burnhole to G1, affecting
part of 3 letters, occasional light spotting, contemporary calf, gilt
spine in compartments, rubbed, 8vo, Rouen, Jean Berthelin, 1631.
£300 - £400
*** The rare Rouen edition published in the same year as the
Brussels first edition.
Lot 120
120. Haeften (Benedictus van) sC h o l a s Co r d i s, s i v e av e r s i a de o
Co r d i s, engraved title, 55 full-page emblematic engravings, lacks
half-title, heavy staining to title and head on next c. 25 ff., little
marking elsewhere, contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, covers
with central panel including foliage and a bishop’s coat-of-arms
with initials ‘P A Z R’ below, in border, edges elaborately gilt and
gauffered, rubbed, hinges cracked, [Landwehr, Low Countries 268],
8vo, Antwerp, Joannes Meursius & Hieronymus Verdussius, 1635.
£300 - £400
121. Perez (Anton) in s t i t u t i o n e s im p e r i a l e s, er o t e m at i b u s
di s t i n C ta e, engraved additional pictorial title, woodcut initials and
tail-pieces, some spotting or light foxing, modern blind-stamped
calf, [Willems 1053], Amsterdam, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium,
1647 § Goeree (W.) De Kerklyke en Weereldlyke Historien, halftitle,
engraved additional pictorial title, 16 plates and illustrations,
folding table, water-stained, modern blind-stamped calf, Leiden,
Johannes van Abkoude, 1730; and 3 others, 18th & 19th century
English Literature, v.s. (5) £300 - £400
122. Bible, Latin. biblia sa C r a, engraved title, contemporary calf,
rubbed, rebacked, corners worn, hinge cracked, [Darlow & Moule
6230], Cologne, Balthasar von Egmont, 1659 § Smith (Thomas) De
Republica Anglorum libri tres, engraved title, contemporary vellum,
[Willems 337], Leiden, ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1630 § [Carmontelle
(Louis de)] Proverbes Dramatiques, 4 parts in 2 vol., contemporary
speckled calf, gilt, morocco spine-labels, little rubbed, Paris, Merlin,
1768, and 4 others, 8vo et infra (8) £300 - £400
123. Curtius Rufus (Quintus) historia al e x a n d r i ma g n i, engraved
pictorial title, folding map and folding plate, woodcut initials and
head-pieces, with final 2 blanks, some light foxing, contemporary
vellum, [Willems 1482], Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana, 1673
§ Florus (Lucius Annaeus) L.A. Florus cum Notis Integris CL.
Salmasii, engraved pictorial title, woodcut initials, with final blank,
some light foxing, contemporary vellum, blind-stamped arabesque
centre-pieces, [Willems 1258], Amsterdam, ex officina Elzeviriana,
1660 § Justinus (Marcus Junianus) Historiae Libri XLIV, engraved
pictorial title, woodcut initials and head-pieces, contemporary
vellum, gilt, C o v e r s w i t h g i lt C e n t r e-p i e C e s o f a s t o r k w i t h w o r m
in m o u t h, lightly soiled, Amsterdam, apud Henricum Wetstenium,
1691; and 2 others, Continental, v.s. (5) £300 - £400
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Lot 124
124. Sandrart (Joachim von) l’aC a d e m i a to d e s C a d e l l a
ar C h i t e C t u r a, sC u lt u r a & pi t t u r a: o d e r de u t s C h e aC a d e m i e d e r
ed l e n ba u-bi l d-u n d ma h l e r e y-kü n s t e, 3 parts only (of 6), halftitle,
3 fine engraved pictorial or vignette titles, portrait and 88
plates, illustrations, occasional spotting and finger-marking, some
light browning, 20th century morocco-backed buckram, rebacked,
preserving original worn backstrip, Nuremberg, Ben Jacob von
Sandrart, 1675. sold not subject to return. £600 - £800
Lot 125
125. Aesop. fa b u l a r u m æso p lib r i v., fine engraved additional
pictorial title, title vignette, folding portrait of the dedicatee Johann
Wilhelm Friso, Prince of Orange, 18 plates, initials and head- and
tail-pieces, printed title in red and black, minor repaired tear to
portrait, short repaired tear to foot of plate 1, occasional spotting,
engraved bookplate of The Rt. Hon. Algernon Capell, Earl of
Essex, dated 1701, contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spine in
compartments, red morocco spine label loosely inserted in book,
covers with gilt monograms, spine ends chipped, corners worn,
rubbed, [Cohen-de Ricci 797; Landwehr, Fable Books, 247], 4to,
Amsterdam, ex Typographia Francisci Halmæ, 1701. £300 - £400
Lot 126
LONDON
126. Launay (Charles Louis de) de r s e i n e n z u e r z i e h e n h a b e n d e n
J u n g e n Cava l i e r in d e r pr o fa n- u n d ki r C h e n-historie, so w o h l a l s
in d e r ge o g r a p h i e..., 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece,
title in red and black, engraved celestial and world map at start, 31
engraved maps, most folding, folding pictorial genealogy, 3 plates
of astronomical subjects and a globe, 49 genealogical tables, some
folding, some foxing, heavier in places, contemporary calf, blindstamped
spine in compartments, upper joint split, foot of spine
chipped, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, Augsburg, Martin Veith, 1738.
£400 - £600
Lot 127
127. Reaumur (René Antoine Ferchault de) pr at i Q u e d e l’art d e
fa i r e eC l o r r e e t d’el e v e r...d e s oi s e a u x do m e s t i Q u e s, 4 folding
engraved plates, ink stamp to title, water-stained, contemporary
limp boards, water-stained, 8vo, Paris, De l’Imprimerie Royale,
1751. £250 - £350
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Lot 128
128. America.- Du Boccage (Anne-Marie Fiquet) la Co l o m b i a d e,
o u la fo i po rt É e a u no u v e a u mo n d e po ë m e , first e d i t i o n, engraved
portrait frontispiece, title vignette and 10 plates, some spotting or
light foxing, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments
and with red leather label, foot of spine chipped, corners worn,
rubbed, [Sabin 21007], 8vo, Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1756.
£250 - £350
*** An epic poem on Christopher Columbus and the discovery of
the New World.
Lot 129
129. Bible , Slavonic. go s p e l s, printed in red and black within
borders, lacks title,44 ff. supplied in manuscript facsimile, first
f. backed and margins restored, fore-edge margins of next few ff.
restored, few ff. loose, some repairs, spme staining and browning,
contemporary green velvet over wooden boards, covers with large
silver metal repoussé centre and corner-pieces, front cover with
the Crucifixion in the centre, ad Samuel, David, Elijah and Moses
in the corners, back cover with Christ rising from the Tomb in the
centre, and the four Evangelists in the corners, velvet scuffed and
marked, clasps missing, folio, [?Moscow, eighteenth century]; sold
as a binding, not subject to return. £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 130
130. Bodoni.- Anacreon. te i o u me l e, [one of 150 copies], 2
engraved portraits, some marginal foxing, contemporary vellum,
gilt, spine with double black morocco labels, spine soiled, g.e.,
[Brooks 422], small 4to, Parma, [Bodoni], 1791. £300 - £400
Lot 131
131. Maaskamp (Evert) ta b l e a u x d e s ha b i l l e m e n t s, de s
mo e u r s e t d e s Co u t u m e s, text in Dutch and France, hand-coloured
additional pictorial title and 20 plates, text spotted, plates generally
in good clean bright condition, contemporary half calf, gilt, upper
cover detached, 4to, Amsterdam, [1811]. £300 - £400
132. Russia.- Arlincourt (Charles Victor Prévôt, Vicomte d’)
l’Ét o i l e po l a i r e, 2 vol. in 1, first e d i t i o n, half-titles, errata f. at
end, Paris, 1843. § [Lacroix (Paul)], “Paul L. Jacob”.L’Homme au
Masque de Fer, first e d i t i o n, half-title with advertisements verso,
some spotting, contemporary half calf, blind-stamped spine in
compartments and with double cloth labels, spine slightly faded,
rubbed, Paris, 1837 § Spain.- Masson (Michel) Ne Touchez pas a
la Reine, first e d i t i o n, half-title, 1p. advertisements at end, foxing,
contemporary half calf, spine in compartments and with 3 paper
labels, labels a little chipped, rubbed, Paris, 1837; and 10 others,
French Novels, 8vo (13) £350 - £450
*** Provenance: The Library of the Duchesse de Berry. The first
mentioned is the author’s account of his journey to Moscow; the
second a rare work on the anonymous prisoner known as the ‘man
in the iron mask’, who Voltaire believed to be the brother of Louis
XIV; and the third set in 17th century Spain.
133. Doestoevsky (Fyodor) pr e s t u p l e n i y e i n a k a z a n i y e [Cr i m e
a n d pu n i s h m e n t], first a p p e a r a n C e o f C h a p t e r s 10-13, in Russkie
Vesthiky, No 7, light spotting, ink inscription to title, stamps for
Bodleian Library to title verso and foot of some pp., contemporary
morocco-backed boards, spine ends and corners bumped, rubbed,
original wrappers bound-in, 8vo, Moscow, 1866. £200 - £300
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❦ ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORy
Lot 134
134. Serres (Jean de) an hi s t o r i C a l Co l l e C t i o n, o f t h e m o s t
m e m o r a b l e a C C i d e n t s, a n d t r a g i C a l l m a s s a C r e s o f fr a n C e, v n d e r
t h e r a i g n e s o f he n ry. 2. fr a n C i s. 2. Ch a r l e s. 9. he n ry..., first
e d i t i o n in en g l i s h, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut
decorative initials and head-pieces, lacking initial blank, short
repaired tear to 2T6, minor loss, some water-staining, mostly
to upper margins, but heavier to last few sigs., new endpapers,
contemporary calf, covers with gilt centre-pieces and initials ‘AA’
, joints starting, but holding firm, spine skilfully repaired in areas,
rubbed, [STC 11275], folio, Thomas Creede, 1598. £500 - £700
*** Also sometimes attributed to Simon Goulart or Pierre
Matthieu.
Lot 135
135. Guicciardini ( Francesco) th e h i s t o r i e o f guiC C i a r d i n:
C o n ta i n i n g t h e v va r r e s o f ita l i e a n d o t h e r pa rt e s, translated
by Geffray Fenton, second edition in English, title with woodcut
printer’s device, decorative woodcut initials and head-pieces, with
final blank, lacking initial blank, 3X6 & 3Y1 with a few small stains,
little closely trimmed at head, 18th century panelled calf, gilt spine
in compartents and with black morocco label, joints starting, but
holding firm, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Ilchester, [STC
12459; Pforzheimer 442], a very good copy, folio, Richard Field,
1599. £600 - £800
The Property of a Lady
Lot 136
LONDON
136. Fumée (Martin) th e historie o f t h e tr o u b l e s o f hu n g a r i e,
first e d i t i o n in en g l i s h, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut
initials and head-pieces, lacking initial and final blank, title waterstained
at head (this causing some foxing), single wormhole / small
trace to c. first third of ff., within text with loss of part of a letter
or two or sometimes a few letters on those ff., occasional spotting,
modern speckled calf-backed marbled boards, spine faded, [STC
11487], folio, Imprinted by Felix Kyngston, 1600. £600 - £800
*** Scarce at auction.
Lot 137
137. Commines (Phillippe de) th e historie o f philip d e Co m m i n e s
kn i g h t, lo r d o f ar g e n t o n, second edition, handsome woodcut
pictorial title, genealogical tables, woodcut decorative initials,
some water-staining to margins, modern panelled calf, spine faded,
[STC 5603], folio, A. Hatfield for I.Norton, 1601. £350 - £450
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Lot 138
138. [Milles (Thomas)] th e Cata l o g u e o f ho n o r, first e d i t i o n,
fine engraved pictorial title and plate, 9 engraved illustrations by
Wenceslaus Hollar, woodcut arms throughout and initials, errata
f. at end, lacking initial blank, but with blank at 2V8, occasional
spotting, a few small stains, a little light browning, 20th century
morocco, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, this faded
and a little creased, [STC 17926], folio, William Jaggard, 1610.
£700 - £900
*** A solid copy of this handsome porduction.
Provenance: Anthony Jaggard of Winfrith Court (bookplate).
Lot 139
139. [Dallington (Robert)] ap h o r i s m e s Ciuill a n d militarie:
a m p l i f i e d w i t h a u t h o r i t i e s, a n d e x e m p l i f i e d w i t h h i s t o r i e, o u t o f
t h e first Q u a rt e r n e o f fr. gu i C C i a r d i n e, 2 parts in 1, first e d i t i o n,
titles with woodcut printer’s device and fine engraved portrait of
Prince Charles to recto of first title, woodcut decorative initials and
head-piece, lacking initial and final blanks, short tear to head of D4
and E1&2, 18th century calf, richly gilt spine with monogram at
head, covers with borders of triple gilt filets, rubbed, [STC 6197], a
very good copy, folio, for Edward Blount, 1613. £500 - £700
*** Provenance: The Earl Granard, Forbes Castle, Ireland (gilt
monogram at head of spine).
Lot 140
140. Stow (John) th e an n a l e s, o r ge n e r a l l Ch r o n i C l e o f en g l a n d,
double column, black letter, title within ornate woodcut historiated
architectural border, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces,
title laid down with minor loss to lower corner, repair to lower
margin of 1 and all margins of final f., N2 section of lower corner
torn away with loss of a few letters recto and verso, a few ff. with
small areas of lower corner frayed or torn away, not affecting text
in any instance, small areas of unobtrusive water-staining at head
and foot, a few small stains, occasional spotting, later polished calf,
rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, rubbed, [STC 23338],
folio, Impensis Thomæ Adams, 1615. £400 - £600
Lot 141
141. [Camden (William)] an n a l e s t h e t r u e a n d r o ya l l h i s t o ry
o f t h e fa m o u s empresse el i z a b e t h Qu e e n e o f en g l a n d fr a n C e a n d
ir e l a n d &C., first e d i t i o n, later issue (with Fisher’s address and date
in imprint, without 14 lines of text on verso of portrait and without
additional portrait of Darcie, fine engraved portrait frontispiece
of Queen Elizabeth and an ornate historiated architectural title,
woodcut historiated and decorative initials and head-pieces,
frontispiece and title trimmed to just within border, small stain to
final ‘To the Reader’ f., occasional spotting, contemporary calf,
rebacked, preserving original backstrip, lacking clasps, new olive
morocco label to spine, [STC 4497], small 4to, for Benjamin Fisher
and are to be sould at the Talbott in Pater Noster Rowe, 1625.
£300 - £400
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142. [Le Petit (Jean François)] a ge n e r a l l historie o f t h e
ne t h e r l a n d s, edited by Edward Grimestone, second edition, fine
engraved pictorial title and full-page portraits, with initial and
final blanks, contemporary ink index to front free endpaper, a few
marginal ink scribbles, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled
calf, later paper ms. label to spine, [STC 12376], folio, Adam Islip,
1627. £400 - £600
*** A solid copy of this history, which is largely a translation of
Jean François Le Petit’s La grande chronique.
Provenance: John, Marquis of Tweedale (engraved bookplate).
Lot 143
143. [Camden (William)] to m u s a lt e r, & i d e m: o r th e h i s t o r i e
o f t h e l i f e a n d r e i g n e o f t h at fa m o u s prinCesse, el i z a b e t h:
C o n ta i n i n g a b r i e f e m e m o r i a l l o f t h e C h i e f e s t a f fa i r e s o f s t at e ,
t h at h a u e passed in t h e s e k i n g d o m e s o f en g l a n d, translated by
Thomas Browne, first e d i t i o n, engraved frontispiece showing the
tomb of Elizabeth, woodcut portrait of Elizabeth to verso of title, 2
additional plates bound in (not called for), including a duplicate of
the frontispiece, lacking final blank, 2H2&3 and 2I1 lower margin
torn with loss, some light water-staining and foxing, occasional
spotting, 18th century calf, spine ends and corners repaired, spine
faded, [STC 4498], small 4to, Thomas Harper, 1629. £300 - £400
*** Scarce at auction.
Lot 144
LONDON
144. Weever (John) an C i e n t f u n e r a l l m o n u m e n t s within t h e v n i t e d
m o n a r C h i e o f gr e at br i ta i n e, ir e l a n d, a n d t h e i s l a n d s a d i a C e n t,
first e d i t i o n, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial
title, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, woodcut initials and
head-pieces, portrait trimmed to border and window-mounted, small
repair to lower corner or printed title, lacking final blank, lightly
browned, some water-staining, a few small stains, 19th century
polished calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, small ink number at
foot of spine, corners worn, rubbed, [STC 25223], folio, Thomas
Harper, 1631. £400 - £600
*** An excellent collection of epitaphs and inscriptions, a number
of which no longer survive. It covers the dioceses of London,
Canterbury, Rochester, Norwich and Lincoln.
Lot 145
145. [Camden (William)] th e h i s t o r i e o f t h e l i f e a n d d e at h o f
ma ry st u a rt Qu e e n e o f sC o t l a n d, second edition, fine engraved
portrait frontispiece of Elizabeth and additional pictorial title,
lightly browned, occasional spotting, 20th century brown crushed
morocco, covers with gilt arabesque centre-pieces, upper cover
detached, spine faded, g.e., [STC 24510], 12mo, by John Haviland,
1636. £350 - £450
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Lot 146
146. Biondi (Sir Giovanni Francesco) an hi s t o ry o f t h e Civill
v va r r e s o f en g l a n d, b e t w e e n e t h e t w o h o u s e s o f la n C a s t e r a n d
yo r k e, translated by Henry, Duke of Monmouth, fine engraved
additional pictorial title, woodcut decorative initials and headpieces,
[Wing B2936], by T.H. and I.D. for John Benson, 1641
b o u n d w i t h The second part of the History of the Civill Warres of
England between the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke, woodcut
decorative initials and head-pieces, lacking initial blank, [Wing
2936A], E.G. for Richard Whitaker, 1646, some light browning,
occasional spotting, contemporary calf, spine in compartments,
later light brown label to spine, folio £600 - £800
*** A very good copy of this history by the Venetian diplomat at the
court of James I.
Provenance: Fairfax of Cameron (bookplate).
Lot 147
147. Buck (Sir George) th e hi s t o ry o f t h e life a n d re i g n e o f
ri C h a r d t h e th i r d, first e d i t i o n, engraved portrait frontispiece by
Cross, woodcut initials and head-pieces, lacking blank K4, lightly
water-stained, a little heavier to preliminaries, [Wing B5306 ],
W.Wilson, 1646 b o u n d w i t h Bacon (Sir Francis) The Historie of
the reigne of King Henry the Seventh, third edition, with initial
blank, fine engraved portrait frontispiece by William Marshall, title
within an ornate woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and
head-pieces, [Wing B298; Pforzheimer 33], R.Y. and R.H., 1641,
together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary blind-ruled calf, spine
in compartments with a modern red morocco label, spine skilfully
repaired at end, small area of loss at foot, folio £500 - £600
*** Loosely inserted are engraved portraits of Richard and Henry
by Peter Vanderbanck after Edward Lutterell.
Provenance: Tho. Yarburgh (contemporary ink signature to head of
first title).
Lot 148
148. Paruta (Paulo) th e hi s t o ry o f ve n i C e, translated by Henry,
Earl of Monmouth, first e d i t i o n in en g l i s h, title in red and black,
woodcut initials and head-pieces, a few spots, 20th century calfbacked
marbled boards, earlier black morocco label to spine,
[Wing P636; Blackmer 1260], folio, for Abel Roper and Henry
Herringman, 1658. £500 - £700
*** The second part of the work deals with the Ottoman-Venetian
Wars, or Wars of Cyprus, including the famous sieges of Nicosia
and Famagusta and the Battle of Lepanto.
Lot 149
149. Ashmole (Elias) th e in s t i t u t i o n, law s & Ce r e m o n i e s o f t h e
m o s t n o b l e or d e r o f t h e ga rt e r, first e d i t i o n, initial imprimatur
f., title in red and black, engraved portrait of Charles II by Sherwin,
31 engraved plates (includes 10 full-pages of arms on 5 sheets),
most double-page, some by Wenceslaus Hollar, errata f. at end,
some water-staining to preliminaries, most double-page plates with
repair to fold (to varying degrees), repaired tear to text ff. R3, 2D3
and 4C1, lightly browned, occasional spotting, a few small stains,
contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, [Wing 3983], folio,
J.Macock, for Nathaniel Brooke, 1672. £600 - £800
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150. Clarendon (Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of) th e hi s t o ry o f t h e
r e b e l l i o n a n d Civil wa r s in en g l a n d, be g u n in t h e y e a r 1641,
3 vol. in 7, half-titles, 87 portraits, 3 folding maps and 4 folding
views, vol.6 upper corner of title torn with loss, not affecting text,
outer margin of 2H8 repaired with tape, 3I2 trimmed and mounted,
a few small burnholes, a few small repairs verso to folds of plates,
some light browning, occasional spotting, some offsetting, modern
half cream calf, 8vo, Oxford, printed at the Theater, 1705-1706-
1717. £600 - £800
Lot 151
151. Sandford (Francis) a ge n e a l o g i C a l hi s t o ry o f t h e ki n g s
a n d Qu e e n s o f en g l a n d, second edition, engraved frontispiece,
title in red and black, engraved illustrations, some folding, many
full-page, list of subscribers, some water-staining at head to first
c.100 ff., else clean, contemporary panelled calf, richly gilt spine
in compartments and with red morocco label (this a little chipped
with loss of 2 letters), joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, a
solid copy of a handsome production, folio, M.Jenour, for John
Nicholson, 1707. £400 - £600
Lot 152
LONDON
152. Dugdale (Sir William) [and John Stevens] mo n a s t i C o n
an g l i C a n u m, 3 vol., including supplement by Stevens, engraved
additional pictorial title, titles in red and black, 153 plates, some
double-page, occasional spotting and light browning, contemporary
tree calf, spine in compartments with new leather labels, vol.1
upper cover detached, all joints split, but holding firm, corners a
little worn, rubbed, folio, 1718-1722-1723. £400 - £600
Lot 153
153. Jacob (Alexander) a Co m p l e t e en g l i s h pe e r a g e, 2 vol. in 3,
first e d i t i o n, 97 engraved plates of arms, 196 folding genealogical
tables, modern half calf, spine faded, folio, for the Author, 1766-
1769. £500 - £700
Lot 154
154. Fenn (John) or i g i n a l le t t e r s, wr i t t e n du r i n g t h e re i g n s
o f he n ry vi. ed wa r d iv a n d ri C h a r d iii, 5 vol., vol.1 & 2 second
edition, vol.3-5 first e d i t i o n s, 48 plates and folding tables, some
offsetting and spotting, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, 4to,
1787-1823. £300 - £400
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Lot 155
155. Nichols (John) th e pr o g r e s s e s, a n d pu b l i C pr o C e s s i o n s o f
Qu e e n el i z a b e t h, 3 vol., first e d i t i o n s, 56 engraved plates, most
folding, all with tape repairs verso, offsetting, some foxing, 20th
century mottled half calf, spines faded, 4to, by and for the editor,
1786-1805. £500 - £700
Lot 156
156. Monstrelet (Enguerrand de) th e Chro n i C l e s, 5 vol.,
engraved title vignettes and 51 plates, some offsetting and spotting,
occasional light browning, contemporary polished calf, rebacked, a
scarce set, 4to, Hafod Press, 1809. £500 - £700
Other Properties
Lot 157
157. Nichols (John) th e pr o C e s s i o n s o f Qu e e n el i z a b e t h, new
edition, 41 engraved plates, 1823; The Progresses, Processions, and
Magnificent Festivities of King James the First, 4 vol., 4 engraved
frontispieces and 33 plates, 1828, offsetting, occasional spotting, a
few small stains, 20th century half calf, spines gilt, spines slightly
faded, a good set of these monumental works, 4to £400 - £600
Lot 158
158. Manutius (Paulus) ep i s t o l a r u m l i b r i x, woodcut printer’s
device to title and variant device to recto of otherwise blank final
f., partly unopened, a few ff. a little carelessly opened, lightly
browned, contemporary calf, blind-stamped arabesque centrepieces,
extensively repaired, [STC 17287], 16mo, Excudebat
Thomas Vautrollerius typographus [for William Norton], 1581.
£300 - £400
*** A scarce little edition of the letters of Manutius.
Provenance: ‘F. Goode ms jure tenet’ and ‘S.Goode’ (contemporary
ink inscriptions to title).
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159. Erastus (Thomas) ex p l i C at i o g r av i s s i m a e Q u a e s t i o n i s u t r u m
e x C o m m u n i C at i o, first e d i t i o n, woodcut initials, worm holes.
trace to lower margin of first couple of ff. and to final sigs. lightly
browned throughout, some marginal water-staining and light
foxing, contemporary limp vellum, [STC 10511; Adams E192],
4to, Pesclavii [i.e. London], apud Baocium Sultaceterum [i.e. John
Wolfe], 1589. £800 - £1,200
*** Rare first edition of Erastus’ important and influential treatise,
clandestinely printed in England, arguing on scriptural grounds that the
sins of professing Christians should be punished by civil law only.
Lot 160
160. Scotland.- Johnston (John) in s C r i p t i o n e s h i s t o r i C a e r e g u m
sC o t o r u m, woodcut typographic device to title, 10 fine engraved
portraits, Amsterdam, Cornelius Claessonius for Andrew Hart,
bookseller of Edinburgh, 1602 b o u n d w i t h Heroes ex Omni Historia
Scotica Lectisimi, title with small woodcut printer’s device, Leiden,
Christopher Guyotius for Andrew Hart, bookseller of Edinburgh,
1603, together 2 works in 1 vol., first e d i t i o n s, a few small waterstains,
occasional spotting, a few finger-marks, early 18th century
calf-backed marbled boards, upper joint starting, but holding firm,
corners worn, rubbed, 4to £500 - £700
*** Two uncommon works by the Scottish poet Johnston. He was
a friend of Justus Lipsius and doubtless of the other scholars whose
epigrams preface the present work - among them Joseph Scaliger, Jan
Dousa and Daniel Heinsius. He was also closely attached to Andrew
Melville, who probably helped him to obtain the professorship of
divinity at St.Andrews c.1593, when he was ‘Maister of the new
college’.
Lot 161
LONDON
161. May (Thomas) th e vi C t o r i o u s re i g n e o f ki n g ed wa r d t h e
th i r d, first a n d o n ly e d i t i o n, engraved portrait frontipiece, lacking
final blanks, short repaired tear to foot of G3, a little closely trimmed
at foot in places, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century
burgundy straight-grain morocco, gilt, slightly rubbed, g.e., [STC
17719], 8vo, for T.Walkley, and B.Fisher, 1635. £400 - £600
*** A good copy of an interesting verse history of Edward III,
commissioned by, and dedicated to Charles I. We can trace only two
other copies auction since 1978.
162. Bacon (Sir Francis) th e historie o f life a n d de at h w i t h
ob s e rvat i o n s nat u r a l l a n d ex p e r i m e n ta l l f o r t h e pr o l o n g i n g o f
life, translated by William Rawley, first a u t h o r i s e d t r a n s l at i o n in
en g l i s h, initial imprimatur f., additional engraved pictorial title, ink
stamps, including 2 to pictorial title, contemporary calf, rebacked,
[STC 1157], I.Okes, for Humphrey Mosley, 1638. £300 - £400
*** Scarce at auction. Includes dietary tips to prolong life.
Lot 163
163. Bible, English. bi b l e (th e), th at is, th e h o ly sC r i p t u r e s
C o n t e i n e d...[- th e bo o k e o f ps a l m s ], text within printed black rules
throughout, general title with woodcut device, NT within woodcut
border comprising multiple compartments, woodcut maps, vignettes,
decorations and initials, damp-stain affecting lower inner margin,
some marking and dust-soiling, stitching perished with contents
loose, fraying to fore-edge, contemporary calf, badly worn with
backstrip largely missing, 8vo, “Deputies of Christopher Barker,
1599” [but later]. £400 - £600
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Lot 164
164. Grotius (Hugo) po l i t i C k ma x i m s a n d ob s e rvat i o n s, initial f.
blank, occasional spotting, [Wing 2123A; Ter Meulen & Diermanse
683 (1654 edition)], for Humphrey Moseley, 1655 b o u n d w i t h
[Sancroft (Wiliam)] Modern POlicies, taken from Machiavel,
Borgia, and other choice Authors, by an eye-witnesse, fourth
edition, this copy with 2 additional ff. compared with that listed on
ESTC, these signed ‘A’ and between A10 and a1, with final blank,
lightly browned, occasional spotting, small wormhole within text of
final f., very minor loss, [Wing S557], printed for Tho: Dring, 1653,
together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary sheep, lacking backstrip,
rubbed and scuffed, 12mo £300 - £400
*** The Grotius is rare. no t in british li b r a ry and with ESTC
listing only one copy (Univ. of California). It is a re-issue of Wing
G2123 (1654) with cancel title page.
Lot 165
165. Augustine (Saint) th e life o f s.au g u s t i n e, inner upper corner
of title with slight loss, not affecting text, a6 2 small holes, affecting
a few letters, H1 tear within text, but with no loss, H1 small tear at
head, affecting headline, trimmed at head, affecting some headlines,
some staining, contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments
and with red morocco label, foot of spine chipped, joints splitting,
but holding firm, slightly rubbed, [Wing A4211], 8vo, J.C. for John
Crook, 1660. £300 - £400
*** Scarce, with ESTC listing only six copies.
Lot 166
166. Law.- aC t s a n d stat u t e s, Made in a Parliament, collection
of acts etc., bound together, a few with contemporary notes, a few
pages with damp staining to lower margin, contemporary signature
to title, contemporary calf upper joint split, a little loose in binding,
sm. folio, Andrew Crook, Dublin, 1699 £200 - £300
Lot 167
167. Dryden (John) po e m s o n va r i o u s oC C a s i o n s, title in red and
black, H4 with tear, within text, but with no loss, P1 hole / tear
within text, loss of several letters, for Jacob Tonson, 1701 b o u n d
w i t h Dryden (John) Fables ancient and modern; translated into
verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, & Chaucer: with orginal poems,
lacking title, some browning and water-staining, ?[Jacob Tonson],
?[1700], together 2 works in 1 vol., 20th century panelled calf,
gilt spine in compartments, earlier red morocco label preserved,
upper cover detached, corners a little worn, rubbed and scratched
(especially spine), folio £300 - £400
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168. Geddes (Michael) mi s C e l l a n e o u s tr a C t s, first e d i t i o n,
title page repaired at upper margin, contemporary calf, rebacked,
leather lettering label, library book plate to from t past-down, 8vo,
A and J. Churchil, 1702 £250 - £350
Lot 169
169. Trials.- a Co l l e C t i o n o f t h e s e v e r a l s tat u t e s, a n d pa rt s o f
s tat u t e s, n o w in f o r C e, r e l at i n g to hi g h tr e a s o n, a n d misprision
o f hi g h tr e a s o n, 2 parts in 1, initial imprimatur f., at t r a C t i v e
C o n t e m p o r a ry b l a C k m o r o C C o g i lt, w i t h a r m s o f Qu e e n an n e
in central panel, floral and foliage corner-pieces, head of spine
chipped, extremties rubbed, g.e., 8vo, Charles Bell, and the Executrix
of Thomas Newcomb, 1709. £300 - £400
Lot 170
LONDON
170. Pamphlets.- su r p r i z i n g (th e) li v e s a n d ad v e n t u r e s o f Ja C k
sh e p h e r d, a n d Jo n at h a n wi l d, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacks
E4 at end (blank) ink signature of Samuel Kilner at head of title,
[ESTC lists the University of California copy only], John Thrift,
[?1725] [bound with] Bullock (Christopher) A Woman’s Revenge:
or, a Match in Newgate. A Comedy, engraved frontispiece, [ESTC
lists 3 copies only; not in the BL], W. Feales, 1735 [bound with]
Particular (A) and Impartial Narrative Of the late Mutiny and
Running away with the Chesterfield Man of War, off the Coast of
New Guinea, tear at tail of spine slightly affecting price, [ESTC
lists 1 copy in the British Isles and 2 copies in America], G. Jones,
W. Owen G. Woodfall, [?1749] [bound with] [Henry VIII].- Royal
adventures: being the amorous history of King Henry the Eighth,
lacks A1 & 2 (title and preliminary f.), [ESTC lists 4 copies only, all
in America], [J. Freeman, 1750] [bound with] [Fielding (Henry)]
The Lottery. A Farce, slightly stained, N. Newman, 1733 [bound
with] Centlivre (Susannah) The Humours of Elections, engraved
frontispiece, title in red and black, lower margins slightly stained,
W. Teales, 1737 [bound with] Milton (John) Comus, a Mask. (Now
adapted to the Stage)..., The Second Edition, [ESTC lists 3 copies of
this edition, all in America], W. Feales, 1735, together 9 pamphlets
in 1 vol., browned, contemporary calf, most of covers torn away
leaving spine, 12mo. £600 - £800
Lot 171
171. Supernatural.- Bond (William) th e su p e r n at u r a l
ph i l o s o p h e r: o r, t h e my s t e r i e s o f ma g i C k, second edition, engraved
frontispiece and 2 plates, title laid down and mounted on stub,
occasional ink marginalia, 33pp. ‘Verses to Mr. Campbell’ bound
before ‘Life of...Duncan Campbell’ some foxing, contemporary
panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, upper joint starting at foot,
but holding firm, corners a little worn, rubbed, 8vo, for. E.Curll,
1728. £300 - £400
*** Scarce. A curious work covering demons, geniis and ‘familiar
spirits’, a discourse on second sight, a discussion of the existence
of spirits and witches, dreams, spectres, omens and apparitions,
enchantment, necromancy ‘exemplified in the history.of Mr Duncan
Campbell.who though deaf and dumb, writes down any stranger’s
name at first sight, with their future contingencies of fortune’. Also
includes a tract by Dr Wallis entitled ‘The Method of Teaching Deaf
and Dumb Persons to Read, Write and Understand a Language’.
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172. Pope (Alexander) of t h e use o f ri C h e s, a n ep i s t l e to t h e
ri g h t ho n o r a b l e al l e n lo r d bat h u r s t, first e d i t i o n, foxed, upper
hinge split, modern calf-backed boards, spine scuffed, [Foxon P923;
Griffith 283; Rothschild 1605], by J.Wright, 1732; and 2 others,
the second edition and Whitehead’s The State Dunces, folio (3)
£200 - £300
173. Pope (Alexander) th e fi r s t sat i r e o f t h e se C o n d bo o k o f
ho r a C e, im i tat e d in a di a l o g u e..., first e d i t i o n, title a little soiled,
[Foxon P886; Griffith 288; Rothschild 1608], L.G., sold by A.
Dodd, E. Nutt, [& others], 1733; The First Epistle of the Second
Book of Horace, Imitated, first e d i t i o n, [Foxon P881; Griffith 483;
Rothschild 1635], for T.Cooper, 1737, modern morocco-backed
cloth, folio (2) £200 - £300
174. Swift (Jonathan) th e life a n d ge n u i n e Ch a r a C t e r o f do C t o r
sw i f t, first e d i t i o n, half-title, a little browned, modern moroccobacked
boards, [Foxon S884; Rothschild 2143; Teerink 727], folio,
for J.Roberts, 1733. £200 - £300
*** A bibliographically difficult item, subject of much debate as to
authorship and printing. This appears to be the earliest of the states
detailed by Teerink.
Lot 175
175. Swift (Jonathan) on po e t ry: a ra p s o d y, first e d i t i o n, a little
browned, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Foxon S888; Rothschild
2147; Teerink 741], folio, printed at Dublin and re-printed in
London, Hugginson, 1733. £300 - £400
*** ‘The imprint is probably misleading, for no earlier Dublin
edition is known’ Rothschild.
176. Pope (Alexander) an ep i s t l e f r o m mr po p e to dr ar b u t h n o t,
first e d i t i o n, modern calf-backed boards, [Foxon P802; Griffith 352;
Rothschild 1623], for Lawton Gilliver, 1734; On the Charcters of
Women: an Epistle to a Lady, first e d i t i o n, half-title, advertisement
f., bookplate to pastedown, later calf-backed boards, gilt crest
stamp to upper cover, [Foxon P917; Griffith 361; Rothschild 1624],
by J.Wright, 1735, folio (2) £250 - £350
177. Pope (Alexander) on e th o u s a n d se v e n hu n d r e d an d th i rt y
ei g h t. a di a l o g u e so m e t h i n g li k e ho r a C e, first e d i t i o n, first
issue with ‘ONE SHILLING’ on title, half-title, advertisement f.,
[Foxon P932; Griffith 484; Rothschild 1642], [1738] b o u n d w i t h
One Thousand Seven Hundred And Thirty Eight. Dialogue II,
first e d i t i o n, [Foxon P938; Griffith 494; Rothschild 1643], 1738,
together in modern calf-back boards, folio. £200 - £300
178. Swift (Jonathan) ve r s e s o n t h e de at h o f do C t o r sw i f t, first
e d i t i o n, title a little creased, final f. a little soiled, small ink note
in a contemporary hand to head of title, modern morocco-backed
cloth, [Foxon S920; Rothschild 2166; Teerink 771], folio, 1739
£300 - £400
Lot 179
179. [Atkyns (Arabella), pseud.] th e fa m i ly ma g a z i n e, 2 parts in
1, part 1, third edition, part 2, second edition, woodcut table plans in
the text at pp27-29, slightly browned, contemporary ink inscription
on front free endpaper, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked,
corners worn, [Bitting p.550; Maclean p.49; Oxford p.71; Simon
BG 658], 8vo, J.Osborn, 1747 & 1743. £300 - £400
180. Milton (John) pa r a d i s e lo s t, initial blank, 8 cancels, ‘h’ in
line 3 of p.75 ablated by hand, roman ‘I’ in p.346 headline, blank
and title browned, ink name to head of title, [Gaskell 4(a)], 1758;
Paradise Regain’d, initial blank, 8 cancels, light marking to title,
damp-staining affecting top-edge to varying degree throughout,
[Gaskell 5(a)], 1758, uniformly bound in contemporary calf, spines
gilt with sequential vol. numbers on morocco labels, rubbed at
extremities, 8vo, Birmingham, John Baskerville, for J.& R.Tonson
(2) £400 - £600
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181. Blackstone (William) Co m m e n ta r i e s o n t h e law s o f en g l a n d
in fo u r bo o k s, 4 vol., fourth edition, 2 engraved plates (one
folding), early 19th century ownership inscription to front end paper
of each volume, contemporary tree calf, red morocco spine labels, a
handsome set, 4to, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1770-69. £300 - £400
182. [Sheridan (Richard Brinsley)] th e ri va l s, second edition,
lacking half-title, light stain to title-page, occasional spotting,
modern quarter morocco over marbled boards, 8vo, 1775.
£300 - £400
*** The correct numbering of p.79 indicates second edition,
published the same year as the first.
Lot 183
183. Gibbon (Edward) th e hi s t o ry o f t h e de C l i n e a n d fa l l o f
t h e ro m a n em p i r e, 6 vol., v o l.1 t h i r d e d i t i o n, v o l s. 2 & 3 s e C o n d
e d i t i o n, v o l s. 4-6 first e d i t i o n s, engraved portrait and 3 maps,
2 folding, slight foxing in places,, bookplate Del Pollaio di Piero
Casini to front free end-papers, contemporary tree calf, bit worn,
especially to joints and spine ends, rebacked, gilt, 4to, 1777-88.
£600 - £800
184. Customs.- in s t r u C t i o n s f o r of f i C e r s o f t h e du t i e s o n hi d e s
in t h e Co u n t ry, ink signatures and inscription: “Carlisle 1st
Dec”, 1778 [bound with] Instructions for Officers Concerned in
ascertaining the Duties on Candles in the Country, 1778 [bound
with] Instructions for Officers Concerned in ascertaining the Duties
on Sope, [ESTC lists 2 copies in the British Isles and 2 copies in
America], 1778, together 5 pamphlets in 1 vol., first two customs
pamphlets defective, browned, first and second mentioned [ESTC
lists 1 copy in the British Isles and 1 copy in America], contemporary
half calf, rubbed, initials “V.E.” on spine, 8vo, 1778. £300 - £400
Lot 185
LONDON
185. Priestley (Dr. Joseph) a fr e e disCussion o f t h e do C t r i n e s
o f mat e r i a l i s m a n d ph i l o s o p h i C a l ne C e s s i t y, first e d i t i o n, 2ff.
advertisement, lacks half-title, contemporary calf, rebacked,
[Crooke 364], 8vo, for J. Jonson, 1778. £200 - £300
186. Johnson (Samuel) th e li v e s o f t h e en g l i s h po e t s, 3 vol.,
first du b l i n e d i t i o n, reprint of vol. I, slightly browned, ink initials
stamped on verso of title of vol. I, contemporary half tree calf,
slightly rubbed, gilt spines, red morocco labels on spines, [Courtney
& Smith p. 141], 8vo, Dublin, for Messrs. Whitestone, Williams,
Colles and others, 1779-81. £300 - £350
Lot 187
187. Johnson (Samuel) a di C t i o n a ry o f t h e en g l i s h la n g u a g e,
2 vol., sixth edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, internally
very good, bookplate of Henryson Caird on front pastedowns,
contemporary diced russia, sympathetically rebacked, 4to, for
J.F. & C.Rivington, L.Davis, T.Payne and Son, T.Longman, B.Law
[&c.], 1785. £400 - £600
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Lot 188
188. Winter (George) a ne w a n d Co m p e n d i o u s sy s t e m o f
hu s b a n d ry, first e d i t i o n, engraved plate, list of subscribers, some
spotting, modern half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with a red
leather label, [Fussell II, pp.131-132; Perkins 1934], 8vo, Bristol,
W.Routh, 1787. £300 - £400
*** Scarce. ‘His book may be taken to reflect the current ideas about
farming in his locality’ (Fussell). The Gloucestershire based farmer
produced this book in part to promote the sale of his new invention:
the ‘patent drill machine’.
Lot 189
189. Burney (Francis) Ca m i l l a: o r, a pi C t u r e o f yo u t h, 5 vol.,
first e d i t i o n, list of subscribers, vol. I 1 p. advertisement at end,
early signature to title pages, handsomely bound in contemporary
polished calf, red morocco labels on spines of vol. 1 only lacking
on others, , spines darkened from being too near an open fire,
[Rothschild 50], 12mo, for T.Payne and others, 1796. £200 - £300
***Subscribers include Jane Austen, Mrs. Piozzi (2 sets), Warren
Hastings and Humphrey Repton.
190. Gibbon (Edward) mi s C e l l a n e o u s wo r k s, 2 vol., [a third
vol. was published in 1815], first e d i t i o n, portrait frontispiece,
errata f. at end of vol.2, occasional spotting or light foxing,
contemporary calf, joint split, lacking 3 (of 4) morocco labels,
spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Norton 131; Rothschild
949], for A.Strahan and T. Cadell, Jun, 1796 § Pope (Alexander)
The Works, 9 vol., engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary
calf, spines in compartments, some joint splitting, corners worn,
rubbed, for C.Bathurst [&c.], 1770 § Bailey (Nathan) An Universal
Etymological English Dictionary, 16th edition, occasional
spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, spine in compartments, corners
worn, rubbed, for R.Ware, 1755; and c.25 others, 18th century
Literature & History, many odd vol., v.s. sold not subject to return.
£250 - £350
Lot 191
191. Shakespeare (William) th e dr a m at iC wo r k s, 93 engraved
plates, occasional damp-staining or foxing, a few worm traces,
mostly marginal, contemporary russia, gilt, some covers detached,
spine ends and corners worn to varying degrees, rubbed, folio, John
and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £300 - £400
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Lot 192
192. Children’s Maps.- a li t t l e bo o k o f ma p s to b e re f e r r e d
to w h e n my fat h e r o r mo t h e r ta l k s w i t h m e a b o u t ge o g r a p h y,
without title, 5 hand-coloured folding engraved maps of the 5
continents, a few small tears starting along folds, otherwise in
fine and bright condition, 19th century ink inscription on front
free endpaper, original pink wrappers, some slight marking, 150
x 140mm., William Darton, 1821 § [Italian Costume], 30 handcoloured
plates of costumes in concertina style, original blindstamped
cloth, rubbed, n.p., n.d. [19th century]; and 3 others, v.s.,
v.d. (5). £300 - £350
Lot 193
193. Ackermann (Rudolph) th e re p o s i t o ry o f art s, li t e r at u r e,
Co m m e r C e , ma n u fa C t u r e s, fa s h i o n s a n d poli t i C s, vol. I-XIV,
engraved titles, c. 530 engraved plates, most hand-coloured
(many hand-coloured aquatints), some folding, some offsetting
and browning, stains affecting some titles, a few samples missing,
contemporary diced russia, gilt, gilt panelled spines, vol. VII
tear, [Abbey, Life 212], 8vo, 1809-15; sold not subject to return.
£300 - £500
Lot 194
LONDON
194. Wordsworth (William) th e ex C u r s i o n, first e d i t i o n, halftitle,
minor spotting, uncut in original drab boards, rebacked and
recornered, rubbed, joints cracking, 4to, 1814. £1,000 - £1,500
*** Provenance: ink inscription “Nath.l. Shelmerdine, Salford,
1831” to front free endpaper; bookplate of Percy Withers.
Lot 195
195. Wordsworth (William) th e mi s C e l l a n e o u s po e m s , 4 vol.,
first C o l l e C t e d e d i t i o n, p r e s e n tat i o n C o p y s i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r’s
y o u n g e r b r o t h e r Ch r i s t o p h e r, engraved frontispiece (one folding)
to each vol., offsetting, half-title to vol.2 and 3 only, errata leaf at
end of vol.4, some foxing, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo,
1820. £350 - £450
*** Inscription reads: “Mrs Hoare from Chr. Wordsworth.
Sept.7.1820”. Also tipped-in to vol.1 is a 12-line manuscript verse
(in an unidentified hand, opening “Gae book! an’ tell the new made
paire…”) with “Mr. and Mrs Samuel Hoare” on verso
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Lot 196
196. Dickens (Charles) me m o i r s o f Joseph gr i m a l d i, 2 vol., first
e d i t i o n, first issue, lacking half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece
and 12 plates, lacking advertisements, rebound in green water-silk
cloth, gilt decoration to spine, some light foxing, [Eckel p140ff],
1838 § [Dickens (Charles)] Bentley (Richard, publisher)Bentley’s
Miscellany, Oliver Twist, first e d i t i o n, 5 vol, illustrations, modern
half calf, gilt, 1837-1839, v.s. (7) £400 - £600
***Contains the first edition of Oliver Twist and The Mudfog
Association for the Advancement of Everything.
Lot 197
197. Smith (Albert Richard) th e st r u g g l e s a n d ad v e n t u r e s o f
Ch r i s t o p h e r ta d p o l e at ho m e a n d ab r o a d, first e d i t i o n, in t h e
o r i g i n a l pa rt s, engraved portrait and 32 plates by John Leech, parts
9 and 15 with slips making an apology for the delay in illustrations,
advertisements, general title and contents ff. bound at end of part
16, original pictorial wrappers by John Leech, parts 3, 4, 5, 12
and 16 sympathetically rebacked or with a small repair to spine
or wrapper, some light soiling and marking, rubbed, preserved
in a 20th century cloth chemise and slip-case, 8vo, [1846]-1848.
£250 - £350
*** A rare set of the original parts in a good state of preservation.
198. Album.- a w e l l p r e s e n t e d a n d h i g h ly d e C o r at i v e a l b u m,
including British and continental costume, portrait, narrative,
architecture and landscape subjects, i n C l u d i n g 2 o r i g i n a l
wat e r C o l o u r s o f e l e g a n t fr e n C h i n t e r i o r s C e n e s b y g. te x i e r,
interspersed with cut-out floral, fruit and bird ornament, mostly
original watercolours, including numerous floral cartouches
containing manuscript verses and riddles, these and some captions
in English, original watercolours, 18th and early 19th century
engravings, stipple-engravings, mezzotints and lithographs, many
printed in colours or with original hand-colouring, many as cutouts
but some trimmed to the entire image, v.s., mounted on both
sides of c.75 album leaves, some with just a single large image, each
leaf c.415 x 500mm., the Texier watercolours each c.220 x 300mm.,
a few smaller leaves loosely inserted, occasional surface dirt, full
diced calf, worn, gilt-lettered label on upper board of Madame de
Bonanny, upper joint broken, oblong folio, [early 19th century].
£4,000 - £6,000
*** A handsome example of an early 19th century collector album.
Lot 199
199. Collins (Wilkie) mr. wr ay ’s Ca s h-bo x; o r, t h e ma s k a n d
t h e my s t e ry, first e d i t i o n, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece
after John Everett Millais, 4pp. advertisements at end, 20th century
ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, half-title, title and
introduction f. stained to varying degrees, occasional spotting or
finger-marking, original cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little
frayed, rubbed and soiled, scarce in original cloth, 8vo, 1852.
£300 - £400
200. Gaskell (Elizabeth Cleghorn) ru t h: a no v e l, first e d i t i o n,
lacking advertisements, contemporary binders cloth, exteremities
a little worn, [Sadleir 933; Wolff 2425], 1853; Dickens (Charles)
Dombey and Son, a few marginal tears, contemporary half-calf,
spine gilt,1848; Pickwick Club, modern half-calf, corners a little
worn and bumped, 1837, first e d i t i o n s in b o o k f o r m, engraved
frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 42 plates, plates oxidized,
minor soiling throughout, occasional spotting; and two others, 8vo
& 12mo (7) £300 - £400
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Lot 200a
200a. Shelley (Percy Bysshe).- th e sh e l l e y so C i e t y, a card
announcing the first year of the society and its programme for 1886
and 3 admission tickets for a lecture, each c.90 x 120mm, all in good
condition, [1886] (4) £300 - £400
*** Scarce survivals from the inception of the society. Advertised
speakers include H.Buxton Forman and William Michael Rossetti.
Lot 201
201. Wilde (Oscar) th e sp h i n x, first e d i t i o n, o n e o f 200 C o p i e s,
decorated title and other illustrations by Charles Ricketts, printed
in green, light red and black, slight foxing, original pictorial
vellum, gilt, a little soiled and starting to bow, slight abrasion to
small patch of gilt on lower cover, [Mason 361], small 4to, 1894.
£2,500 - £3,500
*** Provenance: Alain de Suzannet (bookplate); A.J.A. Symons
(bookplate).
202. Beardsley (Aubrey) an issue o f fi v e dr aw i n g s il l u s t r at i v e
o f Ju v e n a l a n d lu C i a n, n u m b e r 91 o f 120 C o p i e s, 5 plates, loose
in printed in wrappers, wrppaers edges torn and partially repaired
with tape, folio, 1906. £200 - £300
203. Sassoon (Siegfried) me m o i r s o f a fox-hu n t i n g man, first
e d i t i o n, n u m b e r 208 o f 260 C o p i e s o n h a n d-m a d e pa p e r a n d s i g n e d
b y t h e a u t h o r, original buckram, spine faded, t.e.g., others uncut,
8vo, 1928. £600 - £800
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204. Ambler (Eric) Ju d g e m e n t o n de lt C h e v, first e d i t i o n, s i g n e d
b y t h e a u t h o r on title, small ink ownership inscription to endpaper,
original cloth, spine a little faded, spine ends and corners a little
bumped, light spotting, dust-jacket, spine a little darkened, splits
to joints, spine ends and corners chipped with some minor repairs,
creased at extremities, rubbed, 8vo, 1951. £500 - £700
*** As with many of Ambler’s works, this is scarce in the dustjacket
in any condition.
205. Bradbury (Ray) mo b y di C k sC r e e n p l ay, copy no.26,
typescript, 134pp., annotated throughout in a script-editor’s hand,
original stitched wrappers, rubbed, 8vo, 1954. £200 - £300
*** The script was co-written with John Houston, during one of the
first meetings between to the two men, Bradbury confessed ‘’[I’ve]
never been able to read the damned thing.’ The partnership was
allegedly a tense one, compounded by Houston’s bullying tactics
towards Bradbury.
❦ MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Lot 206
LONDON
206. Dahl (Roald) Ja m e s a n d t h e gi a n t pe a C h, first e d i t i o n,
second issue with 4-line colophon, s i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r on front
free endpaper beneath previous owner’s bookplate, frontispiece,
colour plates and plain illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert,
original cloth, a fine copy, dust-jacket, rubbed at fore-edges and
corners with minor loss to spine ends, some marking to lower panel,
otherwise very good, 8vo, New York, 1961. £400 - £600
Lot 207
207. Dahl (Roald) Ch a r l i e a n d t h e Ch o C o l at e fa C t o ry, first
e d i t i o n, second issue with 5-line colophon, s i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r
on front free endpaper beneath previous owner’s bookplate, plain
frontispiece and illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, original
cloth, a fine copy, dust-jacket, worn at corner-tips and spineends
with some minor loss, a few small closed tears, small stain
to foot of upper panel, otherwise very good, 8vo, New York, 1964.
£400 - £600
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Lot 208
208. Deighton (Len) th e ip C r e s s fi l e, first e d i t i o n, s i g n e d b y
t h e a u t h o r on title, original boards, spine ends and corners a
little bumped, dust-jacket, a little rubbed at head and foot, very
slight browning to head, but overall a near-fine copy, 8vo, 1962.
£800 - £1,200
*** Deighton’s first novel and the first of the ‘Harry Palmer’ series,
scarce signed.
The Property of a Gentleman
Lot 209
209. Fleming (Ian) di a m o n d s a r e fo r e v e r, first e d i t i o n, first
issue with mis-numbered contents p., s i g n e d b y tr i n a pa r k s a n d
la n a wo o d on endpaper, ink ownership inscription to endpaper,
original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine very slightly
browned, minor repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners,
a little rubbed and creased at extremities, still in effect a very good
copy, 8vo, 1956. £600 - £800
*** Trina Parks and Lana Wood played Thumper and Plenty
O’Toole in the 1971 film.
Lot 210
210. Fleming (Ian) go l d f i n g e r, first e d i t i o n, s i g n e d b y b o t h
sh i r l e y eat o n & ta n i a ma l l e t on endpaper, a.n.s. f r o m eat o n
‘yo u’r e l u C k y to h av e t h i s b o o k’ loosely inserted, ink ownership
inscription to endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, very small
chips to spine ends, very small damp-stain to top corner of upper
panel, light surface creaing, still overall an excellent example,
1959. £500 - £700
*** Signed by the actresses who played Jill & Tilly Masterson
respectively in the 1964 film, identifying their characters.
211. Fleming (Ian) fo r yo u r ey e s on ly , first e d i t i o n, s i g n e d b y
Jo h n wy m a n a n d Jo h n mo r e n o on pastedown, original boards,
dust-jacket, coloured correction fluid covering pen marks on spine,
further correction fluid to flaps, still very good in effect, 1960; and
another, You Only Live Twice, 8vo (2) £200 - £300
Lot 212
212. Fleming (Ian) th u n d e r b a l l, first e d i t i o n, s i g n e d b y ma rt i n e
be s w iC k a n d mo l l i e pe t e r s on front pastedown, original boards,
dust-jacket, slightly rubbed at corner-tips, spine very slightly
browned, but overall a very good copy, 8vo, 1961. £350 - £450
*** Martine Beswick and Mollie Peters played Paula Caplan and
Patricia Fearing respectively.
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Lot 215
213. Fleming (Ian) th e spy who lov e d me first e d i t i o n, s i g n e d
b y ri C h a r d ki e l, Ca r o l i n e mu n r o, mi C h a e l bi l l i n g t o n a n d sh a n e
ri m m e r on endpaper, original boards, spine ends and corners dustjacket,
price-clipped, a little creased at head, slightly rubbed, still
excellent overall, 8vo, 1962. £300 - £400
*** Richard Kiel played the henchman Jaws, Caroline Munro played
Naomi, the helicopter pilot shot down by Bond, Michael Billington
played Sergei Barsov, Agent XXX’s ill-fated lover and Shane Rimmer
play submarine captain Commander Carter in the 1977 film.
214. Fleming (Ian) on her maJesty’s se C r e t se rv iC e, first e d i t i o n,
s i g n e d b y ge o r g e la z e n b y a n d te r e n C e mo u n ta i n on endpaper and
pastedown, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, original boards,
spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, spine browned,
spine ends and corners a little chipped, a little rubbed and creased at
extremities, still a very good copy, 8vo, 1963. £250 - £350
*** Terrence Mountain played Raphael, one of Blofeld’s henchmen
in the 1969 film.
215. Fleming (Ian) th e ma n w i t h t h e go l d e n gu n, first e d i t i o n,
s i g n e d b y br i t t ek l a n d on front free endpaper, original plain
boards, small bump to lower edge of upper cover, dust-jacket by
Richard Chopping, slightly rubbed at upper fore-corners and spines
ends, but overall a very good copy, 8vo, 1965. £250 - £350
*** Britt Ekland played Bond’s assistant Mary Goodnight, a
character described by The Daily Mirror as “an astoundingly stupid
blonde British agent”.
Lot 220
LONDON
216. Fleming (Ian) oCtopussy a n d th e li v i n g day l i g h t s, first
e d i t i o n, s i g n e d b y ma rya m d’ab o a n d th o m a s wh e at l e y on ‘The
Living Daylights’ half-title, original boards, dust-jacket, no clipping,
a near fine copy, 1966; and another, the book club edition of From
Russia with Love signed by Eunice Grayson, 8vo (2) £120 - £180
*** Maryam d’Abo played Kara Milovy, Bond’s love interest and
Thomas Wheatley played Saunder’s Bond’s ally in MI6. Eunice
Gayson acted in the film version of From Russia with Love as Sylvia
Trench, Bond’s semi-regular girlfriend.
Other Properties
217. Fleming (Ian) fo r yo u r ey e s on ly , first e d i t i o n, ownership
inscription on front endleaf, original decorated boards, dust jacket
slightly worn at edges, 8vo, 1960. £300 - £400
218. Fleming (Ian) th u n d e r b a l l, owner’s bookplate and inscription
on front endpaper, 1961; You Only Live Twice, ownership inscription
on front endleaf, 1964, first e d i t i o n s; and later printings of Casino
Royale, Diamonds are Forever, and From Russia With Love §
Amis (Kingsley) The James Bond Dossier, first e d i t i o n, 1965,
original decorated boards, all but the first with dust jackets, 8vo (6)
£200 - £300
219. Fleming (Ian) th e ma n w i t h t h e go l d e n gu n, 1965;
Octopussy and The Living Daylights, 1966, first e d i t i o n s, original
boards, dust jackets, 8vo, (2) £200 - £300
220. Francis (Dick) [th e wo r k s, f r o m de a d Ce rt to un d e r
or d e r s], 42 vol., first e d i t i o n s, 14 vol. s i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r,
original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, The Sport of Queens, jackete
a little creased and torn at head and foot; Dead Cert with ink
ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket spine a little browned,
minor repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, light
surface creasing to lower panel; 6 vol. with jacket spines faded,
b u t o v e r a l l a n e x C e l l e n t to n e a r-f i n e s e t, 8vo, 1957-2006.
£1,000 - £1,500
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Lot 221
221. Gilot (Françoise) and Carlot Lake. life w i t h piCasso, first
en g l i s h e d i t i o n, s i g n e d g i f t insCription w i t h o r i g i n a l i n k o u t l i n e
i l l u s t r at i o n f r o m t h e a u t h o r, plates, original boards, dust-jacket,
a very good copy, 8vo, Nelson, 1965. £400 - £600
*** Françoise Gilot, lover and muse to Pable Picasso and mother
to two of his children. An accomplished artist in her own right, the
full-page ‘doodle’ depicts a sailing boat, perhaps an echo of her
painting ‘Asleep, Paloma in the Water, a Sail Boat’. The inscription
is to Mr & Mrs J.S. Gunn, both whom of worked for Thomas
Nelson & Sons, and is accompanied by a printed invitation from
the publishers to a meeting with Gilot at Claridges to celebrate this
work’s publication.
Lot 222
222. Greene (Graham) th e ma n within, first e d i t i o n, fore-edge
a little spotted, original cloth, slightly cocked, dust-jacket, spine
slightly darkened and a little frayed at head, very light surface
soiling, but overall an excllent copy, 8vo, 1929. £1,500 - £2,000
*** The author’s first novel, published when he was only twenty-five.
223. Sternberg (Josef von) th e bl u e an g e l, first e d i t i o n,
inscribed by Marlene Dietrich on title, photographic illustrations,
original boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, lower flap also clipped,
American distributor’s label to lower panel, a fine copy, 8vo, 1968.
£300 - £400
Lot 224
224. Stoker (Bram) th e Je w e l o f se v e n sta r s, first e d i t i o n,
browning to margins with some scattered foxing, a few minor
splits and closed tears, hinges pulling, original red cloth with blind
illustration on covers and lettered in black & gilt, rubbed at edges
and worn at corners, slightly marked, spine dulled, 8vo, 1903.
£300 - £400
*** One of the rarer Stoker titles as a first edition, probably due to
the fragile nature of the production.
Lot 225
225. Thomas (Dylan) in th e Co u n t ry sl e e p, first e d i t i o n in
b o o k f o r m, original cloth, dust-jacket, top edge and base of spine
chipped, small hole to lower panel, browning, particularly to edges
and spine, New York, New Directions, 8vo, 1952. £400 - £600
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Lot 226
226. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e ho b b i t, o r, th e r e a n d ba C k ag a i n,
first e d i t i o n, first impression, frontispiece, plate, illustrations and
map endpapers by the author, 2pp. advertisements, ink ownership
inscription to endpaper, original cloth, spine severely worn
with loss, corners a little bumped, fading to margins, 8vo, 1937.
£1,000 - £1,500
227. Tolkien (J.R.R.) th e ho b b i t, o r, th e r e a n d ba C k ag a i n, sixth
impression (second edition), colour frontispiece, map endpapers,
original cloth, fore-edge spotted, a little browned at head and foot,
dust-jacket, spine very slightly browned, spine ends and corners a
little frayed, short tear to foot of upper joint, small chip to foot of
upper panel, still an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1954. £200 - £300
Lot 228
LONDON
228. Tolkien (J.R.R.) [th e lo r d o f t h e ri n g s], 3 vol., vol.I second
impression, vol. 2 & 3 first e d i t i o n s, vol.III first impression,
?second state, with slightly sagging text on p.49, but without ‘4’ at
foot, folding maps, small ink name on each front fly-leaf, original
cloth, vol.1 & 3 with dust-jackets, spines very slightly browned, a
little rubbed at extremities, but overall excellent copies, 8vo, 1954-
55. £1,500 - £2,000
229. Toole (John Kennedy) a Co n f e d e r a C y o f du n C e s, first
en g l i s h e d i t i o n, original boards, slight browning to spine, dustjacket,
a m i n t C o p y, 8vo, 1981. £300 - £400
*** a superb C o p y o f Jo h n ke n n e d y to o l e’s satiriC m a s t e r p i e C e.
Toole commited suicide in 1969, in part due to his lack of publishing
success. His mother subsequently began promoting the book, which
was finally published in 1980.
230. Wells (H.G.) th e sto l e n ba C i l l u s, first e d i t i o n, 32pp.
publisher’s catalogue dated ‘September 1895’, first 4pp. unopened,
original blue gilt-decorated cloth, slightly rubbed at corners, [Wells
6], 8vo, 1895. £400 - £600
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Lot 231
231. Campana (Giovanni Pietro) an t i C h e op e r e in pl a s t i C a
di s C o p e rt e, ra C C o lta, e di C h i a r at e, 3 parts in 2 vol., tinted
lithographed title-vignettes and 121 plates only (of 122, lacking
plate 61), all but one tinted, a couple partially hand-coloured,
some foxing and soiling, a few plates becoming loose, bookplates
of Alford House and John, Earl Brownlow, contemporary vellum
stamped in gilt and blind, spines gilt with red roan labels, rubbed,
vol.1 with splits to joints and defective at foot of spine, [Blackmer
275], folio, Rome, 1852; sold not subject to return £300 - £400
Lot 232
232. Chambers (Sir William) de s i g n s o f Chin e s e buil d i n g s,
fu r n i t u r e, dr e s s e s, ma C h i n e s a n d ut e n s i l s, first e d i t i o n, with text
in both English and French, dedication to George, Prince of Wales,
list of subscribers, 21 engraved plates and plans by Fourdrinier,
Sandby and Grignion, rather foxed and soiled, modern half morocco,
spine gilt, uncut, [Colas 592; Fowler 85; Harris 113-114], folio, for
the Author, 1757. £1,000 - £1,500
❦ ART & ARCHITECTURE
Lot 233
233. City of Bradford Technical College. te x t i l e mat e r i a l s a n d
pr o C e s s e s bo o k, 16 plates comprising 8 with fabric samples and 8
key plates, all on blue paper lettered & ruled in white mounted on
card, inked course and student name on title, original cloth, 4to, n.d.
[c.1890]. £200 - £300
Lot 234
234. Garnier (Edouard) th e so f t po r C e l a i n o f sè v r e s, half-title
and title printed in red & black, 50 chromolithographed plates with
captioned tissue guards, library markings but not affecting plates,
light stain afecting fore-edge margin of some plates, modern cloth,
folio, 1892. £700 - £900
235. il l u s t r at e d ex h i b i t o r (th e); engraved folding frontispiece,
plates, illustrations, contemporary half calf, rubbed, small split to
spine end, n.d. § Record (The) of the International Exhibition 1862,
folding engraved frontispiece, engraved title, plates, some folding,
illustrations, original calf, gilt, worn at egdes, g.e., Glasgow [&c.],
n.d., large 8vo & 4to (2) £200 - £300
236. Payne (A.H.) and W.French, publishers. pay n e’s ro ya l
dr e s d e n ga l l e ry, 2 vol., additional engraved titles, engraved
plates, tissue guards, contemporary half calf, edge wear, 4to, n.d.
£150 - £200
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237. Photobook.- Simmons (Owen) th e bo o k o f br e a d, first
e d i t i o n, 2 tipped-in gelatine silver prints, 8 tipped in black & white
prints, 11 (of 12) chromolithographed plates, 1 gelatine print with
some silvering to edge and narrow crease to length of left-hand edge,
1 black & white print creased, 3 prints with minor crease to lower
left-hand corner, ink recipes on half-title, ink name and newspaper
cutting mounted on title, original cloth, spine ends and corners
frayed, soiled, [Bitting p. 435; Parr & Badger, The Photobook, vol
1, 56], 4to, Maclaren & Sons, [1903]. £500 - £700
*** A real curiosity, of which Martin Parr wrote: “one of the
humblest, yet most essential of objects is catalogued as precisely,
rigorously and objectively as any work by a 1980s Conceptual
artist” (The Photobook).
Lot 238
238. Raban (Ze’ev, illustrator) sh i r ha-shirim (th e so n g o f
so l o m o n), tipped-in colour title and colour plates by Ze’ev Raban,
tissue guards, gilt endpapers, ownership panel filled in, original
blind-tooled leather with inset metal plate, plate oxidised at
edges, spine worn and splitting at head, folio, Jerusalem, 1930.
£150 - £200
Lot 239
LONDON
239. Ribbon Book.- Ci r C a 360 C o l o u r fa b r i C s a m p l e s, for medals,
clubs, schools etc., mounted on linen with mounted ms. caption
below , sheets fraying at edges, in contemporary morocco portfolio,
gilt, 4to, n.d. [late 19th century]. £400 - £600
240. Sale Catalogue.- pa rt i C u l a r s o f st o w e ho u s e new
Buckingham...By the Sale of the Temples, Monumental Columns,
Edificies, [&c.], title within pictorial title, plates and illustrations,
folding plan of the estate loosely inserted, original cloth-backed
boards, rubbed at edges, folio, 1922. £200 - £250
Lot 241
241. Sheraton (Thomas) th e Ca b i n e t-ma k e r a n d up h o l s t e r e r’s
dr aw i n g-bo o k, 3 parts in 1 vol. (without the Appendix and
Accompaniment), first e d i t i o n, engraved frontispiece with
letterpress explanatory leaf, 65 engraved plates, a few folding or
double-page, errata leaf at end, rather foxed and soiled, a few
tears to folds, with title, preliminaries and lists of subscrbers to
the 1793 edition bound in at end, modern calf ruled and stamped
in blind, old red morocco label to spine, a few marks, 4to, for the
Author, by T.Bensley, sold by J.Mathews...G.Terry [& others], 1791.
£400 - £600
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242. Stuart (James) and Nicholas Revett. th e an t i Q u i t i e s o f
at h e n s, vol.1 only (of 4), engraved title-vignette and head- & tailpieces,
70 engraved plates only (of 71, lacking plate 15 chapter
4), 2 folding, also lacking list of subscribers, some light marginal
soiling and staining, large folding view frayed and reinforced at
edges, modern half red morocco, spine gilt, uncut, very slightly
rubbed, [Blackmer 1617-1618; Fowler pp. 271-274; Harris
857], folio, John Haberkorn, 1762; sold not subject to return
£800 - £1,200
Lot 242
Lot 243
243. Vries (Hans Vredeman de) pe r s p e e C t i v e dat is de h o o C hg
h e r o e m d e Co n s t e..., 2 parts in 1, part 1 with engraved double-page
title, 2 portraits and 47 plates on 46 double-page sheets only (of
49 on 48, lacking plates 41 & 42), part 2 with engraved doublepage
title and 23 double-page plates only (of 24, lacking plate
19), Leiden, H.Hondius. [1604-05]; Variae Architecturae Formae,
engraved throughout on double-page sheets with title and 19
plates only (lacking plate13 and all after 20), Antwerp, T.Gallaeus,
1601, together in 1 vol., oblong folio bound as 4to with text leaves
folded and creased, first title with contemporary ink signature and
inscription causing hole and very creased and loose, browned, a few
tears and repairs, later half calf, worn, upper cover detached; and
another volume of architectural engravings by H.Cock after Vries,
all trimmed and mounted, 4to & oblong folio; sold not subject to
return (2) £600 - £800
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244. Newman (William) rh y m e s a n d pi C t u r e s, to illustrate the
histories of a quartern loaf, a cup of tea, and a pound of sugar, general
printed title, 36 sheets with hand-coloured illustration including
part-titles, some marking to margins, closed repaired tear to inner
margin of general title, original cloth, gilt, damp-discoloured,
worn at extremities, oblong 8vo, Griffith & Farran, n.d. [1860].
£250 - £350
245. Nielsen (Kay, illustrator).- [Asbjørnsen (Peter Christen)
and Jørgen E.Moe]. ea s t o f t h e su n a n d we s t o f t h e mo o n, 25
tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, numerous
black & white illustrations and decorations, all by Kay Nielsen,
original pictorial endpapers heightened in gilt, original blue giltdecorated
cloth, slightly rubbed and bumped at edges, spine slightly
dulled, 4to, [1914]. £800 - £1,200
❦ CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Lot 245
Lot 244
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The Property of a Gentleman
Lot 246
246. Potter (Beatrix) th e ta l e o f sQ u i r r e l nu t k i n, first e d i t i o n,
first or second printing, 27 illustrations in colour including
frontispiece, juvenile pencil markings to endpapers, original
pictorial boards, pictorial label torn at edges, small puncture to
spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, otherwise very good,
Frederick Warne and Co., 1903; and another, sixth printing of The
Tale of Peter Rabbit, 16mo (2) £200 - £300
Lot 247
247. Potter (Beatrix) th e ta i l o r o f gl o u C e s t e r, first p u b l i s h e d
e d i t i o n, first p r i n t i n g with single endpaper repeated 4 times,
coloured frontispiece and 26 plates, frontispiece loose, original
dark green pictorial boards, spine slightly faded, spine ends and
corners a little bumped, still very good overall, 16mo, Frederick
Warne and Co., 1903. £150 - £200
Lot 248
248. Potter (Beatrix) th e ta l e o f be n J a m i n bu n n y, first e d i t i o n,
first or second printing, with misspelling on p.15, 27 illustrations
in colour including frontispiece, ink inscription to half-title,
bookseller’s sticker to front pastedown, original grey pictorial
boards, spine slightly darkened, spine ends and corners a little
bumped, overall an excellent, tight copy, 16mo, Frederick Warne
and Co., 1904. £300 - £400
Lot 249
249. Potter (Beatrix) th e ta l e o f tw o ba d mi C e, first e d i t i o n, first
or second printing, 26 colour illustrations including frontispiece,
pp.10-11 a little soiled, upper hinge cracked, original red pictorial
boards, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped,
rubbed, 16mo, Frederick Warne and Co., 1904. £300 - £400
Lot 250
250. Potter (Beatrix) th e ta l e o f mr. Je r e m y fi s h e r, first
e d i t i o n, first or second printing, 27 coloured illustrations including
frontispiece, title and frontispiece with very small abrasion marks
to foot., ink inscription to endpaper, original grey-green pictorial
boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, slightly rubbed,
still excellent overall, 16mo, Frederick Warne and Co., 1906.
£200 - £300
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251. Potter (Beatrix) th e ta l e o f Je m i m a pu d d l e-du C k, first
e d i t i o n, first, second or third printing, 27 colour illustrastions
including frontispiece, ink inscription to endpaper, original green
pictorial boards, spine slightly faded, original glacine dust-jacket,
spine ends and corners a little chipped and frayed, short tear to
head of upper panel, still excellent overall, 16mo, Frederick Warne
and Co., 1908. £2,000 - £3,000
*** The correct wrapper for the first edition, listing this story as
‘new book for 1908’ on the lower corner.
Other Properties
252. Spyri (Johanna) he i d i’s ea r ly ex p e r i e n C e s, vol.1 only (of
2), first en g l i s h e d i t i o n s, frontispiece and 2 plates, spotting to
front endpaper and title, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, a little
rubbed at spine ends, joints and corners, but overall a excellent
copy, g.e., 8vo, W. Swan Sonnenschein, n.d. £1,500 - £2,000
*** Very scarce, especially in such excellent condition.
Lot 251
Lot 252
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Lot 253
253. Lambarde (William) a pe r a m b u l at i o n o f ke n t, second edition,
black letter, title within attractive wide woodcut border, full-page
woodcut map of ‘Angliae Heptarchia’, woodcut initials and headpieces,
lacking folding map (supplied in good facsimile), title laid down,
some water-staining, heavier at start, contemporary mottled calf, richly
gilt spine in compartments and with later red leather label, chip at head
of spine, upper joint starting at foot, but holding firm, slightly rubbed,
[STC 15176], small 4to, Edm. Bollifant, 1596. £500 - £700
*** Provenance: Sir William Trumbull (1639-1716), statesman who
held high office as a member of the First Whig Junto.
Lot 254
254. Avity (Pierre d’) th e estates, em p i r e s, & prinCipalities o f t h e wo r l d,
first e d i t i o n in en g l i s h, fine engraved pictorial title, woodcut head-pieces
and initials, lacking 5C6 and final blank, 4Y2 and 5B1 with repair to length
of upper margin, a few ff. with small section of lower margin torn away,
some water-staining, occasional spotting, contemporary armorial calf, gilt,
spine in compartments with later gilt rule decoration, spine slightly faded,
corners a little worn, rubbed, [STC 988], folio, Adam Islip for Mathewe
Lownes and John Bill, 1615. £500 - £700
*** Includes The Levant, Middle East, The New World, Africa and China.
Provenance: Thomas Weller, 1662 (ink inscriptions to pastedown
and inner margin of title).
❦ TRAVEL & TOPOGRAPHy
The Property of a Lady
Lot 255
255. Purchas (Samuel) pu r C h a s h i s pi l g r i m a g e, o r re l at i o n s
o f t h e v v o r l d a n d t h e re l i g i o n s o b s e r u e d in a l a g e s a n d p l a C e s
d i s C o u e r e d, f r o m t h e Cr e at i o n v n t o t h i s p r e s e n t....th i s first
C o n tay n e t h a t h e o l o g i C a l l a n d g e o g r a p h i C a l l h i s t o r i e o f asia,
af r i C a, a n d am e r i C a..., third edition, historiated and decorative
woodcut initials, with initial and final blanks, small burnhole to
D6, loss of a few letters, occasional spotting, a few finger-marks,
contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt label,
joints starting, but holding firm, corners a little worn, rubbed, [STC
20507], bookplate of Charles Edward Armstrong, a very good copy,
folio, William Stansby for Henry Fetherstone, 1617. £600 - £800
Lot 256
256. Sandys (George) a r e l at i o n o f a i o u r n e y b e g u n a n: do m:
1610...Co n ta i n i n g a d e s C r i p t i o n o f t h e tu r k i s h em p i r e, o f æg y p t,
o f t h e ho ly la n d, o f t h e r e m o t e pa rt s o f ita ly ..., third edition,
engraved pictorial title, double-page map, double-page plate and
illustrations and plans within text, title trimmed to border and
laid down, lightly browned, a few spots, contemporary vellum,
spotted, [STC 21728; cf. Blackmer 1484], folio, for Ro.Allot, 1627.
£450 - £550
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257. Stow (John) th e su rv e y o f lo n d o n, fourth edition, woodcut
frontispiece of the arms of London, woodcut arms, title with tear
to foot and frayed at lower corner with repairs, 2O6 outer margin
torn with loss and repaired, loss of a couple of letters to side-note
verso, 4N5 lower corner torn and repaired, minor loss, some waterstaining
and spotting, lightly browned (heavier to a few ff.), 19th
century calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, [STC
23345], folio, Elizabeth Purslovv, 1633. £350 - £450
Lot 258
258. Dugdale (William) th e an t i Q u i t i e s o f wa rw i C k s h i r e, first
e d i t i o n, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, title
in red and black, 5 double-page maps, 11 plates on 10 sheets,
illustrations, errata f. and ‘A Review of the errata’ f. at end, woodcut
initials and head-pieces, lacking final blank, perforated stamps
to margin of maps, occasionally encroaching just within printed
border, a few repairs to versos of plates or maps, portrait with
tear in lower margin and laid down, water-stained at start, lightly
browned, occasional spotting, a few small stains, contemporary
blind-stamped calf, later blind-stamping, rebacked, corners
repaired, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656. £650 - £750
Lot 259
LONDON
259. Schottus (Franciscus) ita ly , in i t s or i g i n a l gl o ry, ru i n e
a n d re v i va l..., translated by Edmund Warcupp, first e d i t i o n in
en g l i s h, th e de v o n s h i r e C o p y w i t h ChiswiCk ho u s e b o o k p l at e, fine
engraved additional pictorial title and 2 double-page maps / city
plans, 1 map a little closely trimmed to just outside border at outer
edges, a little light water-staining to lower margins on a few ff.,
2T1&2 lightly browned, early 19th century polished calf, gilt, gilt
spine in compartments with gilt Devonshire monogram at head and
leather label, spine slightly faded, [cf. Wing S891], folio, S.Griffin,
for H.Twyford, Tho.Dring, and I, 1660. £800 - £1,200
*** Rare at auction. We can trace only three copies offered since
1976. This appears to be a variant of the first edition Wing S891.
A copy with the same collation is present in the Bodleian. Includes
Sicily and Malta in addition to mainland Italy.
Lot 260
260. Valle (Pietro della) th e tr av e l s o f sig. pi e t r o d e l l a va l l e,
a no b l e ro m a n, i n t o ea s t-in d i a a n d ar a b i a de s e rta, first e d i t i o n
in en g l i s h, initial imprimatur f., 5 woodcut illustrations within text,
lacks folding map and 3 plates, imprimatur f. laid down and with
a few small repaired tears, title with small ink number and a few
repairs, repair to lower margin of H1, some spotting, browned,
antique style panelled calf, spine gilt, spine slightly faded, [Wing
V48A; cf. Blackmer 1712], small folio, J.Macock, for John Place,
1665. £400 - £600
*** The text consists of 54 letters written by della Valle to the
neapolitan physician Schipano duting the course of his travels
through the Holy Land, Syria, Persia and India. The greatest number
of letters are from Persia and Constantinople.
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Lot 261
261. Dugdale (Sir William) th e hi s t o ry o f st. pa u l’s Cat h e d r a l
in lo n d o n, f r o m i t s fo u n d at i o n, second edition, fine engraved
portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, 12 engraved plates
(most double-page) and illustrations (many full-page), some by
Wenceslaus Hollar, list of subscribers, errata f., title with some
foxing, occasional spotting or light foxing, some marginal waterstaining
to last few ff., attractive contemporary panelled calf, spine
in compartments, joints split, but holding firm, spine ends chipped,
corners a little worn, folio, George James, for Jonah Bowyer,
1716. £600 - £800
*** A good copy of Dugdale’s handsome work on St.Pauls with
striking plates and illustrations by Hollar.
Lot 262
262. Owen (John) br i ta n n i a dep i C ta o r ogi l b y imp r o v ’d fourth
edition, engraved title within historiated border and 273 road maps,
p.93 small section of outer margin neatly cut away, not touching
printed area, the odd spot or finger-mark, contemporary calf, spine
gilt, joints split, but holding firm, spine ends chipped and with gilt
rubbed, corners a little worn, small 4to, printed & sold by Tho.
Bowles, 1731. £500 - £700
Lot 263
263. Drake (Francis) eb o r a C u m: o r t h e hi s t o ry a n d an t i Q u i t i e s
o f t h e Ci t y o f yo r k, 2 parts in 1, first e d i t i o n, 60 engraved plates
and maps, some folding or double-page, illustrations, occasional
spotting or light foxing, mostly marginal, contemporary calf,
rebacked in later richly gilt calf with red morocco label, corners
worn, rubbed, folio, William Bowyer, 1736. £400 - £600
Lot 264
264. Foulis Press.- Bell (John) tr av e l s f r o m st. pe t e r s b u r g in
russia, to d i v e r s e pa rt s o f asia, 2 vol. in 1, first e d i t i o n, folding
engraved map, list of subscribers, errata f. at end, offsetting,
occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving
original richly gilt backstrip, some worming to lower corners,
rubbed, [Gaskell 415; Blackmer 111; Cordier, Sinica 2093], 4to,
Glasgow, Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763. £700 - £900
*** Bell travelled throughout Russia and the east during 1715-
1738. He accompanied the embassies of Peter the Great to Isphan in
Persia in 1715-1718 and travelled to Peking through Siberia and on
to Derbent in Persia in 1719-1722.
Lot 265
265. Coryate (Thomas) Coryat’s Crudities...To which are now
added, his letters from India, 3 vol., half-titles, 8 engraved plates,
2pp. advertisements at end, contemporary calf with gilt arms
of Baron Holland to upper cover, rebacked in modern calf, gilt,
with double leather labels, corners worn, 8vo, for W.Cater, 1776.
£400 - £600
*** One of the most eccentric English travel books. Includes
Europe, the Levant, Middle East and India.
Provenance: Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (gilt arms).
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266. Gough (Richard) se p u l C h r a l mo n u m e n t s in gr e at britian,
4 parts only (of 5) in 2 vol., first e d i t i o n, 208 engraved plates (of
276), illustrations, contemporary diced russia, gilt, joints split,
spines and corners worn, rubbed, folio, J.Nichols for the author,
1786-1796. £300 - £400
Lot 267
267. Keate (George) an aC C o u n t o f t h e pe l e w is l a n d s, first
e d i t i o n, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding chart and 15 plates,
offsetting, chart with some creasing, a few small stains, occasional
spotting, later tree calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip
with gilt ship motifs and a red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed,
[Hill p.160], 4to, for G.Nicol, 1788. £300 - £400
*** The work is based on the journals of Captain Henry Wilson,
who commanded a ship for the British East India Company. In 1783
his ship The Antelope ran onto a reef near off Ulong Island.
Lot 268
268. La Perouse (Jean François Galaup de) a vo ya g e ro u n d t h e
wo r l d in t h e ye a r s 1785, 1786, 1787, a n d 1788, 3 vol., engraved
portrait frontispiece and 40 (of 42) maps, charts and plates,
offsetting, vol.3 Chart of the Archipelago of Navigators Islands,
split at a fold and tipped-in on 2 ff., some spotting, modern half calf,
spines gilt and with red and black morocco labels, [Sabin 38963],
8vo, for J.Johnson, 1798. £1,500 - £2,000
Lot 269
LONDON
269. Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) th e hi s t o ry o f t h e
ab b e y Ch u r C h o f st.pe t e r’s we s t m i n s t e r, it s an t i Q u i t i e s a n d
mo n u m e n t s, 2 vol., first e d i t i o n, second issue (with first plate
in vol.2 signed Pugin), half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece
and plan, 81 hand-coloured aquatint plates, offsetting, some lighy
browning (or foxing), occasional spotting, contemporary blindstamped
and gilt calf, sympathetically rebacked, [Abbey, Scenery,
213], a very good copy, 4to, 1812. £600 - £800
Lot 270
270. Legh (Thomas) na r r at i v e o f a Jo u r n e y in eg y p t a n d t h e
Co u n t ry be y o n d t h e Cata r a C t s, first e d i t i o n, aquatint frontispiece,
engraved folding map, folding plate of script and 9 other plates,
some aquatint, offsetting, some foxing, contemporary armorial calf,
gilt, rebacked, corners worn, scuffed, 4to, 1816. £300 - £400
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Lot 271
271. Perry (Matthew Calbraith) na r r at i v e o f t h e ex p e d i t i o n o f
a n am e r i C a n sQ u a d r o n to t h e Ch i n a se a s a n d Ja pa n, vol.1 only (of
3), 90 tinted lithographed plates and 6 folding maps, some spotting
or light foxing, a few small stains, contemporary half morocco, gilt,
[Hill 1332; Sabin 30968], 4to, Washington, 1856. £350 - £450
*** Without the unlisted and often suppressed nude bathing plate at
p.405, but with the photographer plate opposite p.194 in vol.1.
Other Properties
Lot 272
272. Atlases.- Teesdale (Henry, publisher) a ne w ge n e r a l at l a s
o f t h e wo r l d, double-page engraved title with allegorical vignette,
double-page contents leaf, 1 folding and 44 double-page handcoloured
engraved maps, contemporary half morocco, worn with
damage and loss to spine, folio, 1835. £600 - £800
Lot 273
273. Australia.- Roberts (Jane) tw o ye a r s at se a, first e d i t i o n,
2 aquatint plates, contemporary half calf, gilt, rubbed,[Ferguson
1838], 8vo, 1834. £200 - £300
*** The voyage included visits to Madeira, Timor, Singapore, the
Car Nicobar Islands, Rangoon and India.
Lot 274
274. Canada.- Willis (N.P.) Ca n a d i a n sC e n e ry, 2 vol. in one,
engraved frontispiece portrait, additional engraved titles, engraved
map and 117 engraved plates, without letterpress title in vol.II,
stain affecting fore-edge margin of last 10 plates, final plate with
heavy foxing, some other occasional minor spotting, contemporary
morocco, gilt, edge wear, split at joints with separation at upper
joint, g.e., 4to, 1842. £300 - £400
Lot 275
275. Egypt.- Minutoli (Wolfardine de Schulemberg Menu von,
Baroness) 2 vol., me s so u v e n i r s d’Ég y p t e, first e d i t i o n, half-title,
hand-coloured folding frontispiece and 8 plates, some heightened in
gilt, original pictorial wrappers bound in, vol.1 text water-stained,
some spotting and staining to text of vol.2 plates generally in good
condition, later crushed half morocco, spines gilt, 12mo, Paris,
1826. £400 - £600
*** The rare first edition. The frontispiece illustrates the yearly
caravan bound for Mecca. The author had accompanied her husband,
who had been sent by the Prussian government on a scientific
mission, travelling as far as Aswan.
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276. France.- Sincerus (Jodocus) it i n e r a r i u m ga l l i æ, engraved
additional pictorial title and 22 folding town-views, some light
water-staining at head, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum,
lightly soiled, 12mo, Amsterdam, 1655. £250 - £350
Lot 277
277. India.- Keppel (Capt. George) pe r s o n a l na r r at i v e o f a
Jo u r n e y f r o m in d i a to en g l a n d, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, 2 handcoloured
lithographed costume plates, 1 folding map partly handcoloured
in outline, 1 lithographed view partly hand-tinted, some
offsetting, map foxed, occasional spotting, contemporary half calf,
gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, corners a
little worn, rubbed, 8vo, 1827. £300 - £500
*** The author journeyed through ‘Bussorah, Bagdad, The Ruins
of Babylon, Curdistan, The Court of Persia...The Caspian Sea,
Astrakhan...Moscow, and St.Petersburg’.
ita ly
Lot 278
LONDON
278. Graham (Maria) th r e e mo n t h s pa s e d in t h e mo u n ta i n s ea s t
o f ro m e du r i n g t h e ye a r 1819, first e d i t i o n, 6 aquatint plates,
occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with red
morocco label, head of spine a little chipped, corners a little worn,
rubbed, [Abbey, Travel, 168], 8vo, 1820. £300 - £400
*** A very good copy of this copy which discusses Castellaccio,
Corcolla, Poli, Capranica, Gerecomio, St.Angelo, Guadagnola,
San Cosimato, Licenza, Tivoli, Soracte, Mentorella, Sassula, Ponte
Sant Antonio, Catena, Palestrina and Tivoli, amongst other areas.
Includes the activities of local brigands.
Lot 279
279. Photographs.- eu r o p e a n tr av e l al b u m, the majority
architectural, including Italy (the majority), Egypt, France,
Germany and Belgium, c.120 albumen prints, c.192 x 265 et infra,
mounted on both sides of leaves, contemporary morocco, gilt, upper
hinge broken, rubbed, folio, 1860s-90s. £400 - £600
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Lot 280
280. Pistolesi (Erasmo) il vat i C a n o, 8 vol.,engraved titles, c.861
engraved plates, some double-page, occasional spotting or light
foxing, mostly marginal, contemporary half calf, spines gilt and
with double green leather labels, rubbed and scuffed, folio, Rome,
1829-1838. £350 - £450
*** A handsomely produced guide to the architecture and fine arts
of the Vatican.
Lot 282 Lot 283
Lot 281
281. Rome.- Nibby (Antonio) de l f o r o r o m a n o d e l l a via sa C r a
d e l l’a n f i t e at r o fl av i o, first e d i t i o n, 5 engraved plates and plans,
most folding, a few ff. lightly browned, some creasing to fore-edge,
contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label,
corners a little worn, 8vo, Rome, 1819. £250 - £350
*** A very good copy of the only edition of this study of the
surviving temples, triumphal arches, the columns of Trajan and
Phocas and the Colosseum.
282. Rome.- Photographs.-al b u m o f ro m e , the majority
architectural and sculptural, including the Colisseum. St.Peters,
The Tivoli Gardens and Campidiglio forum, 56 albumen prints,
including 22 mammoth, c.400 x 558mm (mammoth) et infra,
contemporary half morocco, rubbed, oblong folio, c.1870s-90s.
£1,200 - £1,400
283. Ja p e n s e po s t C a r d s.- album of 72 mounted postcards of
Japanese scenes, all unused, hand-painted illustrations, original
cloth-backed lacquered boards, with mother-of-pearl onlays, oblong
4to, [c.1900]. £150 - £200
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Lot 284
284. Ca m e r a su t d i e s in ir a Q, 50 photogravures, ink ownership
inscription to endpaper, originl textured boards, rubbed and
chipped, oblong 4to, Baghdad, A.Kerim & Hasso Bros., [c.1930].
£200 - £300
Lot 285
285. Carne (John) sy r i a, t h e holy lan d, asia min o r, 3 vol., 3
additional engraved titles, 2 maps and 117 plates, by W.H.Bartlett,
occasional foxing, original morocco-backed blind-stamped cloth,
gilt, spines gilt, g.e., minor rubbing to joints and spine ends, vol. 1
worn at head of spine, 4to, [1836-38]. £300 - £400
Lot 286
LONDON
286. Carne (John) sy r i a, th e ho ly la n d, asia mi n o r, 3 vol. in
one, additional engraved titles, 117 engraved plates, ink inscription
on first additional title, one plate with small ink stain to fore-edge
margin, bookpalte of Robert Oswald Milne, contemporary half
calf, edge wear, upper cover detached, lower hinge cracked, 4to,
[1836]. £300 - £400
Lot 287
287. Norway.- Tolfrey (Frederic) Jo n e s’ gu i d e to no r w a y ,
a n d sa l m o n-fi s h e r’s po C k e t Co m pa n i o n, first e d i t i o n, tinted
lithographed frontispiece and additional pictorial title, 8 fine handcoloured
plates of flies, tissue guards, upper margin of frontispiece
and additonal pictorial title trimmed to just within printed area,
upper hinge cracked, contemporary half morocco, gilt, gilt spine
in compartments, lower compartment with split at head and with
a small section missing, corners worn, rubbed, [Heckscher 1944;
W&S p.210], 16mo, 1848. £750 - £1,000
*** The first and most acclaimed of British books about angling in
Norway.
A scarce work, issued at the instigation of J. Jones (a tackle dealer
of Jermyn Street), containing the most exquisitely hand-coloured
plates of salmon flies by J. & H. Adlard. Probably the most
accomplished of all the books of the period in which hand-coloured
flies were included (from Scotcher, 1810, to Pritt, 1885, after which
chromolithography largely took over).
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Lot 288
288. Russia.- Simpson (William) th e se at o f wa r in t h e ea s t, first [- second] series, 2 vol., 2 tinted lithographed titles with
hand-coloured vignette, 79 lithographed plates, a l l h a n d-C o l o u r e d, 36 key plates, with dedication and list of plates present,
tissue guards in first vol., first series title and dedication damp-stained at lower inner margin, one plate pulling at stitching
with small resultant tears, second series title and list of plates damp-stained to top third, title with several closed tears to edges
with repair on verso, 4 text ff. with tears to fore-edge margin, 6 plates in second vol. with closed tears to margins with repairs
on verso, 1 plate with closed tear impinging into actual image and with repair on verso causing minor ablation to next plate,
some minor marginal marking to plates especially in second vol., second series key plates browned with some foxing and minor
creasing, uniform contemporary half morocco, worn at edges, lacking backstrips, covers loose or working loose, g.e., [Abbey,
Travel, 237; Weber I, 1164], folio, 1885-86. £6,000 - £8,000
*** “These plates are indeed an impressive piece of work, not only artistically and technically, but also as pictorial reporting.
Simpson must in this way rank as an early war correspondent.” John R. Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography.
A very good copy of Simpson’s record of the Crimea war, scarce with hand-colouring.
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289. Turkey.- Ertug (Ahmet) is ta n b u l, Ca p i ta l o f em p i r e s, l i m i t e d
e d i t i o n, Ottoman-style red velvet cloth woven in Venice, a fine copy,
Istanbul, 1995; and two others, including a good facsimile version
of Melling’s Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople..., Paris, [1969],
folio (2) £400 - £600
Lot 290
290. Cary (John) Ca ry’s ne w ma p o f en g l a n d a n d wa l e s w i t h
pa rt o f sC o t l a n d, engraved title, dedication & page of Explanations,
hand-coloured general map, 76 map sheets (numbered to 81, omitting
62/3, 71/2 & 80, all featureless parts of the ‘German Ocean’), handcoloured
in outline, all loose in original worn marbled slip-case,
4to, 1794. £300 - £400
Lot 292
Lot 291
LONDON
291. Laurie (Robert) and James Whittle. ne w tr av e l l e r’s
Co m pa n i o n, exhibiting a Complete and Correct Survey of all the
direct and principal cross roads in England, Wales and Scotland,
24 double-page hand-coloured road maps, hand-coloured borders,
some offsetting, contemporary morocco-backed boards, printed
label to upper cover, front cover becoming loose, rather worn, 8vo,
Nath. Waltman, 1806. £300 - £400
292. London.- Gaspey (William) ta l l i s’s il l u s t r at e d lo n d o n; in
Commemoration of the Great Exhibition of All Nations in 1851,
2 vol. in 4 divisions (as issued), 2 additional engraved titles, 229
views on 156 plates, including 3 folding, tissue guards, original red
cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, 8vo, John Tallis & Co., [1851].
£300 - £400
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Lot 293
293. Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) a se r i e s o f pi C t u r e s Q u e vi e w s
o f se at s, 6 vol., 240 chromolithographed plates including additional
titles, original brown cloth decorated in gilt & black, g.e., a fine set,
4to, [c.1860]. £300 - £400
294. Morris (Rev. Francis Orpen) a se r i e s o f pi C t u r e s Q u e vi e w s
o f seat s o f t h e nob l e m e n a n d gen t l e m e n o f gr e at britain a n d
ir e l a n d, 7 vol. including volume of Facsimile Autographs of
Subscribers, all with additional wood-engraved vignette title printed
in gold and colours, 234 wood-engraved plates printed in colours
by Benjamin Fawcett after A.F.Lydon, plate-guards, occasional light
offsetting, some hinges weak, original decorative cloth, gilt, g.e., a
little frayed at spine ends and corners, 4to, William Mackenzie and
A.Clarke, [1860-80]. £200 - £300
Lot 295
295. Middiman (Samuel) se l e C t vi e w s in gr e at britain, engraved
title and 53 engraved plates, text in French and English, some light
foxing, contemporary morocco over marbled boards, gilt., oblong
4to, n.d, [1818] £150 - £200
296. Taylor (George) and Andrew Skinner. su rv e y a n d ma p s
o f t h e ro a d s o f no rt h britain, o r sC o t l a n d, engraved vignette
title and index, 61 engraved maps on both sides of 31 leaves, each
c.475 x 190mm., with 1 hand-coloured general map, maps with soft
central folds, title and index browned with small tears, general map
with large repaired tear and large section of fold splitting, otherwise
occasional minor tears, a few repaired, surface dirt, spotting and
some browning to the final 2 maps, contemporary flexible calf,
worn, folded at centre to 4to, for the Authors, 1776. £350 - £450
297. No Lot
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❦ NATURAL HISTORy AND SCIENCE
Lot 298
298. Amuchástegui (Axel) st u d i e s o f bi r d s a n d ma m m a l s o f
so u t h am e r i C a, text by Carlos Selva Andrade, n u m b e r 4 o f 50
s p e C i a l ly-b o u n d C o p i e s w i t h a n o r i g i n a l s i g n e d d r aw i n g and signed
by the artist and Sacheverell Sitwell, from an edition limited to 305,
original vellum, gilt, t.e.g., 1967; Some Birds and Mammals of
North America, text by Les Line, 1971; Some Birds and Mammals
of Africa, text by Hilary Hook, 1979, all with colour plates by
Amuchastegui, tissue guards, the last two each one of 505 copies,
original morocco-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., North America
with slightly faded spine, all with cloth slip-cases (a little rubbed),
folio, Tryon Gallery (3) £600 - £800
Lot 299
299. Badger (Mrs C.M.) wi l d fl o w e r s, 22 hand-coloured plates,
tissue-guards, short repaired tear to margin of first plate, light
finger-soiling to margins, original blind-stamped morocco, gilt, g.e.,
sympathetically rebacked, and re-cornered, 4to, New York, 1859.
£200 - £300
300. Bannerman (David Armitage) th e bi r d s o f tr o p i C a l
we s t af r i C a, 8 vol., colour plates by Frohawk, Grönvold, Lodge,
Rickman and others, tissue guards, illustrations, ex-House of Lords
library copy with stamps on front pastedowns and upper covers but
otherwise clean, original buckram, spines very slightly rubbed and
faded, [Nissen IVB 73], 4to, 1930-51. £200 - £300
The Property of a Gentleman
LONDON
301. Bannerman (David Armitage) th e bi r d s o f t h e british is l e s,
12 vol., first e d i t i o n, numerous colour plates by George E.Lodge,
captioned tissue guards, original cloth, dust-jackets, spines
browned, spine ends a little chipped, slightly rubbed, Edinburgh
& London, 1953-63 § Walpole-Bond (John) A History of Sussex
Birds, 3 vol., first e d i t i o n, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers,
original buckram, dust-jackets, spines darkened, a few small creases
and tears to head and foot, light surface soiling, 1938 § Thorburn
(Archibald) British Birds, 4 vol., one of 250 copies, mounted colour
plates, captioned tissue-guards, light foxing to endpapers, original
cloth, spines a little rubbed and faded, 1925-26, and 15 others,
british birds, 4to & 8vo (34) £300 - £400
Lot 302
302. Bannerman (David Armitage) th e bi r d s o f t h e british is l e s,
12 vol., first e d i t i o n, numerous colour plates by George E.Lodge,
captioned tissue guards, w i t h 2 a.ls.s. f r o m t h e a rt i s t tipped in
at beginning, also invitation to exhibition of Lodge’s paintings for
vol.1 & 2 of this work and a newspaper review of the show, original
buckram, dust-jackets, a little rubbed, spines browned, one or two
small tears, 4to, Edinburgh & London, 1953-63. £250 - £350
*** In the letters Lodge mentions that Archibald Thorburn kept
jungle fowl and that he has just had a visit from Philp Rickman. He
also remarks that “...a first edition of Audubon’s Birds was sold not
long ago for £7500...”. They are addressed to “Dorothea” and dated
1953. The recipient is possibly the artist Dorothea Braby as he asks
how how her zoo alphabet is progressing.
303. Bannerman (David Armitage) and others. bi r d s o f Cy p r u s,
Edinburgh & London, 1958; Birds of the Maltese Archipelago,
Valletta, 1976; Handbook of the Birds of Cyprus, Edinburgh, 1971;
The Birds of the Balearics, London & Canberra, 1983, plates and
illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, the first with
upper cover slightly warped, dust-jackets, a little rubbed; and
another by the same, 8vo & 4to (5) £150 - £200
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304. Bannerman (David Armitage and W.Mary) bi r d s o f t h e
at l a n t i C is l a n d s, 4 vol.., colour plates by D.M.Raid-Henry and
others, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, very slightly
rubbed but an excellent set, 4to, Edinburgh & London, 1963-68.
£200 - £300
*** Vol.4 of the first has the title History of the Birds of the Cape
Verde Islands.
Lot 305
305. Barrett (Charles G.) th e le p i d o p t e r a o f t h e british is l a n d s,
11 vol., first e d i t i o n, 504 hand-coloured lithographed plates by
R.Morgan, captioned guards, a few plates in vol.5 bound upside
down, some light foxing, original cloth, gilt, a very good set, [Nissen
236], large 8vo, 1893-1907. £750 - £1,000
Lot 304
Lot 306
306. Beebe (William) a mo n o g r a p h o f t h e ph e a s a n t s, 4 vol., first
e d i t i o n, n u m b e r 25 o f 600 C o p i e s, 90 colour plates by Thorburn,
Grönvold, Lodge, Fuertes and others, 88 photogravure plates, 20
maps, captioned tissue guards, occasional marginal foxing but a
good copy, original cloth, t.e.g., very slightly rubbed, [Anker 31;
Nissen IVB 84], large 4to, 1918-22. £1,500 - £2,000
307. Bewick (Thomas) wo r k s, 5 vol., limited edition signed
by the publisher, Memorial edition, illustrations, bookplate to
pastedowns, original half morocco, gilt, rubbed, vol.1 a little soiled,
Bernard Quaritch, 1885-87; and 16 others, natural history, 8vo (21)
£150 - £200
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Lot 308
308. Cade (Tom J.) th e fa l C o n s o f t h e wo r l d, n u m b e r 6 o f 35
s p e C i a l ly-b o u n d C o p i e s w i t h a n o r i g i n a l s i g n e d p e n C i l d r aw i n g o f a
p e r e g r i n e, full-page colour illustrations by R.David Digby, original
half green morocco, spine gilt in compartments with falcon motifs,
slip-case, 1982; and a facsimile reprint of Schlegel & Verster de
Wulverhorst’s Traité de Fauconnerie of 1844, 4to (2) £200 - £300
309. Chalmers (Patrick R.) bi r d s as h o r e a n d a-f o r e s h o r e,
n u m b e r 45 o f 150 C o p i e s s i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r a n d a rt i s t,
illustrated by Winifred Austen, original half morocco, t.e.g., others
uncut, spine slightly faded, 1935 § Arnold (E.C.) British Waders,
n u m b e r 8 o f 50 C o p i e s s i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r/a rt i s t, illustrated by
the author, bookplate and presentation label of Robert Washington
Oates with faint ink stamp at foot of title, original vellum-backed
cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, Cambridge, 1924 § Pollard (Hugh
B.C.) Wildfowl & Waders: Nature & Sport in the Coastlands, one of
950 copies, illustrated by Frank Southgate, some spotting, original
vellum-backed boards, t.e.g., 1928, plates and illustrations, many
colour, the first and last with light spotting, 4to (3) £200 - £300
Lot 310
310. Ching (Raymond).- Snow (David) and others. ray m o n d
Ch i n g: th e bi r d pa i n t i n g s..., number 341 of 360 copies signed by
the artist and with a numbered and signed print loosely inserted,
colour plates, original tan morocco, g.e., cloth slip-case, folio,
1978. £150 - £200
Lot 311
LONDON
311. Couch (Jonathan) a hi s t o ry o f t h e fi s h e s o f t h e british
is l a n d s, 4 vol., 252 wood-engraved plates printed in colours by
Benjamin Fawcett after A.F.Lydon, tissue guards, illustrations,
some foxing, mostly affecting text or plate margins, plates generally
bright and clean, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, spines a
little rubbed and darkened, [Nissen 979], large 8vo, 1877-78.
£500 - £700
312. Darwin (Charles, editor) th e zo o l o g y o f t h e vo ya g e o f
h.m.s.be a g l e d u r i n g t h e ye a r s 1832-1836, 5 parts in 3 vol.,
number 258 of 750 facsimile reprints, plates, some colour, some
double-page or folding, original morocco-backed cloth, spines gilt,
4to, Wellington, 1980. £200 - £300
Lot 313
313. Dixon (Charles) th e ga m e bi r d s a n d wi l d fo w l o f t h e british
is l a n d s, second, enlarged edition, l a r g e pa p e r C o p y, 41 mounted
colour plates after Charles Whymper (numbered 1-40, without plate
35 but with two bis plates as issued), most chromolithographed,
original vellum-backed pictorial cloth, g.e., slightly rubbed but an
excellent copy, [Nissen IVB 253], 4to, Sheffield, 1900. £200 - £300
*** There were 35 subscribers to the large paper issue.
314. Elliot (D.G.) no rt h am e r i C a n sh o r e bi r d s, 1895; The
Gallinaceous Game Birds of North America, 1897; The Wild Fowl
of the United States, 1898, one of 100 copies, the first out-of-series,
plates, captioned tissue-guards, bookplates, original cloth, t.e.g.,
others uncut, a little darkened and soiled, New York § Audubon
(John James) The Original Water-Colour Paintings... for The Birds of
America, 2 vol., colour plates, original buckram, slip-case, Michael
Joseph, 1966; and 3 others similar, 4to & 8vo (8) £200 - £300
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315. Forshaw (Joseph) and William T.Cooper. pa r r o t s o f t h e
wo r l d, Garden City, N.Y., 1973; The Birds of Paradise and Bower
Birds, reprint, Sydney, 1979 § Brown (Leslie) Birds of the African
Bush, number 276 of 295 copies signed by the author and artist,
colour plates by Rena Fennessy, original pictorial roan, gilt,
transparent dust-jacket, slip-case, 1975, the first two with colour
plates by William T.Cooper, original cloth with dust-jackets, the
second also with slip-case, folio (3) £300 - £400
Lot 316
316. Forshaw (Joseph) and William T.Cooper. au s t r a l i a n
pa r r o t s, 2 vol., second, revised edition, number 991 of 1000 copies
signed by the author and artist, full-page illustrations by William
T.Cooper, many colour, original green morocco, upper covers inlaid
with colour illustration of parrot, spines blocked in silver, together
in original cloth box with hinged lid (a little rubbed and faded),
folio, Melbourne, 1980. £200 - £300
Lot 317
317. Forshaw (Joseph) and William T.Cooper. ki n g f i s h e r s a n d
re l at e d bi r d s, 6 vol., first e d i t i o n, one of 1000 copies signed by the
author and artist (a mixed set), colour plates by William T.Cooper,
illustrations, original half gilt, housed in three cloth drop-back
boxes with morocco labels to lids and spines, one corner slightly
bumped, folio, Melbourne, 1983-1994. £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 318
318. Fulton (Robert) th e il l u s t r at e d bo o k o f pi g e o n s, with
standards for judging, edited by Lewis Wright, first e d i t i o n,
50 chromolithographed plates after J.W. Ludlow, tissue guards,
illustrations, frontispiece lightly offset on title, original pictorial
cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, rebacked preserving original gilt spine,
4to, [1874-76]. £200 - £300
Lot 319
319. Godman (Frederick du Cane) a mo n o g r a p h o f t h e pe t r e l s,
bound from the original 5 parts, first e d i t i o n, n u m b e r 88 o f 225
C o p i e s, 106 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Keulemans,
text with very occcasional marginal foxing, plates very clean but
lightly offset on facing leaves, bookplate of Stephenson R.Clarke,
bound in contemporary pictorial olive morocco, gilt, spine gilt in
compartments with petrel motifs and four raised bands, t.e.g., others
uncut, original part wrappers bound in at end, slightly rubbed, spine
faded, a very good copy, [Anker 163; Nissen IVB 356], 4to, 1907-
10. £2,000 - £3,000
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Lot 320
320. Gray (George Robert) a fa s C i C u l u s o f t h e bi r d s o f Ch i n a,
first e d i t i o n, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates by William
Swainson, some very light marginal soiling, original clothbacked
boards, printed label on upper cover, rubbed, an excellent
copy, [Fine Bird Books p.103; Nissen IVB 389], 4to, [1871].
£500 - £700
*** Intended to illustrate a work on the birds of China which never
came to fruition.
Lot 321
321. Harrison (J.C.).- Evans (David) th e bi r d s o f pr e y o f t h e
british is l a n d s, number 91 of 275 copies signed by the artist, 20
tipped-in colour plates by J.C.Harrison, original half morocco,
t.e.g., folio, Kingston Deverill, 1980. £300 - £400
Lot 322
LONDON
322. Lilford (Thomas L. Powys, 4th Baron) Co l o u r e d fi g u r e s o f
t h e bi r d s o f t h e british is l a n d s, 7 vol. bound from the original 36
parts, first e d i t i o n, list of subscribers, photogravure portrait and
421 chromolithographed or hand-coloured lithographed plates,
mostly after Thorburn and Keulemans, mounted on linen stubs
throughout, a very clean set, contemporary half green morocco with
original part wrappers bound in at ends, spines gilt, t.e.g., others
uncut, slightly rubbed, spines faded with small nick to head of vol.1,
[Anker 308; Fine Bird Books, p.119; Nissen IVB 563], large 8vo,
1885-97. £1,800 - £2,200
323. Lowe (Edward Joseph) fe r n s: british a n d ex o t i C, 8 vol.,
466 coloured plates, plate-guards, contemporary half morocco, gilt,
1867-69; A Natural History of British Grasses, 74 coloured plates,
light offsetting, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary half calf,
rubbed and scuffed, 1858; Beautiful Leaved Plants, 60 coloured
plates, plate-guards, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 1868;
and 4 others, ferns, 8vo (14) £200 - £300
324. Martyn (Thomas) th i rt y-ei g h t pl at e s...to il l u s t r at e
li n n æ s’s sy s t e m o f ve g e ta b l e s, 37 hand-coloured engraved
plates, contemporary ink inscriptions to endpaper and pastedown,
original boards, spine chipped, for B. and J. White, 1794 § Meyrick
(William) The New Family Herbal, engraved frontispiece and 14
hand-coloured plates, damp-staining to frontispiece, contemporary
ink inscription, contemporary tree-calf, rebacked, Birmingham, 1790
§ Hill (Sir John) The Family Herbal, 54 hand-coloured engraved
plates, some ff. working loose, General Index in a contemporary
hand bound in at end, hinges repaired, contemporary mottled calf,
a little rubbed and scuffed, Bungay, [1812]; and 21 others, botany,
8vo (24) £200 - £300
325. Meinertzhagen Birds of Arabia, 1954; Pirates and Predators,
1959; The Life of a Boy: Daniel Meinertzhagen 1925-1944, 1947,
first e d i t i o n s, colour plates, illustrations, original cloth, dustjackets,
a little rubbed and frayed at edges, Edinburgh & London;
and another about Meinertzhagen, 4to & 8vo (4) £180 - £220
326. Meinertzhagen (Col. Richard) bi r d s o f ar a b i a, number 8
of 305 de luxe reprints, tipped-in colour plates, contemporary half
green morocco, spine gilt in compartments with bird and palm tree
with crossed swords motifs, t.e.g., folio, 1980. £200 - £300
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Lot 327
327. Millais (John Guille) th e nat u r a l hi s t o ry o f t h e british
su r fa C e-fe e d i n g du C k s, first e d i t i o n, n u m b e r 505 o f 600 l a r g e
pa p e r C o p i e s, additional pictorial title, 6 photogravure plates, 41
colour plates (of which 13 chromolithographed) by Millais and
Thorburn, and 18 uncoloured plates on 25 sheets, some woodengraved,
tissue guards, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, very
slightly rubbed at edges, [Anker 340; Nissen IVB 635], large 4to,
1902. £350 - £450
328. Millais (John Guille) th e ma m m a l s o f gr e at britain a n d
ir e l a n d, 3 vol., limited edition, plates, some colour, tissue guards,
original buckram-backed cloth, gilt, spines faded, corners bumped,
t.e.g., 4to, 1904-6. £150 - £200
Lot 329
329. Millais (John Guille) th e nat u r a l hi s t o ry o f british ga m e
bi r d s, first e d i t i o n, n u m b e r 502 o f 550 C o p i e s, 18 colour plates
by Millais and Thorburn (all but 4 by Thorburn), 18 other plates,
all but one photogravure, tissue guards, original buckram-backed
cloth, t.e.g., spine lightly faded, lower corners bumped, [Nissen IVB
636], large 4to, 1909. £400 - £600
Lot 330
330. Millais (John Guille) british di v i n g du C k s, 2 vol., first
e d i t i o n, n u m b e r 423 o f 450 C o p i e s, 81 plates on 74 sheets (39 colour,
14 photogravure and 21 collotype) by Thorburn, Dixon, Grönvold
and Millais, tissue guards, original red buckram, t.e.g., slightly
mottled, spines a little faded, [Anker 342; Nissen IVB 633], large
4to, 1913. £500 - £700
331. Morris (Rev. Morris Orpen) a hi s t o ry o f british bi r d s,
6 vol., first e d i t i o n, 358 colour-printed wood-engraved plates,
some finished by hand, occasional light foxing, contemporary half
morocco, gilt, spines gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, [Anker 346; Nissen
645], 1851-57; A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British
Birds, 3 vol., second edition, 232 colour-printed wood-engraved
plates, plate-guards, ink inscriptions and stamps to endpapers,
original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little
bumped, spines a little split at head, [Nissen 646], 1875, 8vo (9)
£200 - £300
332. Morris (Rev. Morris Orpen) a nat u r a l hi s t o ry o f british
mo t h s, 4 vol., 132 hand-coloured lithographed plates, plateguards,
vol. 1 some ff. becoming loose, hinges repaired, original
pictorial cloth, gilt, spines a little darkened, library numbers to foot
of spines, a little rubbed, 1872; A History of British Butterflies, third
edition, 72 colour-printed wood-engraved plates, some finished
by hand, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, faded
at spine and margins, spine ends chipped, 1870 § Kirby (W.F.)
European Butterflies and Moths, pe t e r sC o t t’s C o p y with his ink
stamp to endpaper, 55 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards,
ink annotations to plates (?in Scott’s hand), pencil tracings to
tissue-guards (?by Scott), bookplate to pastedown, original pictorial
cloth, gilt, rubbed, 1898; and another, butterflies, 8vo & 4to (7)
£200 - £300
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333. Nicoll (Michael) bi r d s o f e g y p t, edited by Col.R.Meinertzhagen,
2 vol., portrait frontispiece, 3 folding colour maps, 37 plates,
31 colour after G.E.Lodge, Roland Green and H.Grönvold,
illustrations, portrait foxed, occasional marginal spotting but a
good copy, original cloth, gilt, uncut, very slightly rubbed, [Anker
363; Nissen IVB 675; Wood p.492], 4to, 1930. £200 - £300
Lot 334
334. Rickman (Philip) [tw o sk e t C h b o o k s] containing c.200 pp. of
field sketches of birds, most pencil drawings, one watercolour, with
a few notes, A.L.s. to Rickman loosely inserted, a few leaves loose,
one original cloth, worn, lacking upper cover, the other disbound,
together in modern half green morocco drop-back box, 8vo, n.d.
£300 - £400
Lot 335
LONDON
335. Rickman (Philip) a bi r d-pa i n t e r’s sk e t C h bo o k, 1931; Bird
Sketches and Some Field Observations, 1938, numbers 37 of 125
and 1 of 250 copies respectively signed by the author/artist a n d
w i t h a n o r i g i n a l p e n C i l d r aw i n g at foot of frontispieces, plats
and illustrations, some colour, the first with foxing to frontispiece,
original vellum-backed cloth, t.e.g., very slightly marked or faded,
4to (2) £200 - £300
Lot 336
336. Rickman (Philip) a se l e C t i o n o f bi r d pa i n t i n g s a n d
sk e t C h e s, number 295 of 500 copies signed by the artist, mounted
photographic portrait and colour plates by Rickman, tissue guards,
illustrations, w i t h a n a d d i t i o n a l s i g n e d s h e e t o f p e n C i l d r aw i n g s o f
b i r d s on both sides mounted on stub at beginning, original pictorial
half green morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with bird
motifs, g.e., spine and slip-case both a little faded, folio, Holt, 1979.
£300 - £400
337. Rickman (Philip).- Pollard (H.B.C.) british & am e r i C a n
ga m e -bi r d s, n u m b e r 99 o f 125 C o p i e s o n h a n d-m a d e pa p e r a n d
w i t h a s i g n e d p e n C i l s k e t C h b y t h e a rt i s t, original pigskinbacked
buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, 1945; Game Birds: Rearing,
Preservation and Shooting, number 22a of 99 copies signed by
the author and artist, 1929; The Gun Room Guide, number 32 of
225 copies signed by the author, 1930, all with colour plates and
illustrations by Philip Rickman, captioned tissue guards, the last
two with some foxing, original vellum-backed buckram, t.e.g.,
others uncut, slightly rubbed, 4to & 8vo £200 - £300
338. Scott (Peter) wi l d Ch o r u s, jacket spine a little darkened, tape
repairs to spine ends and corners verso, tear to head of lower panel,
still excellent, slip-case, rubbed, New York, 1938; Morning Flight,
bookplate to pastedowns, jacket with tape repairs to head and foot,
rubbed and soiled, New York, 1935, l i m i t e d e d i t i o n s s i g n e d b y t h e
a u t h o r, plates, original cloth, dust-jackets § Thorburn (Archilbald)
Handcoloured Photogravures, 5 hand-coloured photogravures,
modern morocco-backed cloth with red morocco label, [c.1903];
and 2 others, illustrated bird books, 4to (5) £300 - £400
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339. Shaw (George) ge n e r a l zo o l o g y, 14 vol. in 28, engraved
vignette titles and 1218 plates, foxing, offsetting, some waterstaining,
mostly to vol.13 and vol.14 part 1, later 19th century
half green morocco, spines gilt in compartments with floral motifs,
slightly rubbed, spines a little faded but overall an attrractive set,
[Nissen IVB 870], 8vo, 1800-26. £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 340
340. Shelley (G.E.) a ha n d b o o k to t h e bi r d s o f eg y p t, first
e d i t i o n, 14 hand-coloured lithographed plates by Keulemans,
Ch a r l e s wh y m p e r’s C o p y with his pencil signature at head of title and
annotations to text, also with a few additional plates by Keulemans
bound in (hand-coloured lithographs or chromolithographs),
bookplate of Whymper and Robert Washington Oates, original
blind-stamped red cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, a little
rubbed and stained, [Nissen IVB 872], 8vo, 1872. £250 - £350
Lot339
341. Sitwell (S.), Handasyde Buchanan & James Fisher. fi n e
bi r d bo o k s 1700-1900, number 180 of 295 copies signed by the
authors, 38 plates including 16 colour (1 folding), tissue guards,
original half morocco, marbled board slip-case (a little rubbed),
folio, 1953. £300 - £500
Lot 342
342. Sweet (Robert) th e british wa r b l e r s. an aC C o u n t o f t h e
ge n u s sy lv i a, 16 hand-coloured engraved plates by E.D.Smith,
tissue guards, with contemporary manuscript list of warblers bound
in after title, text a little browned with some offsetting from plates
but plates clean and bright, modern calbacked marbled boards,
[Nissen 919], 8vo, for the Author, 1823. £250 - £350
*** Apparently complete with 44pp. including ‘Additional Remarks’
as in Casey Wood and the Fattorini copy.
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343. Thorburn (Archibald) british bi r d s, 5 vol. including
supplement, first e d i t i o n, n u m b e r 70 o f 105 l a r g e pa p e r C o p i e s,
82 mounted colour plates by Thorburn, tissue guards, faint ink
signature stamp to titles and a few other leaves, vol.1-4 original
red cloth, t.e.g., a little rubbed and marked, supplement original
wrappers, ink signature and a few notes to upper cover, slightly
frayed at edges, a good set, [Anker 508; Nissen IVB 938], large 4to,
1915-16-18.q £1,500 - £2,000
344. Thorburn (Archibald) bi r d s o f pre y, o n e o f 150 s e t s o f
p r o o f s, 12 colour plates by Thorburn, e a C h s i g n e d b y h i m in p e n C i l
and with small stamp to lower margin as issued, mounted on linen
stubs throughout, title lightly foxed, title and all text leaves with
2 holes punched in upper inner or outer corner where previously
held together with tie, bound in modern green morocco, boards with
double gilt rule and Greek key border, title in gilt on upper cover,
spine gilt with head of bird of prey at head and foot, spine very
slightly faded, with the original borad portfolio in which the plates
were issued (a little worn), 4to, 1919. (2) £3,500 - £4,500
*** A handsome copy of the scarcest of Thorburn’s works.
345. Thorburn (Archibald) a nat u r a l i s t’s sk e t C h bo o k, first
e d i t i o n, n u m b e r 50 o f 105 l a r g e pa p e r C o p i e s, 60 mounted plates
by Thorburn, some colour, tissue guards, original red cloth, t.e.g.,
lower cover very slightly bowed, [Anker 509; Nissen IVB 940],
large 4to, 1919. £300 - £400
Lot 344
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346. Thorburn (Archibald) british ma m m a l s , 2 vol., first e d i t i o n,
n u m b e r 57 o f 155 l a r g e pa p e r C o p i e s, 50 mounted colour plates
by Thorburn, tissue guards, endpapers foxed, especially in vol.1,
original red cloth, t.e.g., lightly mottled, a few marks to upper cover
of vol.2, [Nissen ZBI 4128], large 4to, 1920-21. £500 - £700
347. Thorburn (Archibald) british ma m m a l s , 50 colour plates by
Thorburn, [Nissen ZBI 4128], 1920-21; A Naturalist’s Sketch Book,
60 plates by Thorburn, some colour, [Nissen IVB 940], 1919, tissue
guards, uniform original red cloth, t.e.g., slightly rubbed or faded,
4to (3) £250 - £350
Lot 348
348. Thorburn (Archibald) ga m e bi r d s a n d wi l d-fo w l o f
gr e at britain a n d ir e l a n d, first e d i t i o n, n u m b e r 54 o f 155
l a r g e pa p e r C o p i e s, 30 mounted colour plates by Thorburn, tissue
guards, original red cloth, t.e.g., a little rubbed and marked,
rebacked preserving original spine, [Nissen IVB 939], folio, 1923.
£400 - £600
349. Thorburn (Archibald) bi r d s o f pr e y, n u m b e r 19 o f 150
C o p i e s, facsimile reprint of the 1919 edition, 12 mounted colour
plates by Thorburn, original half green morocco, gilt, t.e.g.,
others uncut, cloth slip-case, 4to, Lamarsh, Iain Grahame, 1985.
£300 - £400
350. Whymper (Charles) eg y p t i a n bi r d s..., n u m b e r 86 o f 100
l a r g e pa p e r C o p i e s s i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r, tipped-in colour plates,
original pictorial white cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly
rubbed and soiled but a good copy, [Nissen IVB 986], 1909; and a
copy of the ordinary edition, 4to (2) £200 - £300
351. Yarrell (William) a hi s t o ry o f british fi s h e s, 3 vol. including
supplement, illustrations, bookplate to pastedowns, original cloth,
spine ends and corners bumped, [W&S pp.243-4], Van Voorst, 1836-
39; A History of British Birds, 3 vol., illustrations, contemporary
calf, rebacked, a little scuffed, 1843; and another by the same, 8vo
& 4to (7) £150 - £200
*** “Indispensable in every English angler’s library as a work of
reference.” - Westwood & Satchell.
352. Bibliography.- Nissen (Claus) die i l l u s t r i e rt e n vo g e l b u C h e r,
dust-jacket, Stuttgart, 1953; Die botanische Buch-illustration...
zweite Auflage, Stuttgart, 1966; Die zoologische Buch-illustration,
2 vol., Stuttgart, 1966-78 § Sitwell (Sacheverell) Great Flower
Books, dust-jacket, plates, 1990; Fine Bird Books, plates, dustjacket,
1990, original cloth; and 3 others, natural history reference,
4to & 8vo (9) £150 - £200
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wh a l e s, wh a l i n g a n d vo ya g e s
The Property of the late Sidney Brown, 1923-2010
LONDON
Sidney Brown was regarded as one of the most active scientists working on whales in the 1960s and 70s. He was particularly known for
work on the distribution of whales, and the techniques of whale observation.
He worked for a number of different government funded units on whale research, combining periods in the field with writing scientific
papers (of which he wrote over 120). He was a whaling inspector first in 1963, at South Georgia in the Falkland Islands, where he lived at
the whaling station at Grytviken for 4 months, He was a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission from
1956 and Co-ordinator of the Commission’s international whale marking scheme.
He was a great collector of books and his passion for natural history, whaling (including its history) as well as travel and exploration are
reflected in his book collection.
353. Andrews (Roy Chapman) wh a l e hu n t i n g w i t h gu n a n d
Ca m e r a , New York & London, 1916 § Murdoch (W.G.Burn)
Modern Whaling & Bear-Hunting, 1917 § Verrill (A.Hyatt) The
Real Story of the Whaler, New York & London, 1916 § Jenkins
(J.T.) A History of the Whale Fisheries, heavily foxed, 1921 §
Morley (F.V.) and J.S.Hodgson. Whaling North and South, 1927,
plates and illustrations, original cloth, the first three pictorial gilt,
rubbed, most spines a little faded, the first slightly stained; and c.75
others on whaling, 8vo & 4to (c.80) £150 - £200
Lot 354
354. Beale (Thomas) th e nat u r a l hi s t o ry o f t h e sp e r m wh a l e...
to which is added, a sketch of a South-Sea Whaling Voyage, second
edition, first issue with preliminaries to p.vi in roman, half-title,
3 wood-engraved plates, tissue guards, list of subscribers, 4pp.
publisher’s catalogue tipped in at end, occasional spotting or light
soiling, lower hinge weak, original blind-stamped cloth, uncut,
rubbed and a little stained, wear and splits to joints, [Ferguson
2709; Sabin 4108; Spence 105], 8vo, 1839. £300 - £400
*** Classic whaling account first published under the title A Few
Observations on the Natural History of the Sperm Whale, this
greatly enlarged version was the edition used and annotated by
Herman Melville prior to writing Moby Dick.
355. Beale (Thomas) th e nat u r a l hi s t o ry o f t h e sp e r m wh a l e...,
second edition, first issue, half-title, 3 wood-engraved plates, tissue
guards, list of subscribers, 4pp. publisher’s catalogue tipped in
at end, occasional spotting, upper hinge weak, [Ferguson 2709;
Sabin 4108; Spence 105], 1839 § Hamilton (Robert) Mammalia:
Amphibious Carnivora, Naturalist’s Library vol.XXV (Seals etc.),
engraved portrait and additional vignette title, 31 engraved plates,
most hand-coloured, [c.1843] § Leslie (Sir John) and others.
Narrative of Discovery and Adventure in the Polar Seas and
Regions...and an account of the Whale-Fishery, fifth edition, folding
engraved map, additional vignette title, wood-engraved plates and
illustrations, Edinburgh, 1845 § Lamont (James) Seasons with the
Sea-Horses, wood-engraved plates, folding hand-coloured map (a
little stained), contemporary half calf, spine gilt, 1861, occasional
spotting, all but the last original cloth, the first with upper joint split
and small tear to spine, the second a little stained, all rubbed; and
another, 8vo et infra (5) £300 - £400
356. Bennett (Frederick D.) na r r at i v e o f a wh a l i n g vo ya g e
r o u n d t h e gl o b e f r o m t h e y e a r 1833-1836, 2 vol., Amseterdam &
New York, 1970 § Porter (Capt. David) Journal of a Cruise made to
the Pacific Ocean, 2 vol., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1970 § Forster
(H., editor) The Cruise of the “Gipsy”: The Journal of John Wilson,
Surgeon on a Whaling Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1839-1843,
Fairfield, 1991 § Druett (Joan, editor) “She Was a Sister Sailor”:
The Whaling Journals of Mary Brewster 1845-1851, Mystic, Ct.,
1992 § Smith (C.E.) From the Deep of the Sea, being the Diary...,
1922 §, the first two facsimile reprints, plates and illustrations,
original cloth or rexine, the last two with dust-jackets, the last with
spine browned; and c.30 others, whaling journals etc., 8vo & 4to
(c.35) £150 - £200
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Lot 357
357. Bonnaterre (Pierre Joseph, Abbé) ta b l e a u en C y C l o p É d i Q u e
e t mÉ t h o d i Q u e d e s tr o i s rè g n e s d e l a nat u r e : Ce t o l o g i e, 12
engraved plates, 2 double-page, water-stained, faint old library
stamp on title, disbound and loose, Paris, Pancoucke, 1789 §
Flower (W.H., editor) Recent Memoirs on the Cetacea by Professors
Eschricht, Reinhardt and Lilljeborg, 6 lithographed plates, some
foxing, oriignal cloth-backed limp boards, paper label on upper
cover worn, Ray Society, 1866 § Memoirs of the American Museum
of Natural History, New Series, Vol.I Part VI: Monographs of the
Pacific Cetacea II: The Sei Whale, plates and illustrations, folding
table, apparently complete but for explanation of plates at end,
disbound but with detached trimmed upper wrapper, [New York],
1916 § Kellogg (Remington) A Review of the Archaeoceti, plates,
original printed wrappers, Washington, DC, 1936 § Gray (John
Edward) Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum,
second edition, illustrations, original cloth, 1866 § Harmer (S.F.)
and F.C.Fraser. Report on Cetacea stranded on the British Coasts
during 1913 [-1947], No.1-9 & 11-14 only, maps, original printed
wrappers, some spines frayed, 1914-53, all rubbed or worn; and a
small quantity of others, similar, and some ephemera, prints, charts,
newspaper cuttings etc. concerning whales and whaling including
issues of The Daily Advertiser for Jan.23rd & Feb.27th 1772
containing mention of the invention of the harpoon gun and its early
trials, v.s. (sm.qty) £300 - £500
358. Brewington (M.V. & Dorothy) ke n d a l l wh a l i n g mu s e u m:
pa i n t i n g s [and] pr i n t s, 2 vol., Sharon, 1965-69 § Martin (Kenneth
R.) Whalemen’s Paintings and Drawings: Selections from the
Kendall Whaling Museum Collection, Sharon, 1983 § Flayderman
(E.N.) Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, New Milford, Ct., 1972
§ Meyer (C.R.) Whaling and the Art of Scrimshaw, New York,
1976 § Frank (Stuart M.) Dictionary of Scrimshaw Artists [and]
More Scrimshaw Artists, 2 vol., Mystic, Ct., 1991-98, plates
and illustrations, some colour, original cloth with dust-jackets,
some a little rubbed; and 3 others on scrimshaw, 4to & 8vo (10)
£150 - £200
359. Bullen (Frank T.) th e Cr u i s e o f t h e “Ca C h a l o t”: ro u n d t h e
wo r l d a f t e r sp e r m wh a l e s, 1898; The Log of a Sea-Waif, 1899;
Sea-Wrack, 1903; Creatures of the Sea, 1904; Our Heritage the
Sea, 1906, first e d i t i o n s, plates, some ffoxing, original cloth, the
first two pictorial gilt, rubbed; and 11 others by the same, some
duplicates or later editions, 8vo (16) £150 - £200
Lot 360
360. Cuvier (Georges L.C., Baron) de l’histoire nat u r e l l e d e s
CÉ ta C É s, half-title, 24 engraved plates, some printed in sepia, 12
hand-coloured or partly so, text foxed, contemporary moroccobacked
marbled boards, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Paris,
1836. £250 - £350
361. di s C o v e ry re p o rt s, issued by the Discovery Committee,
Colonial Office, London, on behalf of the Government of the
Dependencies of the Falkland Islands, c.95 parts only, some of
the later volumes complete, maps, charts, plates, illustrations and
tables, most original printed wrappers, a few spines browned, some
together in original cloth folders, one or two spines faded, the last
few parts original cloth, Cambridge, 1929-1973; and some other
related items and a few duplicates, 4to; sold not subject to return
(c.120) £400 - £600
*** Concerning the natural history of the Southern Ocean and
Antarctica and including many works on whales and whaling.
362. Ellis (Richard) me n a n d wh a l e s, New York, 1991; Dolphins
and Porpoises, 1983 § Matthews (L.H.) The Whale, 1968 § Egmond
(F.) and Peter Mason, editors. The Whale Book: Whales and other
marine animals as described by Adriaen Coenen in 1585, 2003 §
Williams (Heathcote) Whale Nation, 1988 § Slijper (E.J.) Whales,
second edition, 1979 § Jones (M.L.) and others. The Gray Whale,
Eschrichtius robustus, Orlando, 1984, illustrations, many colour,
original cloth or boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, one or
two slightly rubbed; and a quantity of others on whales, dolphins
and porpoises, v.s. (c.100) £200 - £300
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363. Goode (George Brown) th e fi s h e r i e s a n d fi s h e ry in d u s t r i e s
o f t h e un i t e d stat e s, 5 vol. in 7, plates and maps, some folding,
1884-87 § United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part IV.
Report of the Commissioner for 1875-1876, plates, lightly browned,
1878, original cloth, rubbed, some wear to joints and spine ends,
4to, Washington, DC (8) £200 - £300
*** The second includes an illustrated 768pp. Appendix History of
the American Whjqale Fishery from its Earliest Conception to the
Year 1876 by Alexander Starbuck.
Lot 364
364. Hawley (Frank) wh a l e s & wh a l i n g in Ja pa n, Vol.I, Part I
[all published], Miscellanea Japonica II, n u m b e r 78 o f 125 C o p i e s,
printed on handmade paper, folding colour woodblock frontispiece
of “The Harpooneers’ Carouse”, plates, some folding, errata slip in
Japanese loosely inserted, original morocco-backed boards, uncut,
spine slightly spotted, dust-jacket frayed and defective at spine,
board slip-case (slighlty rubbed), 4to, Kyoto, for the Author, 1958-
60. £250 - £350
*** Three volumes were planned but only this published.
365. Jenkins (James Travis) bi b l i o g r a p h y o f wh a l i n g, Journal of
the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History vol.2 part 4 pp.71-
166, modern cloth, 1948 § Forster (Honore) The South Sea Whaler:
An Annotated Bibliography, Sharon, 1985 § Sherman (S.C.) and
others. Whaling Logbooks and Journals 1613-1927: An Inventory
of Manuscript Records in Public Collections, New York & London,
1986 § Truitt (Deborah) Dolphins and Porpoises; A Comprehensive,
Annotated Bibliography of the Smaller Cetacea, Detroit, 1974,
all but the first original cloth; and 12 others, bibliography, some
pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (16) £100 - £150
Lot 366
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366. Kingston (W.H.G.) th e so u t h se a wh a l e r, 1882 § Hazen
(Jacob A.) Five Years before the Mast, or Life in the Forecastle
aboard of a Whaler and Man-of-War, second edition, Philadelphia,
1854 § Davis (William M.) Nimrod of the Sea; or, the American
Whaleman, 1874 § Rand (Edward A.) Up North in a Whaler, [c.1900]
§ Ballantyne (R.M.) The World of Ice or, the Whaling Cruise of
“The Dolphin”, 1873, plates and illustrations, some spotting or
browning, original cloth, the first four pictorial gilt, rubbed; and
c.50 others whaling and maritime fiction including some Melville,
8vo et infra (c.55) £150 - £200
367. Lubbock (Basil) th e ar C t i C wh a l e r s, with a small bundle of
letters from various people addressed to Basil Lubbock concerning
whaling ships loosely inserted, Glasgow, 1937 § Chatterton
(E.Keble) Whalers and Whaling, foxed, 1925 § Dow (G.F.) Whale
Ships and Whaling, Salem, 1925 § Ashley (Clifford W.) The Yankee
Whaler, limited edition, worming to joints, lacking front free
endpaper, [c.1936] § Leavitt (John E.;) The Charles W.Morgan,
Mystic, Ct., 1973 § Harland (John H.) Catchers and Corvettes: The
Steam Whalecatcher in Peace and War 1860-1960, upper hinge
broken, Rotherfield, 1992, plates and illustrations, original cloth or
cloth-backed boards, the first three rubbed, some spines faded, the
last three with dust-jackets, the fourth also with slip-case (worn);
and 12 others on whaling ships, v.s. (18) £250 - £350
368. Markham (Albert Hastings) a wh a l i n g Cr u i s e to baffin’s
bay ..., first e d i t i o n, wood-engraved plates and illustrations,
some foxing, contemporary calf, spine rubbed and faded, 1874 §
Walker (A.Barclay) The Cruise of the Esquimaux...to Davis Straits
and Baffin Bay..., Liverpool, 1900 § Smith (C.E.) From the Deep
of the Sea..., 1922 § Lindsay (D.M.) A Voyage to the Arctic in
the Whaler Aurora, 1911 § Barron (Capt. William) Old Whaling
Days, Hull, 1895 § Jackson (Gordon) The British Whaling Trade,
1978 § Lacroix (L.) Les Derniers Baleiniers Français, modern half
morocco, spine gilt, original wrappers bound in, Nantes, 1947,
plates and illustrations, all but the first and last original cloth or
boards, rubbed, some a little stained, the sixth with dust-jacket; and
c.45 others on northern whaling, mostly Arctic, 8vo & 4to (c.50)
£250 - £350
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369. McNab (Robert) mu r i h i k u a n d t h e so u t h e r n is l a n d s,
Invercargill, 1907; The Old Whaling Days: A History of Southern
New Zealand from 1830 to 1840, Christchurch, 1913 § Dakin
(W.J.) Whalemen Adventurers: The Story of Whaling in Australian
Waters..., second edition, Sydney, 1938 § Villirs (A.J.) Whaling in
the Frozen South being the Story of the 1923-24 Norwegian Whaling
Expedition to the Antarctic, 1925 § Bennett (A.G.) Whaling in
the Antarctic, s i g n e d b y t h e a u t h o r (twice) on title, Edinburgh &
London, 1932, plates and illustrations, original cloth, rubbed, some
with faded spines; and c.30 others on southern whaling, mostly
Antarctic, 8vo & 4to (c.35) £150 - £200
370. National Institute of Oceanography. Co l l e C t e d re p r i n t s,
vol.1-[23], maps and illustrations, bound into original cloth-backed
printed boards or cloth with numbered dividers, one or two with
folding charts in pocket at end, a little rubbed, final volume with
spine spotted, Wormley, 1953-75; and the annual reports of the
institute from 1949-68, 4to (c.40) £200 - £300
371. Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo. hva l r å d e t s sk r i f t e r;
sCientifiC re s u lt s o f ma r i n e bi o l o g i C a l re s e a r C h, No.1-53 and
several duplicates, text in English, illustrations, tables, original
printed wrappers, some with signatures or labels, rubbed, some
a little worn (mostly spines), large 8vo, Oslo, 1931-72 (c.90)
£300 - £400
Lot 372
372. Pitcairn Island.- Bruce (Sir William Henry, Admiral, 1792-
1863) re m a r k bo o k h.m.s. im o g e n e f o r t h e y e a r 1837 s i g n e d
at e n d, manuscript, title and 103pp., water-stained, browned,
upper wrapper soiled, stitched as issued, folio, 1837; and 2 others,
comprising, a transcript copy of the first mentioned and a copy of
letters, “Life on a Whaler 1827-1835”, by William Winkworth Jr.,
folio & 4to (3). £400 - £600
*** An account of HMS Imogene’s voyages in 1837.
Caught in a storm off Fort St. Philip, Missouri; and voyages to
Bahia, Brazil; the Falkand Islands; Cape Horn, Valpairiso, Chile,
the Marquesas Islands (Santa Christina), Hawaii (Honolulu, the site
of Cook’s death etc.), Rurutu, mentions whalers, “We found here
an English Whaler the ‘Lady Amherst’ of London, a year out... Mr
Pritchard came on board, when I’d delivered him his Commission
and despatches, and honoring him with the usual salute, installed
him as Consul”; Leeward Islands (Bora Bora), and Pitcairn’s Island,
the adopted home of some of the mutineers from HMS Bounty.
pi t C a i r n is l a n d. “Decr 7 we made Pitcairn’s island in the wind’s
eye... 8 leagues, and carrying on thro’ the night, passed to the
Eastward of the island and hove to in “Bounty Bay” at 7 AM
the 8th; its appearance exactly corresponds with the sketch of
Captain Beechey on the small chart; the water in the bay and off
it, is beautifully clear, and the sandy and rocky bottom visible at 20
fathoms depth. Most of the native men immediately came aboard
in their canoes, tho’ blowing fresh, with a tumbling swell, being
rejoiced at the sight of an English ship of war, from
home, as they term England. They are a very kindly, hospitable and
amiable race... and strikingly virtuous... tho’ among the natives it is
to be regretted that two cases of deviation... have occurred... and I am
very sorry to find that among the three English settlers, there have
been cases perpetrated of deep, base, and disgraceful profligacy;
the names of these three men are “George Nobbs”, “John Buffet”;
and “John Evans”, all of whom the people are desirous should be
removed from the island.” - Bruce.
Lot 373
373. Reste (C.Bernard de, translator) histoire d e s pê C h e s, d e s
dÉ C o u v e rt e s e t d e s Éta b l i s s e m e n s d e s ho l l a n d o i s d a n s l e s me r s
d u no r d, 3 vol., half-title in vol.3 only, folding engraved frontispiece
and 26 maps and plates only (of 27, lacking plate 11 in vol.1), most
folding, vol.1 also lacking P4 & 5 (pp.231-234), a little foxed and
soiled, F5 in vol.2 torn and repaired, contemporary half diced
russia, rubbed, joints split, some covers detached, [Sabin 70100],
8vo, Paris, Nyon, 1801; sold not subject to return £200 - £300
Lot 374
374. Scoresby (William) ta g e b u C h einer reise a u f d e n
wa l l f i s C h fa n g..., first ge r m a n e d i t i o n, 9 folding engraved plates
and folding engraved map, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed,
a very good copy, [Sabin 78183], 8vo, Hamburg, 1825. £200 - £300
*** Scoresby (1789-1857) was an Arctic explorer, scientist and
clergyman who accompanied his father on whaling expeditions,
during the course of which he carried out meterological experiments.
This account of whaling in Greenland includes four plates of snow
crystals.
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375. Scoresby (William) ma g n e t i C a l in v e s t i g at i o n s, 2 vol., old
library stamp on titles, 1844; Journal of a Voyage to Australia and
Round the World, for Magnetical Research, edited by Archibald
Smith, engraved portrait, folding hand-coloured engraved map,
1859; Memorials of the Sea, first e d i t i o n, contemporary ink
signature of Captain Dilkes at head of title, a little soiled and
stained, contemporary half calf, 1835 § Scoresby-Jackson (R.E.)
The Life of William Scoresby, engraved portrait and additional
vignette title, folding map, plates printed in blue, some foxing, 1861,
all but the third original cloth, a little rubbed; and c.35 others by or
about Scoresby, v.s. (c.40) £300 - £500
Lot 376
376. [Sibbald (Robert)] ph a l a i n o l o g i a n o va; s i v e o b s e rvat i o n e s d e
r a r i o r i b u s Q u i b u s d a m b a l a e n i s..., 3 folding engraved plates (lightly
offset), w i t h e x t e n s i v e m a n u s C r i p t n o t e s b y wi l l i a m ya r r e l l on
blank leaves bound in at beginning and end and with his name and
address pasted in at beginning, th o m a s we s t w o o d’s C o p y with his
bookplate, nineteenth century half calf, spine with morocco labels,
rubbed, 8vo, Benj.White, 1773. £300 - £400
*** an e x C e l l e n t a s s o C i at i o n C o p y. Yarrell’s detailed remarks on
the different species of whale extend to 24pp. at the beginning, with
a further 18pp. of synonyms with a loosely inserted pencil drawing
at end.
William Yarrell (1784-1856), author of The History of British Fishes
of 1836 and The History of British Birds of 1843.
Thomas Westwood (1814-1888), poet, bibliographer (author with
Thomas Satchell of Bibliotheca Piscatoria published in 1861), and
book collector.
Lot 377
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377. Sonnini (Charles Sigisbert) histoire nat u r e l l e, gÉ n É r a l e
e t pa rt i C u l i e r e, d e s CÉ ta C É e s, half-title, 5 engraved plates, w i t h
t h e p l at e s in t w o s tat e s, o n e p r i n t e d in C o l o u r s, foxed, mostly
affecting text, original wrappers, uncut, soiled and stained, faded,
Paris, Dufart, An XII [1804] § Wernerian Natural History Society.
Memoirs, Vol.I. for the Years 1808,-9,-10, folding hand-coloured
engraved map, 14 engraved plates, some hand-coloured or printed
in colours, 2 folding tables, foxing, contemporary tree calf, spine
gilt, rubbed, Edinburgh, 1811, 8vo (2) £250 - £350
*** The second includes Description of a Small-headed Narwal,
cast ashore in Zetland by Rev.Fleming, Some Account of a Fin-
Whale stranded near Alloa by Patrick Neill, and Account of the
Balaena Mysticetus, or Great Northern or Greenland Whale by
W.Scoresby, Jun., the first and last each with a plate.
Lot 378
378. Southwell (Thomas) th e se a l s a n d wh a l e s o f t h e british
se a s, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, original pictorial
red cloth, gilt, spine faded and worn at ends, 1881 § Allen (Joel
Asaph) History of North American Pinnipeds..., original cloth,
spines faded, Washington, DC, 1880 § Ridgway (S.H.) and Richard
J.Harrison.Handbook of Marine Mammals, 6 vol., illustrations,
original pictorial boards, 1981-99, the first two rubbed; and c.40
others on marine mammals, mostly seals etc., some pamphlets, 4to
& 8vo (c.50) £150 - £200
379. Tønnessen (J.A.) and A.O.Johnsen. a hi s t o ry o f mo d e r n
wh a l i n g, 2 vol., original boards, dust-jackets, 1982 § Risting
(Sigurd) Av Hvalfangstens Historie, original cloth, rubbed, Oslo,
1922 § Aagaard (Bjarne) De Gamle Hvalgangst, later cloth,
original wrappers bound in, Oslo, 1933, plates and illustrations;
and 9 others, mostly on Norwegian whaling, plus a quantity of
Norsk Hvalfangst-Tidende (The Norwegian Whaling Gazette) from
the 1950s & ‘60s (text in Norwegian and English), 8vo & 4to (sm.
qty) £150 - £200
380. Whales Research Institute. th e sCientifiC re p o rt s..., No.12,
17-19 & 21-38 only, plates and illustrations, original printed
wrappers, ink stamps on upper covers, some spines defective, Tokyo,
1957-87 § International Commission on Whaling. Reports, vol.1-
48 and Special Issues vol.1-6 & 10, illustrations, vol.1-29 original
wrappers, some a little worn, the rest original boards, special
issues mostly original boards, London & Cambridge, 1950-98; and
a quantity of other pamphlets and periodicals, mostly on whales and
whaling, including many issues of International Whaling Statistics,
8vo & 4to (Qty) £200 - £300
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381. Whipple (A.B.C.) ya n k e e wh a l e r s in t h e so u t h se a s,
Garden City, NY, 1954 § Robotti (F.D.) Whaling and Old Salem,
New York, 1962 § Webb (R.L.) On the Northwest: Commercial
Whaling in the Pacific Northwest 1790-1967, Vancouver, 1988 §
Mawer (G.A.) Ahab’s Trade: The Saga of Southe Seas Whaling,
New York, 1999 § Starbuck (Alexander) History of the American
Whale Fishery, Secaucus, NJ, 1989 § Bockstoce (J.R.) Whales, Ice
and Men: The History of Whaling in the Western Arctic, Seattle &
London, 1986, illustrations, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets,
the first two slightly rubbed and frayed at edges; and c.65 others on
American whaling, 8vo & 4to (c.70) £200 - £300
382. Yasuo Hashiura. th e hi s t o ry o f wh a l i n g in ta i J i u r a,
ku m a n o, 2 vol. including portofolio of 6 reproductions of scrolls
depicting whaling, one of 1000 copies, text in Japanese, original
cloth, slip-case, scrolls in original boards in cloth portfolio with
toggles, Tokyo, 1969 § Nihon Suisan Kabushiki Kaisha. [Japanese
Fishes], text in Japanese, colour plates, original rexine-backed
cloth, dust-jacket, Tokyo, 1961; and 7 others, Japanese, 4to & 8vo
(9) £100 - £150
Lot 383
383. Darwin (Charles) th e origin o f sp e C i e s b y me a n s o f nat u r a l
se l e C t i o n..., sixth edition (twenty-eighth thousand), folding
lithographed table, foxed at beginning and end, signature on front
fly-leaf, lacking front free endpaper, 1885; The Descent of Man...,
second edition, revised (twenty-first thousand), wood-engraved
illustrations, one or two spots, 1888, half-titles, original green
cloth, slightly rubbed and marked but reasonable copies, 8vo (2)
£200 - £300
384. Darwin (Charles) Jo u r n a l o f re s e a r C h e s...d u r i n g t h e vo ya g e
o f h.m.s. “be a g l e”..., introduction by G.T.Bettany, 1891; On the
Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs..., hinges weak, 1890;
Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. “Beagle”, edited by Nora Barlow,
Cambridge, 1933; The Life and Letters..., edited by Francis Darwin,
3 vol., seventh thousand revised, 1888 § Barrett (Paul H.) & others. A
Concordance to Darwin’s The Descent of Man..., Ithaca & London,
1987 § Browne (Janet) Charles Darwin, 2 vol., 1995-2002 § Healey
(Edna) Emma Darwin, 2001 § Atkins (Sir Hedley) Down: The Home
of the Darwins, revised impression, 1976 § Freeman (R.B.) Charles
Darwin: A Companion, 1978, plates and illustrations, original cloth
or boards, the first four rubbed with some spines faded, the last four
with dust-jackets; and a small quantity of others by or relating to
Darwin, 8vo & 4to (c.50) £250 - £350
Lot 385
385. Fish Pamphlets.- Ashworth (Edmund & Thomas) a tr e at i s e
o n t h e pr o pa g at i o n o f sa l m o n a n d o t h e r fish, folding lithographed
plate, original pictorial wrapper bound in at beginning (creased),
Stockport, 1853 b o u n d w i t h Stoddart (Thomas Tod) The Artificial
Breeding of Salmon, reprinted from the Kelso Mail, Kelso, 1854
a n d Wilkie (David E.) The Failure of the Yan Yean Reservoir,
lithographed map with partical hand-colouring, Melbourne, 1855
a n d Shaw (John) An Account of some Experiments and Observations
on the Parr, and on the Ova of the Salmon, offprint, Edinburgh, 1836
a n d Clouston (T.S.) The Minute Anatomy and Physiology of the
Nervous System in the Lobster, offprint, 2 lithographed plates,
small tears to inner margin of title where pulling away, Edinburgh,
1863 a n d Wilson (George) On the Electric Fishes as the Earliest
Electric Machines Employed by Mankind, offprint, Edinburgh,
1857, together 6 works in 1 vol., most with signatures or inscriptions
at head, manuscript index at beginning (one pamphlet on whales
removed), some spotting and soiling, broken, contemporary half
roan, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, 8vo £200 - £300
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386. Huxley (Leonard) life a n d le t t e r s o f th o m a s he n ry
hu x l e y, 2 vol., light foxing, 1900 § Owen (Rev. Richard) The
Life of Richard Owen, 2 vol., second edition, 1895 § Dobzhansky
(Theodosius) Genetics and the Origin of Species, second edition,
revised, New York, 1949 § Fisher (R.A.) The Genetical Theory of
Natural Selection, Oxford, 1999 § Jones (Steve) Almost Like a
Whale: The Origin of Species Updated, 1999 § Quammen (D.) The
Song of the Dodo; Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions,
New York, 1996 § Osborne (R.) The Floating Egg: Episodes in the
Making of Geology, 1998, plates and illustrations, original cloth or
boards, the first two rubbed, the first with faded spines, the rest with
dust-jackets; and c.40 others on evolution, geology etc., 8vo & 4to
(c.50) £200 - £300
387. Lankester (Edwin, editor) th e Co r r e s p o n d e n C e... [and]
fu rt h e r Co r r e s p o n d e n C e o f Jo h n ray , 2 vol., portrait (with
marginal water-staining), 1848-1928; Memorials of John Ray,
lithographed frontispiece, 1846 § Cornish (C.J.) Sir William Henry
Flower, C.E.Fagan’s copy with A.L.s. from the author to him tipped
in at beginning, 1904 § King-Hele (D.) Doctor of Revolution: The
Life and Genius of Erasmus Darwin, 1977 § Burgess (G.H.O.) The
Curious World of Frank Buckland, 1967 § Rothschild (Miriam) Dear
Lord Rothschild: Birds, Butterflies and History, 1983 § Gunther
(A.E.) The Founders of Science at the British Museum 1753-1900,
Halesworth, 1980, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards,
the first three worn with faded spines, the rest with dust-jackets; and
c.25 others on naturalists, 8vo & 4to (c.30) £100 - £150
388. Medicine.- Keynes (Sir Geoffrey) th e life o f wi l l i a m
ha rv e y, Oxford, 1978 § LeFanu (W.R.) A Bio-Bibliography of
Edward Jenner 1749-1823, limited edition, light spotting, 1951 §
Fisher (R.B.) Edward Jenner..., 1991 § Gunther (R.T.) Early Science
in Cambridge, Oxford, 1937 § Montagu (M.F. Ashley) Edward
Tyson..., Philadelphia, 1943 § Wollaston (A.F.R.) Life of Alfred
Newton, 1921, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, the
first three with dust-jackets, the rest a little rubbed, the last two with
slightly faded spines; and 13 others, science and medicine, 4to &
8vo (19) £150 - £200
389. Oudemans (A.C.) th e gr e at se a-se r p e n t: an hi s t o r i C a l a n d
Cr i t i C a l tr e at i s e, some light spotting, Leiden and London, 1892
§ Buckland (Frank) Curiosities of Natural History, First & Second
Series (of 4), spotting, 1863-61 § Shepard (Odell) The Lore of the
Unicorn, 1930 § Carrington (R.) Mermaids and Mastodons, 1957 §
Benwell (G.) and Arthur Waugh. Sea Enchantress: The Tale of the
Mermaid and her Kin, 1961 § Burton (M.) The Elusive Monster: An
analysis of the evidence from Loch Ness, 1961 § Ellis (R.) Monsters
of the Sea, 1995, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards,
the first with faded spine, the last four with dust-jackets, most a little
rubbed; and 11 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (19) £200 - £300
*** The first, an important work of cryptozoology, is a scientific
study investigating sightings of the sea-serpent, suggesting that it
was actually a prehistoric fish thought to be extinct. In 1938 it was
identified as the coelacanth.
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390. White (Rev. Gilbert, of Selborne) th e nat u r a l hi s t o ry o f
se l b o r n e, edited by Thomas Bell, 2 vol., 1877; Garden Kalendar
1751-1771, facsimile reprint, Ilkley, 1975; The Journals..., edited
by Francesca Greenoak, 1986-88 § Holt-White (Rashleigh, editor)
The Life and Letters of Gilbert White..., 2 vol., 1901; The Letters
to Gilbert White from...Rev. John Mulso, [c.1906] § Martin (E.A.)
A Bibliography of Gilbert White..., 1934 § Scott (W.S.) White of
Selborne and his Times, some spotting, 1946 § Mabey (R.) Gilbert
White, 1986, plates and illustrations, original cloth or boards, the
third and last two with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed; and a small
quantity of others by or about the same, some pamphlets, 4to & 8vo
(sm.qty) £200 - £300
391. Yarrell (William) a hi s t o ry o f british bi r d s, 2 vol., fourth
edition, contemporary half sheep, worn, spines defective, 1871-74 §
Willughby (Francis) The Ornithology..., facsimile reprint, Newprot
Pagnell, 1972 § Buckland (Frank) Log-Book of a Fisherman and
Zoologist, third thousand, upper hinge broken, 1876 § Browne
(Sir Thomas) Notes and letters on the Natural History of Norfolk...
Birds and Fishes, 1902 § Darling (F.Fraser) Natural History in the
Highlands & Islands, New Naturalist, a few additional plates tipped
in, 1947 § Lever (C.) The Naturalized Animals of the British Isles,
1977 § Young (J.Z.) The Life of Vertebrates, Oxford, 1950 § Starkey
(D.J.) & others. England’s Sea Fisheries, 2000, illustrations, all but
the first original cloth or boards, the second with slip-case (rubbed),
the last three with dust-jackets, most a little rubbed; and a quantity
of others, natural history, some pamphlets, v.s. (c.150) £150 - £200
Other Properties
392. Whaling.- Bullen (Frank T.) th e Cr u i s e o f t h e “Ca C h a l o t”...,
third impression (second edition), 1899 § McNab (Robert) The Old
Whaling Days: A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to
1840, ex-library copy with stamps, very wor, Christchurch, 1913
§ Edwards (Everett J.) and J.E.Rattray. “Whale Off!” The Story
of American Shore Whaling, New York, 1956 § England (G.A.)
Vikings of the Ice being the Log of a Tenderfoot on the Great
Newfoundland Seal Hunt, browned, Garden City, NY, 1924 §
True (Frederick W.) The Whalebone Whales of the Western North
Atlantic, facsimile reprint, Washington, DC., 1983 § Schmitt (F.P.)
& others. Thomas Welcme Roys: America’s Pioneer of Modern
Whaling, Charlottesville, 1980 § Busch (Briton Cooper) “Whaling
Will Never Do for Me”: The American Whaleman in the Nineteenth
Century, Lexington, 1994, plates and illustrations, original cloth,
the first pictorial gilt, rubbed, the second very worn, the third
with slip-case, the last two with dust-jackets; and a small quantity
of others on whales and whaling, some pamphlets, v.s. (sm.qty)
£200 - £300
393. Whaling.- di s C o v e ry re p o rt s, issued by the Discovery
Committee, Colonial Office, London, on behalf of the Government
of the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands, c.35 parts only, maps,
charts, plates, illustrations and tables, original printed wrappers,
a few spines rubbed or browned,Cambridge, 1929-1973; and a few
others, similar, 4to (c.40) £200 - £300
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Lot 394
394. Ackermann & Co., publisher. th e fl o r a l mo n t h s o f
en g l a n d, hand-coloured lithographed half-title, pictorial title, 4
seasons and 12 plates, small water-stain to foot of first few ff., a
few light finger-marks, original morocco-backed decorative cloth,
gilt, rubbed and with some soiling and marking, folio, Ackermann
& Co., [c.1860]. £250 - £350
Lot 395
395. Agriculture.- Amos (William) mi n u t e s in ag r i C u lt u r e a n d
pl a n t i n g...il l u s t r at e d w i t h sp e C i m e n s o f ei g h t so rt s o f t h e be s t,
a n d tw o so rt s o f t h e wo r s t nat u r a l grasses, half-title, 10
specimens of dried grasses on 3 sheets, each with original printed
labels, 2 hand-coloured engraved plates, 7 folding engraved plates,
contemporary ms. index at end, some offsetting (including from a
few additional botanical samples loosely inseted), contemporary
half calf, flat gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco
label, upper joint splitting, corners worn, rubbed, Boston [Lincs.],
J.Hellaby, 1804. £300 - £400
Lot 396
396. Battarra (Giovanni Antonio) fu n g o r u m ag r i ariminensis
historia second edition, half-title, engraved title vignette and 40
plates, a few plates with 19th century ink names, most of text waterstained
at lower corner, darker in tone to sigs. D&E, plates with
occasional marginal finger-marking and the odd spot, but generally
in good condition, contemporary limp boards, 19th century notes
on upper cover, spine strengthened in later orange paper, this worn,
soiled, [Nissen 95], 4to, Faenza, Typis Martinianis Sup. Permiss.,
1759. £1,200 - £1,500
*** The scarce second edition of this work on the fungi of Rimini
with a new foreword.
Lot 397
397. Humphreys th e ge n e r a a n d sp e C i e s o f british bu t t e r f l i e s,
(Henry Noël) th e ge n e r a a n d sp e C i e s o f british bu t t e r f l i e s,
hand-coloured pictorial title, 32 hand-coloured lithographed
plates, later ink inscription on recto of frontispiece, lacking front
fly-leaf, gutta percha perished with most contents loose, original
gilt-pictorial cloth, spine slightly sunned, g.e., overall a very good
copy, 8vo, [c.1860]. £250 - £350
398. in t e r n at i o n a l sCientifiC se r i e s (th e). 30 vol., mixed editions,
some with plates as called for, illustrations, original cloth, mostly
good condition, c.1875-c.1910; and 20 others, duplicate volumes
from the series, 8vo; sold not subject to return (50) £500 - £700
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399. Jardine (William) th e nat u r a l hi s t o ry o f hu m m i n g-bi r d s,
2 vol., additional engraved titles with hand-coloured vignette,
engraved frontispiece portraits, 64 hand-coloured plates, tissueguards,
bookplate on front pastedowns, original cloth, spines faded
otherwise very good, small 8vo, 1834-41. £500 - £700
Lot 400
400. Jardine (William) th e nat u r a l hi s t o ry o f ga l l i n a C e o u s
bi r d s, vol.I only (of 2), additional engraved title with handcoloured
vignette, engraved portrait frontispiece, 30 hand-coloured
plates (turkeys, peacocks, pheasants), tissue guards, bookplate on
front pastedown, original cloth, spine slightly sunned otherwise a
very good copy, small 8vo, Edinburgh, Naturalist’s Library, 1836.
£100 - £150
Lot 401
401. [Lawrence (John)] “John Scott”. th e sp o rt s m a n’s re p o s i t o ry,
engraved title, frontispiece, and 37 engravings of different breeds
of dogs and horses, title spotted, plates with marginal spotting,
contemporary calf boards, gilt, rebacked, 4to, 1820. £300 - £400
Lot 402
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402. Sea Weed.- Cocks (John, of Devonport) al g a r u m fa s C i C u l i:
o r, a Co l l e C t i o n o f british se a-we e d s, 180 original specimens
mounted, title slightly browned, some marginal soiling, contemporary
half morocco, rubbed, covers marked, Dublin University Press, by
M.H. Gill, 1855; and another, manuscript, “From Catalogue of the
Fossil Fishes in the British Museum, Parts 1,2,3 & 4, By Arthur
Smith Woodward...”, sm. 4to & 8vo (2). £300 - £400
403. No Lot
Lot 404
404. Sowerby (G.B.) il l u s t r at e d in d e x o f british sh e l l s, first
e d i t i o n, 24 hand-coloured engraved plates, tissue guards, 1859;
b o u n d w i t h Illustrated Index of British Shells, second edition,
revised & enlarged, 26 hand coloured plates, tissue guards, 1887,
together in modern half cloth, 8vo. £200 - £300
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Lot 405
405. Step (Edward) and William Watson. fav o u r i t e fl o w e r s o f
ga r d e n a n d gr e e n h o u s e, 4 vol., half-titles, 316 chromolithographed
plates, later half morocco, gilt spines in compartments with floral
motifs, slightly rubbed, [Nissen 1887], a very good set with plates
in good clean condition, 8vo, [1896-1897]. £300 - £400
Lot 406
406. Stonham (Charles) th e bi r d s o f t h e british is l a n d s, 5 vol.,
half-titles, titles printed in red & black, 318 lithographed plates
with captioned tissue guards, 2 hand-coloured folding maps, 2 key
plates, bookplate of Manchester Reform Club on verso of front flyleaves,
contemporary half vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, [Nissen 898],
4to, 1906. £250 - £350
407. Whitmill (Benjamin) ka l e n d a r i u m un i v e r s a l e: o r, t h e
ga r d i n e r’s un i v e r s a l Ca l e n d a r, fifth edition, lightly browned,
occasional spotting, contemporary calf, upper cover detached,
spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, for J.Clark,
1751 § Dezallier d’Argenville (Antoine Joseph) The Theory and
Practice of Gardening, second edition, title in red and black, 37 (of
38) folding engraved plates, 1 plate with splits and fold and outer
margin trimmed, some water-staining and foxing, mostly marginal,
20th century calf-backed marbled boards, spine stained, Bernard
Lintot, 1728 § Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Kalendar,fourth
edition, engraved frontispiece, this with tape repair verso to inner
part, some spotting, contemporary calf, upper cover detached,
worn, for the Author, 1737; and 2 others, similar, odd vol., v.s. (5)
£250 - £350
*** The first mentioned is rare. no t in t h e british li b r a ry and with
ESTC listing only one copy (Reading).
408. Bell (John)?th e pr i n C i p l e s o f su r g e ry, vol. 1 & 2 in 1 only (of
3), s i g n e d p r e s e n tat i o n insCription f r o m t h e a u t h o r to engraved title,
lacking general title, 21 engraved plates (6 folding), contemporary
mottled calf, gilt, upper cover detached, spine ends and corners
bumped, [cf Wellcome 2, p 138], [1815]; sold not subject to return.
£200 - £300
409. Fergusson (William) a sy s t e m o f pr a C t i C a l su r g e ry, third
edition, half-title, illustrations, 4pp. advertisements, hinges splitting,
1852 § Barton (J.K.) The Pathology and Treatment of Syphilis, 16pp.
advertisements, Dublin, 1868 § Bigg (R.H.) Spinal Curvature, halftitle,
illustrations, stamped ‘with the author’s compliments’, hinges
pulling, 1882 § Lund (Edward) The Present Aspect of the Antiseptic
Question, splitting at spine, Manchester, 1883 § Bramwell (B.)
Diseases of the Spinal Cord, second edition, illustrations, gift
inscription on half-title, Edinburgh, 1884 § Edridge-Green (F.W.)
Colour-Blindness, 3 chromolithographed plates, illustrations,
covers water-stained at fore-edges, 1891, original cloth; and 12
others, Medical, 8vo & 4to (18) £200 - £300
Lot 410
410. Geology.- Whitehurst (John) th e wo r k s, 3 parts in 1,
including Appendix, engraved portrait frontispiece, 10 engraved
plates, most folding, some spotting or foxing, for W.Bent, 1792 b o u n d
w i t h Whitehurst (John) Observations on the Ventilation of Rooms;
on the Construction of Chimney and on Garden Stoves, half-title,
folding engraved plate, this with some spotting and offsetting, for
W.Bent, 1794, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf,
gilt spine in compartments, covers rubbed, 4to £300 - £400
*** Scarce works. Whitehurst was a clockmaker and scientist
and made significant early contributions to Geology. He was a
prominent member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham along
with Joseph Priestley, Josiah Wedgwood, Erasmus Darwin and
Matthew Boulton. Includes his An Inquiry into the Original State
and Formation of the Earth.
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411. Medicine.- [wo r k o n s u r g i C a l b a n d a g e s], text in Arabic,
slight worming, a little browned at beginning, contemporary calf
with flap, blind-stamped with central medallion, rubbed, rebacked
and repaired, 8vo, Cairo, 1939. £200 - £300
*** The tenth book printed by al-Matba’ah al-Kubrah Bulaq for the
School of Medicine, one of a series of works translated from French
into Arabic. It includes sections on bandages, how they should be
applied, their benefits etc.
Lot 412
412. Microscopy.- Hill (James) th e Co n s t r u C t i o n o f ti m b e r, f r o m
i t s ea r ly gr o w t h ; ex p l a i n e d b y t h e mi C r o s C o p e, first e d i t i o n, 44
engraved plates, 1 folding, a few spots, contemporary calf, richly
gilt flat spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head
of spine chipped, joints just starting, but holding firm, a few scuff
marks, rubbed, [Henrey 802; Nissen BBI 877], 8vo, for the Author,
1770. £400 - £600
*** ‘The most important work to be published on the subject during
the eighteenth century’ (Henrey). Henrey also notes that ‘some
copies of the octavo edition have plates 13 and 14 in duplicate, one
plate of each number being coloured’.
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413. [Plattes (Gabriel)] a di s C o v e ry o f su b t e r r a n e a l l tr e a s u r e,
viz. of all manner of mines and mineralls, from the gold to the
coale, woodcut decorations and initials, lacking initial blank, some
browning, trimmed close at top margin with slight loss to text on
preliminary ff., B1 fore-edge margin with old paper repair, 19th
century half calf, [STC 20000], small 4to, I.Okes, for Jasper Emery,
1639. £500 - £700
Lot 414
414. Priestley (Joseph) th e hi s t o ry a n d pr e s e n t st at e o f
el e C t r i C i t y, first e d i t i o n, frontispiece ‘silked’ and with repaired
whole not affecting text, 7 engraved folding plates and 1 engraved
chart, foxing to plates and adjacent leaves, paper repair to foreedge
E2, small tear with loss to lower edge 3z2, modern quarter
morocco, gilt, g.e., (sold with all faults, not subject to return), 4to.,
J.Dodsley etc., 1767 £600 - £800
Lot 415
415. Simpson (George) th e an at o m y o f t h e bo n e s a n d mu s C l e s,
first e d i t i o n, 30 lithographed plates, title and plates linen-backed,
occasional anotations, spotting, light finger-soiling to margins,
contemporary morocco-backed boards, spine ends and corners
rather worn, rubbed, 4to, 1825. £200 - £300
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LONDON
Lot 417
Lot 416
416. Trade Catalogue.- Dunhill (Alfred, Limited) [du n h i l l’s
mo t o r i t i e s]. pr i C e list...sp e C i a l i s t s in mo t o r i n g eQ u i p m e n t,
original wrappers, upper cover marked, small 4to, [c.1909].
£400 - £600
417. Trade Catalogue.- Macfarlane (Walter, & Co.) il l u s t r at e d
Cata l o g u e o f ma C fa r l a n e’s Ca s t i n g s, 2 vol., sixth edition, map,
illustrations, distributor’s small stamp on foot of vol.II title,
contemporary owners’ names on each title, original cloth, small 8vo
& 8vo, n.d. [1882-83]. £300 - £400
418. Trade Catalogues.- Surgical Manufacturing Co.Ltd.
il l u s t r at e d Cata l o g u e o f su r g i C a l in s t r u m e n t s a n d ap p l i a n C e s,
some related ephemera loosely inserted, light discolouration to
upper cover, [?1922] § Allen & Hanburys Ltd. Abridged Catalogue
of Surgical Instruments and Appliances, price-list in pocket at front,
[1925], illustrations, original cloth; and another similar, 4to & 8vo
(3) £150 - £200
END OF SALE
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Patrick Heron (1920-1999)
Untitled, Plate 5. from January
screenprint in colours, signed in pencil,
numbered from the edition of 72,
Est. £2,000-3,000
Now Welcoming Consignments
for a forthcoming sale, to include
IMPOrTANT MODErN BrITISH PrINTS
march 2013
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Forthcoming Sales Highlights
Old Master, 19th Century & Sporting Paintings
Tuesday 11th December
Donnington priory, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2JE
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Urban Contemporary
Tuesday 11th December
Bloomsbury House, 24 Maddox Street, London W1S 1PP
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Fine Watches, Pens and Luxury Accessories
Tuesday 11th December
Banksy (British, b.1975)
Everytime I Make Love To You I Think
Of Someone Else, 2006
Est. £40,000-60,000
Bloomsbury House, 24 Maddox Street, London W1S 1PP
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Regiomontanus, Johannes. Epitoma in Almagestum Ptolemaei,
Venice, Johannes Hamman, 1496
Important, beautifully printed and illustrated incunable, a compendium of Ptolemy’s
Syntaxis, the work which laid the mathematical foundations for astronomical studies.
Est. £20,000-30,000
Astronomy and Space Exploration:
15th to 20th Century
Wednesday 12th December
Bloomsbury House, 24 Maddox Street, London W1S 1PP
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Nikolai Sverchkov (1817-1898)
‘The Station’ - Arriving at Yamskaya station
Oil on canvas
Est: £70,000 - £100,000
Franck Muller, Secret Hours,
a gentleman’s 18 carat rose
gold limited edition wristwatch
Est. £8,000 - 12,000
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These Conditions of Sale and Business constitute the contract between Bloomsbury Auctions (the “Auctioneer”) and the seller, on the one hand, and the
buyer on the other. By bidding at the auction, you agree to be bound by these terms.
INFORMATION FOR BUyERS
1. Introduction. The following informative notes are intended to assist Buyers, particularly
those inexperienced or new to our salerooms. All sales are conducted on our printed Conditions
of Sale which are readily available for inspection and normally accompany catalogues. Our
staff will be happy to help you if there is anything you do not fully understand.
2. Agency. As auctioneers we usually contract as agents for the seller whose identity, for
reasons of confidentiality, is not normally disclosed. Accordingly if you buy your primary
contract is with the seller.
3. Estimates. Estimates are designed to help buyers gauge what sort of sum might be involved
for the purchase of a particular lot. The lower estimate may represent the reserve price and
certainly will not be below it. Estimates do not include the Buyer’s Premium or VAT (where
chargeable). Estimates are prepared some time before the sale and may be altered by
announcement before the sale. They are in no sense definitive.
4. Buyer’s Premium. The Buyer agrees to pay a buyer’s premium on the hammer price of each
lot purchased. The buyer’s premium is 24% (28.8% including VAT) of the hammer price on
each lot up to and including £150,000, plus 12% (14.40% including VAT) for any amount in
excess of £150,0001.
5. VAT. (*) indicates that VAT is payable by the purchaser at the standard rate (presently 20%)
on the hammer price as well as being an element in the buyer’s premium. This imposition
of VAT is likely to be because the seller is registered for VAT within the European Union and
is not operating the Dealers Margin Scheme or because VAT is due at 20% on importation
into the UK. The double symbol (**) indicates that the lot has been imported from outside
the European Union and the present position is that these lots are liable to a reduced rate
of VAT (5%) on the gross lot price (i.e. both the hammer price and the buyer’s premium).
Lots which appear without either of the above symbols indicate that no VAT is payable on the
hammer price. This is because such lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme and
it should be noted that the VAT included within the Premium is not recoverable as input tax.
6. Descriptions and Conditions. Condition reports are provided on our website or upon
request. The absence of a report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. The
detail in a report will reflect the estimated value of the lot, and large numbers of such
requests received shortly before the sale may not receive a response to all lots. Members
of staff are not trained restorers or conservators and, particularly for higher value lots,
you should obtain an opinion from such a professional. We recommend that you always
view a lot in person.
We are, primarily, agents for the seller. We are dependent on information provided by the
seller and whilst we may inspect lots and act reasonably in taking a general view about
them we are normally unable to carry out a detailed or any examination of lots in order to
ascertain their condition in the way in which it would be wise for a buyer to do. Intending
buyers have ample opportunity for inspection of goods and, therefore, accept responsibility
for inspecting and investigating lots in which they may be interested. Please note carefully the
exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale. Neither the
seller nor we, as the auctioneers, accept any responsibility for their condition. In particular,
mechanical objects of any age are not guaranteed to be in working order. However, in so far
as we have examined the goods and make a representation about their condition, we shall be
liable for any defect which that examination ought to have revealed to the auctioneer
but which would not have been revealed to the buyer had the buyer examined the goods.
Additionally, in specified circumstances lots misdescribed because they are ‘deliberate
forgeries’ may be returned and repayment made. There is a 3 week time limit. (The expression
‘deliberate forgery’ is defined in our Conditions of Sale).
7. Electrical goods. These are sold as ‘antiques’ only and if bought for use must be checked
over for compliance with safety regulations by a qualified electrician first.
8. Export of goods. Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain (a) whether an export
licence is required and (b) whether there is any specific prohibition on importing goods of
that character because, e.g. they may contain prohibited materials such as ivory. Ask us if
you need help.
9. Bidding. Bidders may be required to register before the sale commences and lots will be
invoiced to the name and address on the registration form. Some form of identification may
be required if you are unknown to us. Please enquire in advance about our arrangements for
telephone bidding.
10. Commission bidding. Commission bids may be left with the auctioneers indicating the
maximum amount to be bid excluding buyers’ premium. They will be executed as cheaply
as possible having regard to the reserve (if any) and competing bids. If two buyers submit
identical commission bids the auctioneers may prefer the first bid received. Please enquire
in advance about our arrangements for the leaving of commission bids by telephone or fax.
11. Methods of Payment.The following methods of payment are acceptable.
Debit Card drawn on a UK bank and registered to a UK billing address. There is no
additional charge for purchases made with these cards.
Bank transfer direct into our bank account, all transfers must state the relevant
sale number, lot number and your bid / paddle number. If transferring from a foreign
currency, the amount we receive must be the total due in pounds sterling (after currency
conversion and the deduction of any bank charges). Our bank details can be found on the
front or your invoice or in the sale catalogue under ‘Important Notices’.
Sterling cash payments of up to £12,000 (subject to money laundering regulations). All
major UK issued credit cards registered to a UK billing address with the exception of
American Express and Diners Club. A surcharge of 3% is payable on all payments made
by credit cards. Sterling personal cheques drawn on a UK bank account and made payable
to ‘Bloomsbury Auctions’. It will be necessary to allow at least six working days for the
cheque to clear before collecting your purchases.
12. Collection and storage. Please note what the Conditions of Sale state about collection
and storage. It is important that goods are paid for and collected promptly. Any delay may
involve the buyer in paying storage charges.
13. Droit de suite royalty charges. From 1st January 2012 all UK art market professionals
(which includes but is not limited to; auctioneers, dealers, galleries, agents and other
intermediaries) are required to collect a royalty payment for all works of art that have been
produced by qualifying artists each time a work is re-sold during the artist’s lifetime and
for a period up to 70 years following the artists death. This payment is only calculated on
qualifying works of art which are sold for a hammer price more than the UK sterling
equivalent of EURO 1,000 – the UK sterling equivalent will fluctuate in line with prevailing
exchange rates.
It is entirely the responsibility of the buyer to acquaint himself with the precise EURO to
UK Sterling exchange rate on the day of the sale in this regard, and the auctioneer accepts
no responsibility whatsoever if the qualifying rate is different to the rate indicated.
All items in this catalogue that are marked with δ are potentially qualifying items, and the
royalty charge will be applied if the hammer price achieved is more than the UK sterling
equivalent of EURO 1,000.The royalty charge will be added to all relevant buyers’ invoices, and
must be paid before items can be cleared. All royalty charges are passed on to the Design and
Artists Copyright Society (‘DACS’), no handling costs or additional fees with respect to these
charges will be retained by the auctioneers.
The royalty charge that will be applied to qualifying items which achieve a hammer price of
more than the UK sterling equivalent of EURO 1,000, but less than the UK sterling equivalent
of EURO 50,000 is 4%. For qualifying items that sell for more than the UK sterling equivalent
of EURO 50,000 a sliding scale of royalty charges will apply – for a complete list of the royalty
charges and threshold levels, please see www.dacs.org.uk. There is no VAT payable on this
royalty charge.
TERMS OF CONSIGNMENT FOR SELLERS
1. Interpretation. In these Terms the words ‘you’, ‘yours’, etc. refer to the Seller and if the
consignment of goods to us is made by an agent we assume that the Seller has authorised
the consignment and that the consignor has the Seller’s authority to contract. Similarly the
words ‘we’, ‘us’, etc. refer to the Auctioneers.
2. Commission is charged to sellers at the following rates:- please enquire at our salerooms.
3. Removal costs. Items for sale must be consigned to the saleroom by any stated deadline
and at your expense. We may be able to assist you with this process but any liability
incurred to a carrier for haulage charges is solely your responsibility.
4. Loss and damage of goods.
(a) Loss and Damage Warranty - Bloomsbury Auctions is not authorised by the FSA to
provide insurance to its clients, and does not do so. However Bloomsbury Auctions for
its own protection, assumes liability for property consigned to it at the lower pre-sale
estimate until the hammer falls. To justify accepting liability, Bloomsbury Auctions
makes a charge of 1.5% of the hammer price plus VAT, subject to a minimum charge of
£1.50, or if unsold 1.5% of our lower estimate. The liability assumed by Bloomsbury
Auctions shall be limited to the lower presale estimate or the hammer price if the lot
is sold.
(b) If the owner of the goods consigned instructs us in writing not to take such action, the
goods then remain entirely at the owners risk unless and until the property in them
passes to the Buyer or they are collected by or on behalf of the owner, and clause 4 (a)
is inapplicable
5. Illustrations. The cost of any illustrations is borne by you. If we consider that the Lot should
be illustrated your permission will be asked first. The copyright in respect of such
illustrations shall be the property of us, the auctioneers, as is the text of the catalogue.
6. Minimum bids and our discretion. Goods will normally be offered subject to a reserve
agreed between us before the sale in accordance with clause 7. We may sell Lots below
the reserve provided we account to you for the same sale proceeds as you would have
received had the reserve been the hammer price. If you specifically give us a “discretion”
we may accept a bid of up to 10% below the formal reserve.
7. Reserves.
(a) you are entitled to place prior to the auction a reserve on any lot consigned, being the
minimum hammer price at which that lot may be sold. Reserves must be reasonable
and we may decline to offer goods which in our opinion would be subject to an
unreasonably high reserve (in which case goods carry the storage and insurance
charges stipulated in these Terms of Consignment).
(b) A reserve once set cannot be changed except with our consent.
(c) Where a reserve has been placed only we may bid on your behalf and only up to the
reserve (if any) and you may in no circumstances bid personally.
8. Electrical items. These are subject to detailed statutory safety controls. Where such items
are accepted for sale you accept responsibility for the cost of testing by external
contractors. Goods not certified as safe by an electrician (unless antiques) will not be
accepted for sale. They must be removed at your expense on your being notified. We
reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as refuse, at your expense.
9. Soft furnishings. The sale of soft furnishings is strictly regulated by statute law in the
interests of fire safety. Goods found to infringe safety regulations will not be offered and
must be removed at your expense. We reserve the right to dispose of unsafe goods as
refuse, at your expense.
The rights of disposal referred to in clause 8 and 9 are subject to the provisions of The Torts
(Interference with Goods) Act 1977, Schedule 1, a copy of which is available for inspection
on request
10. Descriptions. Please assist us with accurate information as to the provenance etc. of
goods where this is relevant. There is strict liability for the accuracy of descriptions under
modern consumer legislation and in some circumstances responsibility lies with sellers if
inaccuracies occur. We will assume that you have approved the catalogue description of
your lots unless informed to the contrary. Where we are obliged to return the price to the
buyer when the lot is a deliberate forgery under Condition 15 of the Conditions of Sale
and we have accounted to you for the proceeds of sale you agree to reimburse us the sale
proceeds.
11. Unsold and withdrawn items. If an item is unsold it may with your consent be re-offered
at a future sale. Where in our opinion an item is unsaleable you must collect such items
from the saleroom promptly on being so informed. Otherwise, storage charges may be
incurred. We reserve the right to charge for storage in these circumstances at a reasonable
daily rate.
12. Withdrawn and bought in items. These are liable to incur a charge of 15% commission,
1.5 % Loss and Damage Warranty and any other costs incurred including but not limited to
illustration and restoration fees all of these charges being subject to VAT on being bought
in or withdrawn after being catalogued.
13. Conditions of Sale. you agree that all goods will be sold on our Conditions of Sale. In
particular you undertake that you have the right to sell the goods either as owner or agent
for the owner. you undertake to compensate us and any buyer or third party for all losses
liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of and as a result of any breach of this
undertaking. We will also, at our discretion, and as far as practicable, confirm that an
item consigned for sale does not appear on the Art Loss register, which is administered by
an independent third party.
14. Authority to deduct commission and expenses and retain premium and interest.
(a) you authorise us to deduct commission at the stated rate and all expenses incurred
for your account from the hammer price and consent to our right to retain beneficially
the premium paid by the buyer in accordance with our Conditions of Sale and any
interest earned on the sale proceeds until the date of settlement.

(b) you authorise us in our discretion to negotiate a sale by private treaty not later than the
close of business 48 hours after the day of sale in the case of lots unsold at auction, in
which case the same charges will be payable as if such lots had been sold at auction
and so far as appropriate these Terms apply.
15. Warehousing. We disclaim all liability for goods delivered to our saleroom without
sufficient sale instructions and reserve the right to make minimum warehousing charge
of £10 per lot per day. Unsold lots are subject to the same charges if you do not remove
them within a reasonable time of notification. If not removed within three weeks we
reserve the right to sell them and defray charges from any net proceeds of sale or at your
expense to consign them to the local authority for disposal.
16. Settlement. After sale settlement of the net sum due to you normally takes place within 28
days of the sale (by crossed cheque to the seller) unless the buyer has not paid for the
goods. In this case no settlement will then be made but we will take your instructions in the
light of our Conditions of Sale. you authorise any sums owed by you to us on other
transactions to be deducted from the sale proceeds. you must note the liability to reimburse
the proceeds of sale to us as under the circumstances provided for in Condition 10 above.
you should therefore bear this potential liability in mind before parting with the proceeds
of sale until the expiry of 28 days from the date of sale.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
Bloomsbury Auctions carries on business with bidders, buyers and all those present in the
auction room prior to or in connection with a sale on the following General Conditions and on
such other terms, conditions and notices as may be referred to herein.
1. Definitions
In these Conditions:
(a) “auctioneer” means the firm of Bloomsbury Auctions or its authorised auctioneer, as
appropriate;
(b) “deliberate forgery” means an imitation made with the intention of deceiving as to
authorship, origin, date, age, period, culture or source but which is unequivocally
described in the catalogue as being the work of a particular creator and which at the
date of the sale had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in
accordance with the description;
(c) “hammer price” means the level of bidding reached (at or above any reserve) when the
auctioneer brings down the hammer;
(d) “terms of consignment” means the stipulated terms and rates of commission on which
Bloomsbury Auctions accepts instructions from sellers or their agents;
(e) “total amount due” means the hammer price in respect of the lot sold together with
any premium, Value Added Tax chargeable and any additional charges payable by a
defaulting buyer under these Conditions;
(f) “sale proceeds” means the net amount due to the seller, being the hammer price of
the lot sold less commission at the stated rate, Value Added Tax chargeable and any
other amounts due to us by the seller in whatever capacity and however arising;
(g) “you”, “your”, etc. refer to the buyer as identified in Condition 2.
(h) The singular includes the plural and vice versa as appropriate.
2. Bidding procedures and the Buyer
(a) Bidders are required to register their particulars before bidding and to satisfy any
security arrangements before entering the auction room to view or bid;
(b) the maker of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer conducting the sale shall be
the buyer at the hammer price and any dispute about a bid shall be settled at the
auctioneer’s absolute discretion by reoffering the Lot during the course of the auction
or otherwise. The auctioneer shall act reasonably in exercising this discretion.
(c) Bidders shall be deemed to act as principals.
(d) Our right to bid on behalf of the seller is expressly reserved up to the amount of any
reserve and the right to refuse any bid is also reserved.
3. Increments. Bidding increments shall be at the auctioneer’s sole discretion.
4. The purchase price. together with a premium thereon of 28.8% which shall include VAT on
the premium at the rate imposed by law. The buyer will also be liable for any royalties
payable under Droit de Suite as set out under Information for Buyers.
5. Value Added Tax. Value Added Tax on the hammer price is imposed by law on all items
affixed with an asterisk or double asterisk. Value Added Tax is charged at the appropriate
rate prevailing by law at the date of sale and is payable by buyers of relevant Lots. (Please
refer to “Information for Buyers” for a brief explanation of the VAT position).
6. Payment
(1) Immediately a Lot is sold you will:
(a) give to us, if requested, proof of identity, and
(b) pay to us the total amount due or in such other way as is agreed by us.
(2) Any payments by you to us may be applied by us towards any sums owing from you
to us on any account whatever without regard to any directions of you or your agent,
whether express or implied.
(3) Buyers who utilise the services of ATG Live Auctions or any other live internet services
are hereby informed that the payment method details that are provided to ATG Live
Auctions or any other live internet services as part of the process of registration will, in
the absence of compliance with paragraph (1) of this clause, be utilised by us to settle any
amounts owing by such buyers to us.
7. Title and collection of purchases
(1) The ownership of any Lots purchased shall not pass to you until you have made
payment in full to us of the total amount due.
(2) you shall at your own risk and expense take away any lots that you have purchased and
paid for not later than 3 working days following the day of the auction or upon the
clearance of any cheque used for payment after which you shall be responsible for any
removal, storage and insurance charges.
(3) No purchase can be claimed or removed until it has been paid for.
(4) Bloomsbury Auctions is unable to arrange packaging or shipping of items. Successful
buyers must make these arrangements independently, though the saleroom may be
able to suggest specialist shipping companies who can advise buyers, this advice is not a
recommendation and the saleroom is not liable for any aspect of the packaging and
shipping process. Please note that the cost of packaging and shipping depends on the
size/weight of the item(s) purchased, insurance requirements, and the shipping destination,
not on the value of the item(s) purchased. Please note that any items not collected within
one week of the sale date may be automatically removed to commercial storage and
subject to a storage charge.
8. Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases
(1) If any Lot is not paid for in full and taken away in accordance with these Conditions
or if there is any other breach of these Conditions, we, as agent for the seller and on our
own behalf, shall at our absolute discretion and without prejudice to any other rights we
may have, be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights and remedies:
(a) to proceed against you for damages for breach of contract;
(b) to rescind the sale of that Lot and/or any other Lots sold by us to you;
(c) to resell the Lot (by auction or private treaty) in which case you shall be responsible for
any resulting deficiency in the total amount due (after crediting any part payment and
adding any resale costs). Any surplus so arising shall belong to the seller;
(d) to remove, store and insure the Lot at your expense and, in the case of storage, either
at our premises or elsewhere;
e) to charge interest at a rate not exceeding 1.5% per month on the total amount due to
the extent it remains unpaid for more than 3 working days after the sale;
(g) to retain that or any other Lot sold to you until you pay the total amount due;
(h) to reject or ignore bids from you or your agent at future auctions or to impose conditions
before any such bids shall be accepted;
(i) to apply any proceeds of sale of other Lots due or in future becoming due to you
towards the settlement of the total amount due and to exercise a lien (that is a right to
retain possession of) any of your property in our possession for any purpose until the
debt due is satisfied.
(2) We shall, as agent for the seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and
remedies only so far as is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect of breach
of these conditions
9. Third party liability. All members of the public on our premises are there at their own risk
and must note the layout of the accommodation and security arrangements. Accordingly
neither the auctioneer nor our employees or agents shall incur liability for death or personal
injury (except as required by law by reason of our negligence) or similarly for the safety of
the property of persons visiting prior to or at a sale.
10. Commission bids. Whilst prospective buyers are strongly advised to attend the auction
and are always responsible for any decision to bid for a particular Lot and shall be assumed
to have carefully inspected and satisfied themselves as to its condition we will if so
instructed clearly and in writing execute bids on their behalf. Neither the auctioneer nor
our employees or agents shall be responsible for any failure to do so save where such
failure is unreasonable.Where two or more commission bids at the same level are recorded
we reserve the right in our absolute discretion to prefer the first bid so made.
11. Warranty of title and availability. The seller warrants to the auctioneer and you that the
seller is the true owner of the property consigned or is properly authorised by the true
owner to consign it for sale and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property
free from any third party claims.
12. Agency. The auctioneer normally acts as agent only and disclaims any responsibility for
default by sellers or buyers.
13. Terms of sale. The seller acknowledges that Lots are sold subject to the stipulations of
these Conditions in their entirety and on the Terms of Consignment as notified to the
consignor at the time of the entry of the Lot.
14. Descriptions and condition
(1) Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may be impractical for us to carry out
exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers are given ample opportunities
to view and inspect before any sale and they (and any independent experts
on their behalf) must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of any description applied
to a lot. Prospective buyers also bid on the understanding that, inevitably, representations
or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance,
condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We undertake that
any such opinion shall be honestly and reasonably held and accept liability for opinions
given negligently or fraudulently. Subject to the foregoing neither we the auctioneer
nor our employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness of such
opinions and all conditions and warranties, whether relating to description, condition
or quality of lots, express, implied or statutory, are hereby excluded. This Condition is
subject to the next following Condition concerning deliberate forgeries and applies
save as provided for in paragraph 6 “information to buyers”.
(2) Private treaty sales made under these Conditions are deemed to be sales by auction
for purposes of consumer legislation.
15. Forgeries. Notwithstanding the preceding Condition, any Lot which proves to be a deliberate
forgery (as defined) may be returned to us by you within 21 days of the auction provided it
is in the same condition as when bought, and is accompanied by particulars identifying it
from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects. If we are
satisfied from the evidence presented that the Lot is a deliberate forgery we shall refund
the money paid by you for the Lot including any buyer’s premium provided that (1) if the
catalogue description reflected the accepted view of scholars and experts as at the date
of sale or (2) you personally are not able to transfer a good and marketable title to us,
you shall have no rights under this condition. The right of return provided by this Condition
is additional to any right or remedy provided by law or by these Conditions of Sale.
General
16. We shall have the right at our discretion, to refuse admission to our premises or attendance
at our auctions by any person.
17. (1) Any right to compensation for losses liabilities and expenses incurred in respect of
and as a result of any breach of these Conditions and any exclusions provided by them
shall be available to the seller and/or the auctioneer as appropriate.
(2). Such rights and exclusions shall extend to and be deemed to be for the benefit of
employees and agents of the seller and/or the auctioneer who may themselves enforce them.
18. Any notice to any buyer, seller, bidder or viewer may be given by first class mail, email or
Swiftmail in which case it shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee 48
hours after posting.
19. Special terms may be used in catalogue descriptions of particular classes of items in
which case the descriptions must be interpreted in accordance with any glossary
appearing at the commencement of the catalogue.
20. Any indulgence extended to bidders, buyers or sellers by us notwithstanding the strict
terms of these Conditions or of the Terms of Consignment shall affect the position at the
relevant time only and in respect of that particular concession only; in all other respects
these Conditions shall be construed as having full force and effect.
21. English law applies to the interpretation of these Conditions.

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ROME / MILAN
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Dott. Luciana Scarpa
Tel: +39 388 8813070
roma@bloomsburyauctions.com
BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS
Rupert Powell Deputy Chairman, Travel, Natural History & Science
Dido Arthur Architecture, Private Press & Illustrated
Justin Phillips Continental & Early Printing
Simon Luterbacher Manuscripts & English Literature
Clive Moss Children’s Books
Max Hasler Modern First Editions
Hannah Usher Books
Emily Bradfield Books
Michael Heseltine Consultant
PICTURES AND MAPS
Robert Hall
Richard Carroll
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART & PRINTS
Alexander Hayter International Head of Contemporary Art
Ross Thomas
Shane Xu
Mary McCarthy Director, Urban & Contemporary Art
ASIAN CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART
Dr Benedetta Mottino
CLOCKS & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Leighton Gillibrand Director
COUNTRY SPORTING
Geoffrey Stafford Charles Director
DECORATIVE ARTS
David Rees Director
ENGLISH & CONTINENTAL CERAMICS
Geoffrey Stafford Charles Director
FURNITURE
Will Richards Deputy Chairman
Cristian Beadman Associate Director
Ben Millerchip-Brown Associate Director
Emma Terry
Elaine Binning Consultant
JEWELLERY, SILVER, WATCHES
& OBJECTS OF VERTU
James Nicholson International Head of Department
David Rees Director, Silver & Objects of Vertu
Ian Pickford Silver Consultant
Nick Mann
CLOCKS & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Leighton Gillibrand Director
FURNITURE & ORIENTAL CARPETS
Richard Madley Director
Kate Hannah
Tim Hazelgrove
MEDALS & MILITARIA
Malcolm Claridge
PICTURES
Mary McCarthy Director, Urban & Contemporary Art
SILVER & JEWELLERY
John Kelly
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions is pleased to
announce a new joint venture in Italy. Together with
Philobiblon Auctions, a subsidiary of the highly
respected antiquarian books and manuscripts
dealership, we are able to offer a first class service
throughout Italy from premises in both Rome and
Milan. We have Italian speaking specialists in all
major departments and offer a regular calendar of
both valuation events and sales in Rome and Milan.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Sarah Wheeler
John Cumming Consultant
POSTERS
Richard Barclay Consultant
ADMINISTRATION
Codrina Toderita Administrator
Helen Cragg Administrator
Domoni Mainstone Administrator
Julia Owen Accounts
Craig Millar IT
Scott Harvey Art Director
Elio Stolz Photographer
Poppy Walker Marketing Manager
Gary Shaw Facilities Manager
Graham Argue Saleroom & Shipping
Robert Cain Saleroom & Shipping
Steve Cain Saleroom & Shipping
Alec Shepherd Saleroom & Shipping
PICTURES
Archie Parker International Head of Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
James James-Crook Modern British & Irish Paintings & Sculpture
WINE
Bruce Cairnduff Consultant
ADMINISTRATION
Brenda Adams Associate Director, Client Accounts
Ruth Rackham Senior Administrator & Valuations Coordinator
Tori Billington Marketing
Helen Newton Administrator
Kathy James Administrator
Fiona Foote Administrator
Kate Colquhoun Administrator
Ruth Miles Administrator
Adam Martin Saleroom
James Percy Saleroom
Gyula Sirok Saleroom
Matthew Martin Photographer
Dave Pincott Photographer
STEAM MODEL ENGINEERING
Michael Matthews Consultant
TOYS, COLLECTABLES,
RAILWAYANA & BOOKS
Peter Rixon Associate Director
ADMINISTRATION
Samantha Taylor Administrator
Sara Lucas Administrator
Sarah Walker Administrator
Ewelina Karbowiak Photographer
Philip Maclean Photographer

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