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Click here to subscribeKING’S LYNN: MACKERELL, B: The history and antiquities of the flourishing corporations of King’s-Lynn in the county of Norfolk. E Cave, 1738, 1st. edn. With a folding frontis view of king’s Lynn plus 10 plates (many folding). 290pp. Cont. full calf & later spine. Ink writing to title page and a stamp to verso, But no other stamp.Provenance: The Peter and Pat Crofts Collection
BENTHAM/ELY CATHEDRAL, 1771: The History and Antiquities of the Conventual and Cathedral Church of Ely : From the Foundation of the Monastery, A.D. 673 to the year 1771, Two volumes bound as one. Cambridge University press, J Bentham, 1771, 1st. edn. PP: (viii) includes Subscribers list, viii, 292, 70 (Appendix) + Plates 1, & 4-50 (2 & 3 are chapter headpieces, and plates 48-50 on one folding sheet) - complete. Large 4to. Cont. full calf, rubbed and hinges cracked, the occasional stain.Provenance: The Peter and Pat Crofts Collection
PETERBOROUGH: Gunton, Symon: History of the Church of Peterborough, set forth by Symon Patrick (now Dean of same). Richard Chigwell, 1686, 1st. edn. Folio, with 4 plates. Cont. half leather, rubbed; Britton, J: History and Antiquities of the Abbey, and Cathedral Church of Peterborough. 1828, 1st. edn. Folio, 16 plates. Half leather & plain boards. (2)Provenance: The Peter and Pat Crofts Collection
PARKIN, Charles: The Topography of Freebridge Hundred and Half, in the County of Norfolk. Containing the History and Antiquities of the Borough of King's Lynn; And of the Towns, Village, Hamlets, Monasteries, Churches. Lynn: Printed for L. Davies in Holborn London, and W. Whittingham, Lynn,, 1762, 1st. edn. Folio, large folding plan Plus a large folding table. PP: (iv), 318, (iv) Index. C19 full calf, gilt decoration to spine; rubbed & scrapes to upper cover.Provenance: The Peter and Pat Crofts Collection
NORFOLK/SUFFOLK: Memorials, Archaeological and Ecclesiastical, of the West Winch Manors, 1861, 1st. edn; Le Strange: Address from the Gentry of Norfolk & Norwich.. 1913, Limited edn. #19/350, Signed; Brayley: Views in Suffolk, Norfolk & Northamptonshire, 1818, with plates; History & Antiquities of Norfolk, vols: 1, 5 ,& 6. Norwich, 1781. With folding maps & plates; Munford: Attempt to ascertain the true derivation of the names of towns, villages & rivers.. in Norfolk.1870, 1st; Woodward: Descriptive outline of the Roman remains in Norfolk. 1831. 4to. With a Map & 10 plates, all hand coloured; Plus 9 others. (qty.)Provenance: The Peter and Pat Croft Collection
SUFFOLK: Yates, R: Illustration of the monastic history & antiquities of St. Edmund's Bury. Bury, 1805, 1st. edn. 4to. 29 Plates. Cloth backed plain boards; rubbed; Swaffam, Bygone gleanings & present. Norwich, nd, signed ltd #59/200; Kirby, J: The Suffolk Traveller. 1764. Five folding Maps (one hand coloured & with tear to fold & one stain to margin); Page, A: Supplement to the Suffolk Traveller. Ipswich, 1844; Plus a folder with Suffolk interest Photographs, maps, etc. (qty.)Provenance: The Peter and Pat Croft Collection
BOSTON, Lincolnshire: 1- Oldbuck, A: A Legend of Boston. J Clarke, Boston, 1837, 1st. Original cloth; rubbed & some spotting; 2- Thompson, P: The History and Antiquities of Boston and the Villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake and Wrangle. J Noble, 1856, 1st. Folio. PP: xxii, 824 (including the subscribers list); with plates and illustration. Cont. full calf & later spine. Gilt Arms to upper cover. Covers rubbed; spotting to frontis and title; 3- Boston & district directory. Wells & Co, 1888. Original cloth gilt; little rubbed. VG. (3)Provenance: The Peter and Pat Croft Collection
Roman Pottery in display case together with framed plaque of dancing putti and ship in bottle - display case with 'Authenticated Antiquities Ltd.' label verso inscribed: 'Shards of Roman Pottery Food Vessels, Approx. 1,700 years old. Excavated in S. E. England, Display Case No. 219', 18 x 24 cm; plaque approx. 9 x 7 cm; bottle length: 29 cm (3)
A GROUP OF CERAMICS, to include a tall late nineteenth/ early twentieth century continental vase, hand painted with flowers, on a white ground, with a green gilt border to top of neck, indistinct backstamp, height 54.5cm, a late eighteenth century tea bowl and saucer, painted with flowers beneath a pink border (chips and cracks to both pieces), a Mason's Ironstone 'Chinese Antiquities' pattern cabinet plate with cobalt blue and red gilt border, etc (6)(Condition report: generally good condition, sd and as stated)
° ° Smith, John Thomas - Topography of London, drawn and etched by I.T. Smith....engraved armorial hand-coloured title and 8 plates only (of 32). 1810; bound with: Smith, John Thomas-Antiquities of London and its Environs.... engraved title and 64 plates only (of 96). 1791. old half calf and marbled boards, gilt decorated and panelled spine, g.e., folio
BRITTON JOHN. Cathedral Antiquities. 9 vols. comprising Salisbury; Norwich; Winchester; York; Lichfield; Canterbury & Wells; Exeter; Peterborough & Gloucester & Bristol & Hereford. Many eng. plates. Quarto. Rebacked qtr. calf, a good set. Bookplate of Edward Shipperdson (of Pittington Hall Garth). 1814-1830/35.
NO RESERVE A.F. Tytler's set.- Cumberland (Richard) The Observer: being a collection of moral, literary and familiar essays, 6 vol., a few instances of ink marginalia, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt and with red and green morocco labels, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, 12mo, Printed for C. Dilly, 1798.⁂ Provenance: Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee (1747-1813), Scottish advocate, judge, Professor of Greek & Roman antiquities at Edinburgh University, and friend of Robert Burns. He persuaded him to remove lines from his poem 'Tam o' Shanter', which were insulting to the legal and clerical professions (ink signatures to titles).
Architecture.- Pugin (Augustus) & Charles Heath. Paris and its Environs, Displayed in a Series of Two Hundred Picturesque Views, 2 vol., engraved additional vignette titles and 202 plates on 101 sheets, tissue guards, foxing and staining, contemporary half calf, gilt, spines in compartments and with double burgundy labels, corners worn, rubbed, Jennings & Chaplain, 1831 § Viollet-le-Duc (Eugène Emmanuel) Histoire d'une Forteresse, half-title, frontispiece and 32 plates, of which 8 printed in colours, foxing, modern black morocco, richly gilt spine in compartments, little rubbed and marked, g.e, Paris, J. Hetzel, [c.1875]; and 5 others, Architecture & Antiquities, v.s. (8)
NO RESERVE Nottingham.- Account (An) of the Alarming and Destructive Fire, at the Exchange, Nottingham, engraved title, faint off-setting, ex-library with ink-stamp to title verso, slight chipping to edges, light browning, faint spotting, disbound, Nottingham, R. Sutton, [1836] § Oliver (Rev. G.) Shadows Departed. A Few Conjectures on the British Antiquities in Nottingham and the Vicinity, ex-library with bookplate and occasional ink-stamps, original printed paper wrappers, shelfmark to spine foot, small loss to spine head, fading to edges, a little rubbed, Nottingham, [c.1858]; and 4 others Nottingham, including 2 almanacs, 8vo (6)⁂ The first and second mentioned are scarce with only 2 copies of each on Library Hub, at the British Library and the University of Nottingham Libraries.
Wilhelmina (Frederica Sophia). Memoirs of Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina, Princess Royal of Prussia, Margravine of Bareith, Sister of Frederic The Great, 2 volumes, 1st English edition London: printed for Henry Colburn, 1812, modern inscription to the front endpaper, volume 1 front gutter cracked, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full tree calf, spines rubbed & leather cracked, 8vo, together with:Hill (Brian), Observations And Remarks in a Journey Through Sicily and Calabria, in the Year 1791:..., 1st edition, London: printed for John Stockdale, 1792, folding map frontispiece, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated, boards & spine rubbed with some loss, 8vo, plusMerrick (J.), The Destruction Of Troy, Being The Sequel of the Iliad, Oxford: printed at the Theatre, 1739, period inscription to the front endpaper, engraved vignette title page with bookplate to the verso, water stain to the title through to the preface, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 17th - 19th-century literature, including Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, 4th edition, London: printed for J. Wright, 1801, later morocco spibe retaining contemporary gilt decorated mottled calf boards, large 4to, Archaeologia Graeca: Or, The Antiquities of Greece, 2 volumes, by John Potter, 4th edition, London: printed for Sam Palmer, 1722, 8vo, mostly in contemporary leather bindings, some gilt decorated, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to85 volumesQTY: (3 shelves )
Allen (Thomas). A New and Complete History of the County of York, 3 volumes, 1828-31, steel-engraved frontispieces to volumes 1 & 2, 91 steel-engraved plates (only) on India paper, vignette titles to each volume, armorial bookplates of Thomas Sebastian Bazley to front free endpaper rectos, some offsetting, contemporary half calf gilt, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Whitaker (Thomas Dunham). The History of Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, 2nd edition, London: J. Nichols, 1812, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, additional lithograph title, illustrations throughout, engraved folding map of Craven, contemporary manuscript note pasted to front blank verso, some offsetting and spotting, endpapers and blanks renewed, original blue paper-covered boards, some wear, folioQTY: (4)
Cotman (John Sell). A Series of Etchings Illustrative of the Architectural Antiquities of Norfolk; with references to the authors who have described or figured them, London: Longman and Co & others, 1818, 59 etched plates only (of 60, lacking plates 25), some spotting and light mainly marginal water stains, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, joints splitting, some edge wear, folio, together with Specimens of Architectural Remains in Various Counties in England, but principally in Norfolk, 2 volumes, London: Henry Bohn, 1838, 54 etched plates only, including additional title and dedications (of 241), plus a fwe loosely inserted plates, a few detached with frayed fore edges, some light spotting, contemporary half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, folio QTY: (3)NOTE:Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Prints & Engravings. A collection of approximately 650 prints, 18th - 20th century, engravings, lithographs and prints, including classical scenes and antiquities, calligraphy, British & foreign topographical views, portraits, heraldry, natural history and historical scenes, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition QTY: (approx. 650)
Architecture, Art, and Illustrators - Eyland (Edward S.), Lightbody (Francis), & Burn (Robert Scott), Working Drawings & Designs in Architecture and Building; with Essays on Various Subjects, Richly Illustrated with Woodcuts, Edinburgh and London: A. Fullarton & Co., [n.d., c. 1860], full-page architectural elevations, some in-text illustrations, contemporaneous half-morocco over cloth, elephant folio (51.5cm x 38.5cm), (1); De Jolimont (Théodore Basset), Vues pittoresques de la Cathédrale de Paris […], Paris: Engelmann et Cie, 1826-1830, full-page lithographs of Medieval architecture and antiquities, 20th century blue leather over green cloth, 4to, (1); Puttrich (Ludwig), Denkmale der Baukunst des Mittelalters in Sachsen, Leipzig: Friedlein & Hirsch in Komm., 1836-1843, full-page lithographs, similarly bound to the former, small folio, (1); Reynolds (Sir Joshua), Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, Delivered at The Royal Academy, London: Jones and Co., 1825, [bound with], Ralph (Benjamin), The School of Raphael; or, The Student’s Guide to Expression Historical Painting […], illustrated, original cloth, 4to, (1); Ralph Caldecott’s Graphic Pictures, 1898, original pictorial cloth, oblong folio, (1); Pictures of Life & Character by John Leech, two volumes, 20th century leather over original pictorial green cloth, oblong folios, (2), [7]
De Grandmaison (Aubin-Louis Millin), Peintures de Vases Antiques, vulgairement appelés étrusques, two-volume set bound as one, first edition, Paris: Didot l’ainé, 1808 [-1810], pp: engraved title-page (laid on linen), [iv], xx, 124, 70 engraved plates (of 72, lacking nos. 59 & 61; 34 repaired); [ii], 146, 76 engraved plates (of 78, lacking nos. 29, 65 & 66, though 64 duplicated; 49 repaired, 78 laid on linen), some soiled and foxed margins throughout, marginal damp-staining affecting some quires, most points of condition not affecting within the platemark of the engravings, 20th century calf over blue boards, red-speckled edges, elephant folio (59cm x 46.5cm), [Blackmer 1129], [1]Dedicated to the Empress Joséphine, this work describes and reproduces Ancient Greek vases and Classical antiquities from the collections of Malmaison, the Imperial Library, and the Sèvres factory, as well as pieces from the Duke of Dalmatia, Galitzine and other French collections.
Freemasonry- Gould (Robert Freke), The History of Freemasonry: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, Etc., Embracing an Investigation of the Records of the Organisations of the Fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France Germany, and the United States, Derived from Official Sources, three-volume set, Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, [c.1887], finely bound in uniform full red morocco gilt, blocked, tooled, and picked out in gilt with Masonic devices and foliate tendrils, all edges gilt, gilt dentelle roll, marbled endpapers, 4to, [3]
Grangerised/Extra-Illustrated Copy, Dugdale (Sir William), The Antiquities of Warwickshire, harlequin five volumes, mixed editions, volumes I-II 1765 edition, [Coventry: John Jones], lacking title-pages and all after p. 786, volumes III-V 1730 edition of volume II only, London: John Osborn and Thomas Longman […] 1730, all interleaved and with numerous additional engravings, lithographs, aquatints, portraits (including various depictions of Shakespeare), a few drawings, printed ephemera and occasional manuscript notes bound in or loosely inserted, volumes I & II rebacked early 19th century calf gilt over papered boards, volumes III-V rebacked Regency half-diced russia (split, some covers detached), crown folios (41.2cm x 26cm & 40.2cm x 25.7cm), [5] Provenance: 1) Matthew Holbeche Bloxam (1805-1888), Warwickshire antiquary and archaeologist, his book label to each pastedown; 2) by bequest to his alma mater, The Rugby School Library, their armorial bookplates to each pastedown.
Local Interest – A History of Arnold, Nottinghamshire, Map and Collotype Illustrations, Nottingham: Henry B. Saxton, 1913, original cloth, 8vo, (1); further early 20th century and later parish and city histories, various, including West Bridgford, etc; Felkin’s History of Machine-wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures, subscriber’s copy, Cambridge: W. Metcalfe, 1867, original cloth (chipped, worn, losses), 8vo, (1); Nottingham almanacs and directories, various imprints and dates, mostly original bindings; Henry Kirk White; topography and antiquities; etc., [approx. 40]
Local Interest - Pilkington (James), A View of the Present State of Derbyshire; with an Account of its Most Remarkable Antiquities; Illustrated by an Accurate Map and Plates, two-volume set, Derby: J. Drewry, 1789, 20th century quarter-calf over printed marbled boards, red-speckled edges, 8vo, (2); Davies (The Rev. D.P.), A New Historical and Descriptive View of Derbyshire, from the Remotest Period to the Present Time, Embellished with a Map and Plates, Belper: Printed and Published by and for S. Mason, 1811, later 19th century oxblood quarter-morocco gilt over cloth, marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo, (1), [3]
Local Interest – Shilton (Richard Phillips), The History of Southwell […[, Newark: S. & J. Ridge, 1818, frontispiece, once owned and annotated by The Reverend Canon R.F. Smith, of Vicar’s Court, Southwell, 20th century half-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); Allen’s Illustrated Hand-book and guide to Nottingham and its Environs, Nottingham: Richard Allen & Son, 1866, illustrated, original cloth, 8vo, (1); Presentation Copy from the Author, Bramley’s Guide to Nottingham Castle, Nottingham: Shepherd Brothers, [n.d., c. 1860]; further histories and guides to the city of Nottingham and its antiquities, mostly provincial Nottingham imprints, various bindings of original cloth or wrappers, mixed sizes, various; Wake’s History of Collingham […], Cheaper Edition, Newark-upon-Trent, 1869, original wrappers, 4to, (1); Stapleton (Alfred), All about the Merry Tales of Gotham, Nottingham, 1900, later leather, 12mo, (1); two copies of Cox’s Nottinghamshire, 1700, only 1 map present between the two, various states and bindings, 4to, (2); Pigot’s Directory of Nottinghamshire & Rutland, 1828-9, fold-out county map, 20th century gilt-lettered calf over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); Ilkeston; etc., [approx. 20]
Local Interest - The Nostell Priory Copy, Thoroton (Robert) & Throsby (John, editor), The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire [...], three-volume set, second edition, London: Robert White, et al., 1790, full-page engraved plates, contemporaneous quarter-calf over marbled boards, 4to, (1); Provincial Imprint, Deering (Charles), Nottinghamia vetus et nova [...], first edition, Nottingham: George Ayscough, 1751, lacks 3 plates, contemporary sheep, 4to, (1); two copies of Blackner's Nottingham, 1815, various states, one ex-lib, folio, (2); Dickinson's Newark, 1816, lacks 1 plate, original publisher's boards, 4to, (1); Brown's Newark-upon-Trent, 1879, illustrated with engravings, and with 9 Woodbury Permanent Process photographic prints, original green morocco gilt (rubbed), 4to, (1), [8] Provenance: 1st: Charles Winn (1795-1874), of Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire; his seal armorial bookplate to each pastedown.
Local Interest -Rayner (Samuel), The History and Antiquities of Haddon Hall: Illustrated by Thirty-Two Highly Finished Drawings; with an Account of the Hall in its Present State, Derby: Robert Moseley, London: Weale [...], 1836, illustrated with lithograph plates printed on India paper and tipped onto leaves, 20th century half-calf over marbled boards, folio (34.5cm x 23cm), [1]
Theology & Divinity - Binding, [Allestree (Richard)] & Hawkins (The Reverend William Bentinck, editor), The Whole Duty of Man […], first Pickering edition, London: William Pickering, 1842, allegorical title-page wood-engraved by Orlando Jewitt, contemporary blue morocco gilt, all-edges gilt, 8vo, (1); Shipley (The Rev Orby, editor), Lyra Eucharistica […], London: Longman, et al., 1863, contemporary divinity calf, 8vo, (1); Palmer (The Rev. William), Origines Liturgicæ, or Antiquities of the English Ritual […], two-volume set, third edition, Oxford: University Press, 1839, contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, (2), [4]
Topography – Kelly’s Post Office Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutlandshire, with Maps Expressly for the Work […], Subscriber’s Copy, London, 1855, original cloth (chipped), contemporary ink MS. ownership inscription: William Lloyd, dated 1855, 8vo, (1); Poole (George Ayliffe) & Hugall (J.W.), An Historical & Descriptive to York Cathedral and its Antiquities, York: R. Sunter, [n.d., 1850], contemporary papered boards, 4to, (1); Fletcher (J.S.), Picturesque History of Yorkshire […], six-volume set, London: The Caxton Publishing Co., [n.d., 1903-04], original cloth, 4to, (6); Scotland, five Chromo-view Guide Books, cloth, (5); map of Scotland, 1842, (1); Our Beautiful Homeland, six volumes; Ireland; etc., [approx. 25]
Ancient Egyptian Grand Tour - a post-Second World War tour of the antiquities of Egypt, by Anne-Marie Wild, including Cairo, the Pyramids at Giza, Memphis, Luxor, Edfu, Thebes, Karnak, etc., the photograph album illustrated throughout with b/w photographs and snapshots of the ruins and the travellers, their companions en route, etc., some native attendants and transport, tipped-in scrapbook ephemera, principally from hotels, annotated throughout, and dated between 1949-1951, contemporary green calf over ochre cloth boards, card slipcase, 4to, [1]
Egypt, The British “Veiled Protectorate” and Khedivate Egypt – an early 20th century photograph album, c. 1914, almost certainly compiled by a solider of the British Army, illustrated with approx. 90 b/w and sepia snapshots, illustrative of the soldier’s daily lives, military duties and their larks, the antiquities of Ancient Egypt, scenes of native, domestic life and topography, etc., annotated throughout, original wrappers (chipped, worn), oblong 4to, [1]
Photography - an pre-Second World War European 'Grand Tour', an album of approx. 60 competent b/w photograph, dated 1936 and annotated in most places, illustrating the gentleman-tourists’ travels in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well as named-view topography, architecture and antiquities, some of the snapshots provide an image of Nazi Germany and the Third Reich prior to the war, with streets decked with Reichsadlers and swastika flags, loosely-inserted Zeppelin ephemera, oblong 4to, (1); an English family’s post-Second World War album of domestic holiday snapshots, typical larks, the seaside, architecture and topography, oblong 4to, (1); Royal Navy, an early 20th century scrap album, some b/w photographs, but mostly ephemera and prints, oblong 4to, (1); The Lund Family, a ‘family tree’ album of photographic portraits, late 19th century and later, annotated throughout, some of the later family member leaves with tipped-in ephemera, oblong 4to, (1); Magic Lantern Slides, The Royal Family, six slides (two of which are in colour), with studio portraits of Queen Victoria, Edward VII and Alexandra, boxed, c. 1900, (1), [5]
Robert Wallace Hester (British 1866-1942): 'Lancing College', pair etchings signed and titled; Paul Fourdrinier (British 18th century): 'Burlington Arch - Aedes Concentus Eboracensis', pair architectural engravings from 'Eboracum: or, the history and antiquities of the City of York' by Francis Drake pub. 1736 max 31cm x 49cm (4)
Three Hardback Books 'The History of Freemasonry', Grange Publishing Works, in red covers with gold embellishments. The History of Freemasonry: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, etc. Embracing an Investigation of the Records of the Organisations of the Fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany, and the United States in 3 volumesGould, Robert Freke.
A large quantity of unframed engraved prints on paper, 18th century and later, the majority depicting topographical, architectural and landscape scenes, some hand coloured, some mounted, some duplicates, the largest 23cm x 31cm, with a miscellany of loose pages from PENNANT'S TOUR OF SCOTLAND, THE ANTIQUITIES OF WARWICKSHIRE and other publications (Qty)
Hearne (Thomas), ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT-BRITAIN, ILLUSTRATED IN VIEWS OF MONASTERIES, CASTLES, AND CHURCHES, NOW EXISTING, 2 associated volumes, vol I: folio (42.5cm x 28.7cm), full leather, detached front cover and front endpapers, gilt edges to block, laid paper, engraved frontispiece, title page, index page, subscribers list, fifty one engraved plates as per index page, printed by James Phillips, London 1786; vol II: folio (41.5cm x 27cm), full leather, marbled endpapers, lacking title page and index page, thirty nine engraved plates, undated and lacking publisher's details (2) (at fault)
SHROPSHIRE INTEREST: A miscellany of works on Shropshire history and architecture, to include Owen (H) and Blakeway (J.B.), A HISTORY OF SHREWSBURY, first edition, 2 vols, 3/4 leather, engraved frontispiece, engraved half title page, engraved plates throughout, Harding, Lepard And Co, London 1825, Phillips (Thomas) and Hulbert (Charles), THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SHREWSBURY, FROM ITS FIRST FOUNDATION TO THE PRESENT TIME..., vol I, second edition, later 3/4 leather with marbled boards, including THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP by Charles Hulbert, bound with Hulbert's THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTY OF SALOP, vol II "In connection with the enlarged edition of Phillip's History Of Shrewsbury", Shrewsbury 1837, and AN ARCHITECTURAL ACCOUNT OF THE CHURCHES OF SHROPSHIRE, 10 parts, thin card boards, Hobson & Co, Wellington 1894-1912 (Qty) (at fault)
AFTER THE ANTIQUE: A FRENCH BRONZE OF THE VENUS DE’ MEDICILate 19th Century63cm highThe Venus de’ Medici, also know simply at the Medici Venus, after the 1st Century BC Hellenistic Greek marble version, also a later copy of a bronze original, is one of the most widely copied antiquities, with various variations according to taste and times. Condition report: Some slight pitting to the patination, mostly at the back of the figure. Dirt and dust.
West (Thomas) The Antiquities of Furness, 8vo, calf, illus. with engravings, new edition with editions by William Blose, Ulverston, 1813; and another copy in morocco, published 1805; Beck (Thomas Alcock) The Abbey of Furness, half-calf, illus. 1844; and Ross (Frederick) The Ruined Abbeys of Britain, folio, gilt-cloth, illus. with chromolithographs, 1889.
Pied Piper of Hamelin.- [Rowlands (Richard)], "Richard Verstegan". A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In antiquities, first edition, title in red and black with engraved vignette of the Tower of Babel, engraved illustrations, damp-staining throughout, heavy in places, attractive early 20th century brown morocco, gilt with floral and foliate tooling to covers and spines, [STC 21361], 4to, Antwerp & London, Printed at Antwerp by Robert Bruney, And to be sold at London...by John Norton and John Bill, 1605.⁂ Amongst many other anecdotes and curious tales, this work includes the first printing in English of The Pied Piper of Hamelin (pp.85-87), dating the episode to 22nd July 1376.
TOPOGRAPHY: SURTEES (Robert): 'The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham...', Sunderland, Hills & Company, 1908-10: 3 vols, 4to, publishers cloth backed boards, VG: LEIGH PEERAGE CASE: 'Stoneleigh Abbey 30 Years Ago, containing a short history of the claims to the peerage and estates, and a catalogue of the confessed and suspected crimes etc': Leamington Spa, n.d (1848): publishers blind stamped blue cloth, 12mo: together with approx 35 others over one shelf, British topographical interest, 19th century to modern. (One shelf)
ROY, William. The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain. London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1793. Folio (543 x 351mm.) 51 plates, all engraved but for 1 letterpress plate, including 6 double-paged and 1 double-paged and folding, 4pp. list of Society of Antiquaries to rear. (Occasional light spotting, toning.) Early 20th century half brown morocco over buckram cloth-covered boards (some fading and discolouring, minor staining, light rubbing).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
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