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Click here to subscribeCapt GREENVILE COLLINS. 'Plymouth'. From 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, being a New Survey of the Sea Coast', hand coloured copper engraving, decorative cartouch for title and sale, framed and glazed, J. Mount, T. Page, and W. Mount, London, circa 1693. 46cm x 57cm.Centre fold, a couple of infinitesimal spots only, this map is otherwise in a very good condition.
THOMAS MARTYN (1695-1751). 'A New and Accurate Map of the County of Cornwall from an actual Survey,' Copper engraved map, spotting and toning, centre fold, cartouch, ornate title and other decorations, Hogarth frame and glazed, Robert Sayer, London, printed for William Faden, Geographer to the King, 1784. 61cm x 79cm (frame)
Cornish crosses and worthies. ARTHUR G. LANGDON. 'Old Cornish Crosses,' original cloth, fold out map for frontis, illustrated, some spotting, Joseph Pollard, Truro, 1896; T. F. G. DEXTER and HENRY DEXTER. 'Cornish Crosses Christian and Pagan,' first edition, original cloth, slight spotting to engraved frontis and titlepage, some graphite notes to margins, Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1938; WALTER H. TREGELLAS. 'Cornish Worthies,' two vols, quarter leather, some toning and spotting, Elliot Stock, London, 1884. (4)
'Barber's Picturesque Illustrations, of the Isle of Wight,' 'Comprising Views of Every Object of Interest on the Island, Engraved from Original Drawings', half maroon leather, rubbed and bumped, foldouts frontus map, orgnate engraved title page, copious steel engravings, marbled edge of textblock, a small amount of toning, Simpkin & Marshall, London 1834.
Capt GREENVILE COLLINS. 'Dartmouth'. From 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, being a New Survey of the Sea Coast', hand coloured copper engraving, titled cartouch, decorative scale, some spotting, framed and glazed, J. Mount, T. Page, and W. Mount, London, circa 1693. 46cm x 57cm.Centre fold, there are some heavy examples of spotting with the coast aspects suffering the worst. The map appears to have shiftd from its mount, this would appear to explain the bottom edge being slighly cut off, there does not appear to be any tears.
'JOHN CARY (1754 -1835). Six maps Copper engraved maps including an accreat map of Asia, the East Indies from the best authorities, Germany divided in it's circles, a map of Africa, a map of Europe and a map of Great Britain and Ireland, c.1806. (6)Six Georgian Cary maps.These maps are all in vg condition, East Indies has a small tide mark, which just touches the plate, all maps have (just off) centre folds, strong plate indentation with crisp and clear images.
Nine books on England and Wales including John Cary and Paterson. Lt. Col. PATERSON. 'A New and Accurate Description of all the.. Roads in England and Wales, and Part of ... Scotland,' fourteenth edition, half leather, rubbed ad bumped, frontis fold out map with small amount of loss, graphite notes to free endpaper, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London, 1808; JOHN CARY. 'Cary's New Itinerary: Or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads....England and Wales....Scotland,' eight edition, rebacked, repair to fold out map, good clean textblock, J. Cary, London, 1819; 'Cary's Reduction of His Large Map of England and Wales.....Scotland,' folding map, backed on canvas, card slip, mail routes, J. Cary, London; J. H. F. BRABNER. 'The Coprehensive Gazetter of England and Wales,' six vols, original full red leather with gilt tooled coat of arms to front board, maps and engravings, William MacKenzie, London. (9)
ROBERT MORDEN. 'Britannia Saxonica'. Steel engraved map, circa 18th century, 42.5 x 38.5cm, vg; 'An Accurate Map of England and Wales,' engraved for Guthries new System of Geography, C. Dilly & Robinson, London, circa 1985, vg; 'Cornwall,' by Edward Seller, on two leaves: With an early 19th century map of Cornwall on two leaves. (6)
Map of Westphalia by Isaak Tirion - Nuova Carta del Circolo di Westfalia; together with an engraving from Germania Antiqva by Philipp Clüver; also a modern gouache of Winter Palace, St Petersburg signed indistinctly in pencil 'Cubomola'; and an unframed watercolour signed Alan Gill inscribed with title Moorgreen to the reverse (4)
Spain. SWINBURNE (H) Travels through Spain, 2 vols. 1787, 8vo, portrait, folding map and plates, linen backed, some offsetting, cracked calf; [SLIDELL-MACKENZIE (A)] A Year in Spain: by a Young American, 2 vols., London: John Murray 1831, 8vo, rubbed calf; De AMICIS (E) Spain and the Spaniards, 1881, cloth; Recollections of Spanish Travel; In Memoriam Penelope Holland, 1874, 4to, cloth; MANNING (Rev. S) Spanish Pictures drawn with pen and pencil, 1876, 4to, cloth; one other - Castilian Days, 1903, cloth (8)
MAP OF ITALY. Kirchenstaat and Toscana (Papal States and Tuscany). 10 sheets in a slipcase circa 1820. Each sheet is 474mm by 716mm and is dissected in 8 sections on linen. Maps are numbered G9 - G17 and F15. Map extends from Rimini on the Adriatic Coast in the north down to Port D'Anzio and Nettuno (south of Rome) on the Mediterranean. Whole map is approximately 3780mm long. In green morocco slipcase.
COUNTY MAPS by Robert Morden. Gloucestershire, 1695, 345mm x 420mm, hand-coloured. With 7 other County Maps by Morden of Monmouth, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire (2), County Palatine of Chester and Herefordshire. All well-framed in modern gilt frames. (8)One Shropshire map browned, else others are generally very clean.
GARDNER, Thomas, 3 strip maps: The Roads from Shrewsbury and Chester to Holywell, 180mm x 280mm; The Road from York to West Chester; and The Continuation of the Road from Bristol to Chester, all c.1719. All hand coloured and in modern gilt frames. With a map of the roads from London to Aberistwith. Hand coloured, no cartographer named. (4)
MAP OF AFRICA. Purdy, John, The Continent and Islands of Africa with all the recent explorations. Robert Laurie and James Whittle 1809. 1170mm x 1450mm. Hand coloured, in poor condition with loss at edges. Rolled. With map of Dorset, 1886, 1200mm x 1540mm. On a scale of one inch to a mile. On rollers. With a large W & A.K Johnson Railway Map of England and Wales, circa 1900. Rolled, in poor condition. With a large Bartholomew's Map of S. Wales and SW England, circa 1905, rolled, (4)
BRADSHAW’S RAILWAY TIME TABLES, folding map, eight double page maps, No 3, 1839; another similar with five double page maps, LEWIS’S GUIDE TO LIVERPOOL; ROBERTS'S ATLAS AND GUIDE TO MANCHESTER AND SALFORD; and an 1873 Metropolitan Railway second class wallet (5)PROVENANCE: The Collection of Jack Tempest.
MANCHESTER INTEREST; PORT OF MANCHESTER, THE MANCHESTER DOCKS, a hand coloured linen backed plan of the docks printed by Faulkner & Sons, with integral leather cover for ‘The Right Hon Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, Lord Mayor of London, plan 89cm x 43cm; with, MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL - GENERAL PLAN OF CANAL AND DISTRICT REVISED 1890; THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL, 1894, a folding map of Liverpool, and a boxed set of three Ordnance Survey maps of Lancashire dated 1904 (5) PROVENANCE: The Collection of Jack Tempest. Additional InformationThe 1894 book is a fragment - not complete.
AFGHANISTANBURSLEM (ROLLO) A Peep into Toorkhisthan, FIRST EDITION, 4 lithographed plates (one folding), one folding lithographed map ('Cabul and the Kohistan with the Route to Kollum', short tear repaired to verso), early red half calf, gilt morocco lettering label (some loss), 8vo, Pelham Richardson, 1846Footnotes:An English officer garrisoned in Kabul, in 1840 Burslem undertook an expedition 'snatched from the soldier's life in Affhanistan', through the Hindu Kush and Turkestan. Provenance: Miss Dunville, ownership inscription 'Miss Dunville with Miss Meredith's affectionate regards 2nd March 1850'; William Dunville, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ARROWSMITH (AARON)A Map of the United States of America Drawn from a Number of Critical Researches... Additions to 1819, engraved map hand-coloured in outline, inset map of Florida, large cartouche with view of the Niagara Falls, dissected into 48 sections with 2 additional wings (one tipped-on to margin, one pasted to margin) on four large sheets laid on linen [Stevens 79(1)], total dimensions of sheets 1320 x 1485mm., A. Arrowsmith, Jan. 1 1796. Additions to 1802 [-1819]Footnotes:LARGE WALL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. First published by Arrowsmith in 1796, after which he updated it to incorporate the latest town names and geographical discoveries. This 1819 edition adds Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Louisiana, Mississippi and Missouri Territory, an inset of Florida Peninsula, other topographical changes, and the addition of two extra 'wings', one showing the Lake of the Woods and one the mouths of the Mississippi.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BERRY (WILLIAM)North America Divided into its Principall Parts Where are Distinguished the Severall States Which Belong to the English, Spanish and French, large hand-coloured engraved map on 2 sheets (joined), large cartouche decorated with Native Americans, exotic parrots and creatures, old folds, upper margin trimmed within platemark and frayed with short tears touching rule border, side margins slightly frayed with a few small tears [Burden II 532], folio (565 x 880mm.), William Berry, 1680 [c.1681]Footnotes:LARGE, SEPARATELY PRINTED AND 'VERY RARE MAP OF NORTH AMERICA' (BURDEN), UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE NEWLY CREATED PENNSYLVANIA. 'Pennsilvania' is named within the map but with no boundary lines and not mentioned amongst the regions that appear in the caption title at the upper border, indicating that the map was issued very shortly after the granting of William Penn's land charter in March 1681. Burden suggests that this map may have been engraved by Hermann Moll, making it among the earliest examples of his work.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CAMDEN (WILLIAM)The Abridgment of Camden's Britan[n]ia with the Maps of the Severall Shires of England and Wales, engraved allegorical title, engraved general map ('A Tipe of England'), and 48 engraved county maps (of 51, lacks Dorset, Leicestershire and Flintshire), title detached and margins slightly trimmed (not touching platemark), approximately 11 leaves gnawed at fore-edge (with loss of a few letters to 6 pages), old dampstain to these and a few others towards beginning of volume (mostly marginal, just straying within platemark of 3 maps), minor soiling throughout, nineteenth century half morocco, worn [ESTC S107395; Chubb XLI], oblong 8vo (140 x 190mm.), John Bill, 1626Footnotes:RARE. The maps are based on those of Peter Keer (1599), and are the earliest known county maps to bear latitudinal and longitudinal markings.Provenance: Thomas Spencer, ownership inscription dated 1731 on verso of title; W. Goodbody (1823) and W. Goodbody (1861), inscriptions on front free endpaper, and other Goodbody inscriptions in upper margin of title, blank lower margin of Hampshire map and a few other places.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
KENTANDREWS (JOHN), A. DURY AND W. HERBERT. A Topographical Map of the County of Kent, in Twenty Five Sheets, on a Scale of Two Inches to a Mile, from an Actual Survey, hand-coloured engraved map on 25 sheets, one double-page engraved index map, and uncoloured 'Plan of the City of Canterbury, Survey'd by J. Andrews & Mat. Wren', some light spotting, later half morocco, rebacked preserving original spine, worn [Rodger 222], folio (540 x 380mm.), R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1779Footnotes:LARGE SCALE WALL MAP OF KENT ON 25 SHEETS, with key map and city plan of Canterbury, all surveyed by John Andrews.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LONDONSMITH (CHARLES) Smith's New Plan of London, Westminster and Southwark. 1826, engraved map, partially hand-coloured, laid on linen, dissected and folding into publisher's marbled slipcase with printed label on upper cover, 425 x 465mm., C. Smith, 1826--WHITBREAD (J.) Whitbread's New Plan of London Drawn from Authentic Surveys, hand-coloured lithographed map, laid on linen, folding (with 30pp. printed index) publisher's cloth portfolio, printed yellow label on upper cover, J. Whitbread, [1852]--MOGG (EDWARD) Mogg's Twenty Four Miles Round London, hand-coloured engraved circular map, laid on linen, dissected (splitting at 2 folds) and folding into publisher's slipcase (covered in later see-through tape), 560 x 560mm., E. Mogg, 1809--SMITH (C.) The Oarsman's and Angler's Map of the River Thames from its Source to London Bridge, hand-coloured lithographed map, folding into publisher's maroon gilt portfolio cloth, approx. 2600 x 165mm., C. Smith, [c.1890]; and 2 other folding maps (6)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MICHELOT (HENRI) AND LAURENT BRÉMONDAn untitled collection of 16 charts of the Mediterranean, 16 double-page charts engraved by P. Starckman and others, 3 double-page engraved plates (of ships and ship parts), one map cropped touching cropped at vertical margins (touching black border one edge, and just to image on other), 9 charts and the plates laid down on thick paper with early ink annotations, watercolour illustrations or coastal silhouettes in a contemporary hand [see footnote], early ink annotations (faded) on 2 maps, modern half calf [cf. Shirley BL M.MICH-1a-1d.], folio (500 x 335mm.), Marseille, Michelot and Brémond, 1715-1726Footnotes:Scarce complete set of early eighteenth century charts, with attractive manuscript additions by an English sailor. The charts are of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic coasts, the first chart being titled 'Nouvelle carte des côtes de l'ocean contenant les côtes de Portugal et Barbarie... et les Isles de Canaries'. The British Library holds four similar untitled sets of Mediterranean charts by Michelot and Bremont, Shirley noting that these also comprise the sixteen charts and three plates of ships.The manuscript additions include a dramatic eye-witness account of 'The Wreck of ship Neptune Patrick Coppinger Master... on the 13 Day of Decembr. 1730 on the coast of Barrbary 15 leag:s to the Eastwd. of Algier...', embellished with a large watercolour of the event. The author narrates events from the night of the shipwreck, death of the captain, rescue of most of the crew, engagement with enemy Turks and eventual return along the Thames, landing 'at Bell Warfe Shadwell, April the 20th 1731'. Six sheets show coastal profiles (including Portland, Cadiz and Cape Trafalgar, east end of Majorca, Cape Croisett, and Messina), and views of Stromboli, and Vesuvius with Torre de Greco in the foreground.Provenance: Lieutenant Wildy French (c.1720-1791), account of shipwreck initialled 'W.F.' (see lot 24 in this sale for a fine manuscript log book of the East Indies by Lieutenant French).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BOWYER (ROBERT)An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, During the Years 1812, 1813, 1814, & 1815. Comprising a Series of Views of Paris, Moscow, the Kremlin, Dresden, Berlin, The Battles of Leipsic, etc., 18 hand-coloured aquatint views (3 folding), 4 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), one engraved map, 1815; The Campaign of Waterloo, Illustrated with Engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance..., 6 views on 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (one double-page), one engraved map, 1816, 2 works bound in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, watermarks dated 1811-1816, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, g.e., sides with gilt and blindstamped panelled borders, spine elaborately tooled, worn at edges, a few scuff-marks to sides [Abbey Life 352, 354], folio (465 x 330mm.)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HARRIS (JOHNA)The History of Kent. In Five Parts, vol. 1 [all published], FIRST EDITION, SUBSCRIBER'S COPY, engraved portrait, large folding map and 42 plates, mostly double-page or folding bird's-eye views by Kip and Harris after Badeslade, letterpress list of subscribers, pp.1-8 misbound, later calf gilt, spine elaborately tooled in compartments with red morocco lettering label, covers and extremities of spine rubbed, folio (455 x 280mm.), D. Midwinter, 1719Footnotes:Provenance: George Sawyer, of Charing, large ownership signature ('G. Sawyer A.D. 1719') cut out and pasted to inside upper cover. Sawyer is listed as a subscriber.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ORME (EDWARD) AND FRANCIS WILLIAM BLAGDONOrme's Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Lord Horatio Nelson, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait, 5 hand-coloured aqutint plates (3 double-page), one engraved facsimile plate of Nelson's writing, 6 aquatint illustrations (one hand-coloured), 2 engraved vignettes, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, printed label on upper cover, rubbed [Abbey Life 327] Edward Orme, [1806, watermarks 'J. Whatman 1804']--ORME (EDWARD) Graphic Illustrations of the Defeat of Bonaparte and his Armies: Commencing with his Retreat from Moscow; and Ending at the Battle of Leipzig, letterpress title, 8 hand-coloured aquatint plates by M. Dubourg after Atkinson, a few light spots and smudges (mostly marginal), contemporary half morocco, upper cover detached, worn [Abbey Life 375], Edward Orme, 1814 [watermarks 'J. Whatman 18011-1813]--BOWYER (EDWARD) The Campaign of Waterloo, Illustrated with Engravings of Les Quatre Bras, La Belle Alliance..., 6 views on 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates (one double-page), one engraved map, without the 2 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, worn [Abbey Life 255], R. Boywer, 1816 [watermarks 'J. Whatman 1816']; An Impartial Historical Narrative of those Momentous Events Which Have Taken Place in this Country during the Period from the Year 1816 to 1823, 3 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 5 engraved plates, engraved plates with some spotting/light stains and fraying to edges, contents loose in publisher's boards, printed label on upper cover (with ink note 'Proof'), covers detached, lacks spine [Abbey], R. Bowyer, 1823, folio (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ALBERTI (LEANDRO)Descrittione di tutta Italia, 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved device on titles, 6 double-page engraved plates and maps in second part, damp-staining and some toning throughout, slight off-setting, later vellum, worn, 4to, Venice, Altobello Salicato, 1588--CHANDLER (RICHARD) Travels in Greece: or an Account of a Tour Made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, FIRST EDITION,7 engraved maps (one folding), ownership inscription of Charles Kingsley on title, light spotting and off-setting, modern calf gilt [ESTC T63359], 4to, Oxford, Claredon Press, 1776--MEURS (JOHANNES VAN) Creta, Cyprus, Rhodus, FIRST EDITION, 3 parts in 1 vol., separate title-page for each part, dampstain to lower right corner of title and first few leaves, some spotting and toning, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired [Blackmer 1121], 4to, Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfang, 1675-- SLADE (AUGUSTUS) Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c. and of a Cruise in the Black Sea, with the Captain Pasha, in the Years 1829, 1830, and 1831, 2 vol., half-titles, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces, folding lithographed map (light spotting), one facsimile plate, half morocco gilt, 8vo, Saunders and Otley, 1833 (5)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BLAQUIÈRE (EDWARD)Letters from the Mediterranean; Containing Civil and Political Account of Sicily, Tripoly, Tunis, and Malta, 2 vol., 2 folding engraved maps, half calf gilt, Henry Colburn, 1813--LAVALÉE (JOSEPH DE) AND LOUIS-FRANÇOIS CASSAS. Travels in Istria and Dalmatia, engraved frontispiece map, 6 folding sepia aquatint plates, Richard Phillips, 1805 --CRAVEN (RICHARD KEPPEL) A Tour through the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom of Naples, 14 engraved plates, tissue-guards, contemporary boards, rebacked retaining original printed label, Rodwell and Martin, 1821 --EUSTACE (JOHN CHETWOOD) AND RICHARD HOARE. A Classical Tour through Italy [-Sicily], 3 vol., second edition, one engraved folding plate, 10 engraved plans of churches, one engraved map of Sicily, nineteenth century diced calf gilt, J. Mawman, 1814--WILLYAMS (COOPER) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure: With a Description of the Battle of the Nile on the First of August 1798, engraved dedication, 41 sepia aquatint plates, one double-page folding map of the Mediterranean, bookplate of York Library, contemporary calf, covers detached [Abbey Travel I 196; Blackmer 1813],T. Bensley, 1802--WYSE (THOMAS) An Excursion in the Peloponnesus in the Year 1858, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 2 etched frontispieces, one folding map, 22 etched plates, publisher's purple cloth gilt Day, 1865--RAY (JOHN) A Collection of Curious Travels & Voyages, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol. in 1, with advertisements and Ray's catalogue of the plants of the Levant at end, lacking imprimatur leaf (A1), water-stained, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked [Blackmer 1397], S. Smith and B. Walford, 1693, some spotting and off-setting, bindings rubbed, 8vo and 4to (11)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BONGARS (JACQUES DE)Gesta dei per francos, sive orientalium expeditionum, et regni Francorum Hierosolimitani historia a variis, 2 vol. bound in 1, FIRST EDITION, 3 engraved double-page maps (circular world map centred on Jerusalem; Palestine; Eastern Mediterranean, including Cyprus), 2 city plans (Jerusalem and Acra), all by P. Vesconte, one folding letterpress table, head- and tail-pieces, historiated initials, printer's device on title-page, heavily browned (as usual, cf. Brunet 'mauvais papier'), some spotting, seventeenth century French red morocco gilt, g.e., arms of Neufville on both covers, some wear, upper joint slightly starting [Atabey 127; Brunet I 1098; Navari I 49], folio (355 x 230mm.), Hanau, Wechel, Aubry, 1611Footnotes:A collection of various accounts on the Crusades from contemporary sources edited by Jacques de Bongars (1554-1612), a diplomat at the service of Henry IV of France, who was in contact with many important scholars, including Justus Lipsius and Paul Petau. During his life he amassed a rich library, which included a number of important manuscripts. The second volume comprises the first printed edition of Marino Sanuto's (c. 1270–1343) Liber secretorum fidelium crucis. Sanuto's work is not only a plea for the revival of the Crusades, but also an important source on the trade routes to the Levant, since Sanuto travelled that area between 1300 and 1336. It also contains reproductions of the manuscript maps present in Sanuto's work, which were most likely made by the Genoese cartographer Pietro Vesconte (fl. 1310–1330). Provenance: Camille de Neufville de Villeroy (1606-1693), ex-libris dated 1693 and armorial coat of arms on covers; Ch. Schefer, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GRAZIANI (ANTONIO MARIA)Histoire de la guerre de Chypre, first French edition, translated from the Latin by Le Peletier, engraved additional title-page incorporating a map of Cyprus, engraved vignette of Fortuna to letterpress title, five engraved headpieces and initials, light spotting, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, cracking at head and foot of spine, rubbed [Atabey 523; Blackmer 726], 4to, Paris, Andre Pralard, 1685Footnotes:Provenance: Despagne, ink ownership inscription on upper and lower blank margins of title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BEMBO (PIETRO)Della historia vinitiana, first Italian edition, woodcut device on title and on verso of colophon, historiated initials, faded early ownership inscription on title, title soiled, light dampstaining throughout, opening pages reinforced at hinges, later half vellum [Adams B599], 4to, Venice, Gualtiero Scotto, 1552--PACIFICO (PIETRO ANTONIO) Cronica Veneta. Overo succinto racconto di tutte le cose piu cospicue & antiche della citta di Venezia, double-page additional pictorial title with map of Venice, 3 folding engraved plates, some tears with loss to text on 2 leaves (K9, Y4); BRACCOLANI (FRANCESCO) Breve notitia della fondatione dell'isola di San Nicolo detto de' Mendicoli, 2 works bound in 1 vol., early ownership inscription on both titles, uncut, spotting and water-staining throughout, 8vo, Venice, Domenico Lovisa, 1709; Repertorio generale delle Ville, e comuni di tutte le provincie della Terra ferma suddita della Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia, FIRST EDITION, grey paper boards, minor wear to spine, large 8vo, Venice, Figluoli del Qu. Z. Antonio Pinelli, 1769--(BARDI) GIROLAMO Delle cose notabili della citta di Venetia. Libri II, 2 parts in 1 vol., faded stamp to first title, ink scribbling to verso of last leaf, damp-staining throughout, contemporary vellum, worn, 8vo, Venice, Altobello Salicato, 1601--PRUDENTIUS (AURELIUS) Opera, 1625; LUCANUS (A.) De bello Claudius et Pompeii, 1627; CLAUDIANUS. [Opera], 1627, 3 works bound in 1 vol., engraved titles, toning, contemporary vellum, 24mo, Amsterdam, William Jansson--BOTERO (GIOVANNI) Relatione della Republica Venetiana, 2 parts in 1 vol.,woodcut device on titles, early ownership inscriptions to first flyleaf and title page of first work, damp-staining, grey wrappers, worn, 8vo, Venice, Giorgio Varisco, 1608--CONTARINI (GASPARO) La Republica, e i magistrati di Vinegia, small hole and small repair affecting text to title and following 2 leaves, damp-staining and some marginal repairs, contemporary vellum, worn, 12mo, Venice, Baldo Sabini, 1551; and another copy of the first mentioned item (8)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LIMOJON DE SAINT DIDIER (ALEXANDRE TOUSSAINT)La ville et la republique de Venise, FIRST EDITION, woodcut device on title, early ownership inscription on top pastedown, later calf gilt, hinges starting [Brunet V 37], 12mo, Paris, Claude Barbin, 1680; La ville et la republique de Venise, woodcut device on title, minor toning, later vellum, gilt label on spine [Brunet V 37], 12mo, Paris, Guillaume de Luyne, 1680-- HOUSSAIE (AMELOT DE LA) Histoire du gouvernement de Venise, 3 vol., engraved frontispiece, titles printed in red and black, one folding map (loose), 5 folding engraved plates, some off-setting and spotting, calf gilt, 12mo, Amsterdam, David Mortier, 1714--DE LA HAYE (JEAN) La politique civile et militaire des Venitiens, FIRST EDITION, contemporary calf gilt, 12mo, Paris, Charles de Sercy, 1668; idem, second edition, calf gilt, 12mo, Cologne, Pierre Michel, 1669--[LAMBERT DE SAUMERY (PIERRE)] Anecdotes Venitiennes et Turques, ou nouveaux mémoires du Comte de Bonneval, 2 vol. in 1, titles printed in red an black, early ownership inscription on title-page of the first part, later calf gilt [Blackmer 162], 12mo, Frankfurt, aux depens de la Compagnie, 1740--RUSKIN (JOHN) The Stones of Venice, 3 vol., fourth edition, colour plates and illustrations, minor spotting, publisher's cloth gilt, 4to, George Allen, 1886, all with some rubbing or wear; and 8 others (19)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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