Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler, colour frontispiece and 11 plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, half-title with later ink gift inscription, light spotting to peripheral ff., endpapers lightly toned, original green pictorial morocco, gilt, very light rubbing to spine ends and corners, t.e.g., 1931 § [Holland (John)] The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade of Great Britain, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations, front endpaper with contemporary ink inscription "The Gift of the County of Lonsdale to John Peile", title with short tear to head, some light spotting to peripheral ff., occasional soiling, contemporary navy calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, old covers rubbed with wear to corners, g.e., London & Sheffield, 1835; and others, attractively bound in leather or half leather, v.s. (c.44)
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NO RESERVE Simpson (Christopher) The Division-viol, limited edition, title printed in red and black, illustrations, ex-library with ink-stamp and remnants of labels, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1955 § Weigel (Johann Christoph) Musicalisches Theatrum, plates, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1961 § Greaves (Thomas) Songes of Sundrie Kindes 1604, edited by David Greer, illustrations, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, modern cloth, 1978; and 3 others, music, folio & 8vo (6).
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The White Company, vol. 1 only (of 24), Author's Edition, one of 1000 sets signed by the author, limitation leaf browned, with neat repairs to inner margin and repaired tear (not affecting text or signature), the odd light spot, endpapers browned, hinges with glue repairs but cracked, original cloth, rubbed and mottled, spine faded with a couple small chips to head, 1903 § Hudson (W. H.) The Collected Works, 24 vol., one of 750 sets, plates, bookplate of David Kennedy Worthington to front endpapers, occasional light spotting, endpapers foxed and browned, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, the odd mark to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, 1922-23; and others, various, v.s. (c.83)
NO RESERVE Wells (H.G.) The First Men in the Moon, first edition, plates, original blue cloth lettered in black with ornament to upper cover (second state cloth), rubbed and marked, joints and spine ends a little worn, 1901 § Chesterton (G.K.) The Napoleon of Notting Hill, first edition, plates by William Robertson, advertisement leaf at end, light spotting, frontispiece loose, A.P.Wavell's copy with his ink signature and bookplate to front endpapers (small hole to free endpaper), original decorated cloth, spine a little faded, 1904 § Blunden (Edmund) The Poems...1914-30, signed by the author on front free endpaper, original cloth, 1930, 8vo (3)⁂ Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, KStJ, PC (1883-1950), Commander-in-Chief, India 1941-43, Viceroy of India 1943-47.
Bewick (Thomas).- Ritson (Joseph) Robin Hood: a collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads ... relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw, one of 300 copies, half-title, frontispiece and plates by A. H. Tourrier and E. Buckman, illustrations by Bewick, title in red and black, publisher's advertisements at end, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, original vellum-backed boards, bumping to corners and spine extremities, paper label to spine foot, 1885 § Gutch (John Mathew) The Robin Hood Garlands and Ballads, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces, illustrations, ex-library with shelf-mark to title verso, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, neat restoration to corners, 1850 § Egan (Pierce) Robin Hood and Little John, etched frontispiece, plates and illustrations, plates with heavy spotting, original paper wrappers bound at end, scattered spotting, ex-library with usual labels, later half-morocco, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 1840; and others on Robin Hood, v.s. (19)
Dignimont (Andre).- Carco (Francis) Bob et Bobette s'amusent, number 2 of 7 copies on japon with an additional suite of plates in black and an original signed watercolour, from an edition limited to 833, printed in pink and black, hand-coloured etched title vignette and 5 plates by Andre Dignimont, with original signed watercolour of a scantily clad woman in a doorway bound at end, additional suite of plates bound at end, wide gilt dentelles and watered silk doublures, contemporary crushed morocco, wide gilt raised bands, fine gilt borders to boards, housed in marbled slipcase, fractional rubbing to corners, 4to, Paris, Emile Hazan, 1930.
Hogarth (William) The Works of William Hogarth, from the Original Plates restored by James Heath, with essay and explanations by John Nichols, 2 engraved portraits, 153 etched and engraved plates on 114 sheets, on wove paper, occasional surface dirt and spotting, some staining to lower left corner, not affecting plates, some nicks and tears to extremities of leaves, title, portrait frontispiece, covers and endpapers detached, lower marbled pastedown missing, first few pages very worn, original half morocco over marbled boards, heavily scratched and worn, gilt spine detached at head and foot, red morocco label wearing loose, Baldwin and Cradock, large folio, [1822].
Illustrated.- Trogan (E.) Les Mots Historiques du Pays de France, first edition, from a large-paper edition limited to 25, colour illustrations and plates by Job, some scratches to edges, bookplate, endpapers toned, original decorative cloth, Tours, 1896 § Les Contes de Perrault, numerous colour and plain illustrations and plates, pages toned at edges, Paris, n.d. § Cahu (Théodore) Richelieu, colour illustrations by Maurice Leloir, pages toned, ownership inscription in ink to front free endpaper, hinges weak, Paris, 1910, all with original decorative cloth, very slightly bumped, and 56 other French illustrated books, many illustrated by Job, v.s. (59)
NO RESERVE Morel-Fatio (Antoine Léon) & Louis Émile Dardoize. Nouveaux Dessins a la Mine de Plomb sur Papier Gradué et sur Papier Spectre. Album, 10 tinted lithographed plates, foxed, one slightly stained, title browned, original pictorial boards, rubbed and foxed, oblong 4to, Paris, [c.1850].
Pogany (Willy).- Rolleston (T. W.) The Tale of Lohengrin, tipped-in plates and illustrations by Pogany, original blind-stamped rexine, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, [1913] § Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by René Bull, ex-library with usual ink-stamps throughout, new endpapers, modern cloth, retaining original backstrip and upper cover, n.d. § The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, first edition, plates, ex-library with discreet blind-stamps throughout, remnants of label to front free endpaper, modern half-morocco, a little rubbed, 1925 § Jerrold (Walter, editor) The Big Book of Fairy Tales, frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Charles Robinson, previous owner's ink inscription, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and others illustrated, 4to (38)
Raphael. Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphaele... in Vaticani palatii xystis mira picturae elegantia expressae, engraved throughout with pictorial title incorporating portrait of Queen Christina of Sweden, plate of Raphael's tomb and 53 plates by Pietro Aquila and Cesare Fantetti after Raphael, light marginal spotting, contemporary half roan, gilt-stamped green roan label to upper cover, spine gilt, rubbed, split to upper joint, spine ends and corners worn, oblong folio, Rome, Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1674.⁂ Depicting scenes from the Old Testament, and a few from the New, from Raphael's frescoes in the Vatican Loggie painted c.1519.
Signature. A Quadrimestrial of Typography and the Graphic Arts, 1935-1940: numbers 1-15, New Series, 1946-1949: numbers 1-9 (of 18), illustrations and plates, some in colour, pages toned, some spotting, original wrappers, toned, some worn, numbers 10-12 in pictorial quarter cloth folder with original ties, 4to (24)
Marbling, Decorated Paper & Bookbinding.- Middleton (Bernard C., editor) The Whole Art of Bookbinding/The Whole Process of Marbling Paper, one of 35 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 500, 12 tipped-in original samples by Richard J.Wolfe, original half roan over marbled boards, by Jensen Bindery, very slightly rubbed at edges, loose in original cloth-backed board folder (binding of ordinary copies), Austin, 1987 § Easton (Phoebe Jane) Marbling: a History and a Bibliography, one of 850 copies, original cloth with mounted marbled sample mounted on upper cover, a little spotted, Los Angeles, 1983 § Bolton (Claire) Maziarczyk Paste Papers, one of 175 copies, original cloth-backed paste-paper boards, uncut, Oxford, Alembic Press, 1991 § Weimann (Christopher) Marbling in Miniature, one of 350 copies signed by the author, original marbled boards, uncut, board drop-back box, spine slightly faded, Los Angeles, 1980 § Halfer (Josef) The Process of the Marbling Art, one of 500 facsimile reprints, original boards, spine faded, Taos, NM, 1989 § Wolfe (Richard J.) Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques, and Patterns..., Philadelphia, 1990 § Doizy (Marie-Ange) De la Dominoterie à la Marbrure..., Paris, 1996 § Smith (Philip) New Directions in Bookbinding, signed by the author with his note in pencil "This copy has some hand written corrections by the author" to verso of title and corrections to text, 1974, the first three with original marbling samples tipped in, plates and illustrations, some colour, the last three original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, v.s. (8)⁂ The first comprises reprints of the first English bookbinding and marbling manuals, the first originally published in Oswestry in 1811, the second in Glasgow c.1815. Both original texts are rare.
Gruner (Louis) Specimens of Ornamental Art, plate vol. only (of 2, lacking text vol.), 80 lithographed plates, some tinted, c.44 chromolithographed, some heightened with gold, title trimmed with a few repaired tears to edges, affecting imprint but without loss, a few other short marginal tears, damp-staining, sometimes marginal but affecting many plates, scattered foxing, hinges cracked but holding, contemporary half morocco, rebacked in later calf, rubbed with wear to extremities, 1850 § Tyndale (Walter) An Artist in Italy, one of 250 copies signed by the artist, 26 tipped-in colour plates by Tyndale, captioned tissue-guards, a few lightly creased, some scattered spotting, endpapers browned, original pictorial vellum, gilt, rubbed and soiled, lacking ties, t.e.g., others uncut, [1913] § Constructions Modernes & Economiques, 4 vol., half-titles, colour plates, foxing to peripheral ff., vol. 2 with a few plates loose, original half cloth over printed boards, rubbed and soiled, spine ends frayed, [c.1880]; and others, art and architecture, v.s. (c.59)
NO RESERVE Japanese Prints & Drawings.- Hillier (Jack) Japanese Prints & Drawings from the Vever Collection, 3 vol., 1976; The Harari Collection of Japanese Paintings and Drawings, 3 vol., 1970-73 § Tamba (Tsuneo) The Art of Hiroshige, introduction by B.W.Robinson, signed presentation copy from Tamba to Robinson in English and Japanese to front free endpaper, text in English & Japanese, Tokyo, 1965 § Robinson (B.W.) Kuniyoshi|: Ein Meister des japanischen Farbholzschnitts, Essen, 1963 § Speiser (Werner) Kuniyoshi, signed and inscribed by B.W.Rosinson "from Walter Exner Februrary 1970" on front free endpaper, Bad Wildungen, 1969 plates and illustrations, many colour, some folding, original cloth with dust-jackets and/or slip-cases, the first with small tear to fold of one dust-jacket; and 6 others on Japanese prints & drawings, 4to & folio (15)⁂ Basil William (B.W.) Robinson (1912-2005), art historian and expert on Islamic and Asian art, and Metalwork, Keeper for many years at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
NO RESERVE Strange (Edward F.) Chinese Lacquer, one of 600 copies, light foxing, 1926 § Randhawa (M.S.) Kangra Paintings of the Bihari Sat Sai, New Delhi, 1966 § Noth (Jochin) & others, editors. China Avant-Garde, Berlin, 1993 § Kennel (Sarah) Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris, Washington, Chicago & London, 2013 § Arbus (Diane) Revelations, front free endpaper creased, 2003 § Leibovitz (Annie) A Photographer's Life 1990-2005, signed by Leibovitz on half-title, New York, 2006, plates and/or illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, original cloth or boards, the last three with dust-jackets, slightly rubbed, the second with faded spine; and 5 others, art, 4to & 8vo (11)
Alembert (Jean le Rond d') Traité de l'Équilibre et du Mouvement des Fluides, pour servir de suite au Traité de Dynamique, first edition, engraved title-vignette, 10 folding engraved plates, with corrected leaf pp.47-48 (second paragraph on p.48 amended) bound at end with blank leaf and errata leaf, slight wear to title where stamp removed, some foxing, first plate lightly stained, modern roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, upper joint split, [Bibliotheca Mechanica pp.7], Paris, David, l'aîné, 1744 § [Renau d'Elicagaray (Bernard)] De la Theorie de la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title and 24 folding plates only (of 25, missing plate supplied in loose facsimile), without E1 as usual, some light staining, one or two tears and repairs to plates, old marbled boards, rubbed, Paris, Estienne Michalet, 1689, 4to & 8vo (2)
NO RESERVE Faraday (Michael) Experimental Researches in Electricity, 3 vol., first editions in book form, mixed set, vol.1 with advertisement leaf and 8pp. catalogue date May 13 1839 at end, vol.2 & 3 with half-titles but no advertisements at end, 17 plates, most folding, some foxing, vol.1 a little water-stained (mainly plates), ex-library copies with a variety of stamps and labels including perforated stamp to title of vol.1, vol.1 & 2 library half roan, vol.3 original cloth, sticker to foot of spine, all rubbed, [PMM 308], 1839-44-55; Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics, first edition in book form, half-title, lacking the 3 plates, original cloth, rubbed, joints split, 1859 § Priestley (Joseph) The History and Present State of Electricity, 2 vol., third edition, 8 folding engraved plates, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.2, 2 Contents leaves in vol.1 misbound after dedication, a few later pencil annotations and markings, water-staining, light offsetting to plates, later cloth, 1775 § Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, contained in 'The Edinburgh Review...' vol.CXI pp.487-532, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, London & Edinburgh, 1860; and c.20 others, mostly odd volumes of periodicals containing scientific papers including 2 vol. of Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England inscribed to John Dalton, 8vo; sold not subject to return (c.25)
Pasteur (Louis) Études sur le Vinaigre, sa fabrication, ses maladies, moyens de les prévenir, first edition, half-title, illustrations, a few pencil annotations and markings, light staining at beginning and end, contemporary cloth, rubbed, Paris, 1868 § Wöhler (F.), J.Liebig & Hermann Kopp, editors. Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Band CXXXVII-CXL in 1 vol., plates, some folding, ex-research library copy with stamps, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine worn, Leipzig & Heidelberg, 1866, 8vo (2)⁂ The second includes 'Untersuchungen über aromatische Verbindungen' by August Kekulé, his important work on the structure of benzene.
Ceramics production.- Xavier (Antonio Velloso, translator) Arte da louça vidrada, title with small wood-engraved royal arms, 10 folding engraved plates, couple of small wormholes / trace to upper margins of plates 7-10 and p.105 to end, short repaired tear within image of plate 8, small repairs to inner margin of a few other plates, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head of spine little chipped, rubbed and scuffed, [Innocêncio I, 286; Rodrigues A tradução em Portugal I, 2664], 8vo, Lisbon, Royal Printers, 1805.⁂ Rare and important translation of two French works on the production of ceramics, which aimed to develop skills in this field in Portugal and Brazil (on faïence by Jacques Lacombe from the Encyclopédie, and an abridged version of 'Mémoire sur les ouvrages de terre cuites...' by Jean Fourmy).
Birds.- Gould (John) Humming-Birds. Ten Lithoraphs coloured by hand, "centenary edition", one of only 350 copies, 10 lithographed plates, hand-coloured by D. Peterson, manuscript calligraphic text by A. Hutchison, original green morocco-backed cloth, spine with tiny nick to head, slipcase, folio, [c.1970].
Botany.- Curtis (William) The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed, vol. 1-2 only, bound as 1, 72 hand-coloured engraved plates, index leaves to vol. 1 and 2 bound at end, lacking title to vol. 2 (plates continuous), final 2 plates, 2 text ff. and indexes with worm hole to upper portion (not affecting illustration, but touching some letters), contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, retaining original backstrip but with spine label renewed, small leather repair to lower cover, [Nissen, BBI 2350], 8vo, by Fry and Couchman, 1788.
Botany.- Lowe (E. J.) Fern Growing: Fifty Years' Experience in Crossing and Cultivation, first edition, ALs by author loosely inserted, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 plates, one colour, illustrations, newspaper clipping on the author pasted to front free endpaper verso, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1895; A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns, colour frontispiece, colour plates, one detached and loosely inserted, tissue-guards, original pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1871 § Pratt (Anne) The Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies, colour plates, tissue guards, scattered spotting, original cloth, sunned, slight bumping to corners and extremities, n.d.; and others similar, 4to & 8vo (8)
Entomology.- Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects, vol. 3-6 only (of 16) bound in 2, 144 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light foxing to plate tissue guards and text leaves, first vol (3 & 4 therein) with light damp-stain to lower edge affecting some plates, contemporary tree calf, rebacked but portions of original backstrip retained, [Hagen 177; Nissen ZBI 1142], 8vo, for F. and C. Rivington, 1794-97
Pratt (Anne) The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges & Ferns of Great Britain, 4 vol., new edition, half-titles, colour-printed plates, original wrappers bound in at end (with a few instances of ink marginalia), one or two small marks but overall clean copies, contemporary green half calf over marbled boards, spines richly gilt but sunned, rubbed at extremities, a couple small chips to spine ends, 1899-1900; and others natural history, including c.69 attractively bound volumes of Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Paticulière, many with engraved plates, v.s. (c.75)
Africa.- Hulbert (C.) Museum Africanum; or, Select Antiquities, Curiosity, Beauties, and Varieties of Nature and Art in Africa, frontispiece, wearing loose alongside front free endpaper, offset to title, some very light spotting, heavier to endpapers, upper hinge cracked, original half morocco, cracked along joint, slightly bumped at corners and head and foot of spine, marbled boards slightly scratched, 1822 § Cap. E. A. D'Albertis, Una Crociera sul Nilo, date "[1904]" written in pencil to title, frontispiece map, photographic illustrations and plates, pages toned, upper hinge cracked, speckled edges, morocco-backed cloth, slightly scratched and bumped, Turin-Rome-Milan-Florence-Naples, [1904]; and 6 others relating to Africa, v.s. (8)
America.- Wilkes (Charles) Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, 2 vol., frontispieces, additional vignette titles, plates and illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, decorated in blind, gilt spine, bumping to corners and extremities, 1852 § Hole (Rev. S Reynolds) A Little Tour in America, first edition, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, illustrations, some full-page, front free endpaper detached, ex-library with occasional ink-stamps, remnants of label and ink-stamp to half-title, original cloth, mottling to upper cover where label removed, slight bumping and chipping to corners and extremities, 1895 § Churchill (Charles) Memorials of Missionary Life in Nova Scotia, 1845 § Bell (Rev. Fred) Midnight Scenes in the Slums of New York, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, ex-Nottingham Mechanic's Institute with bookplate, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, light vertical mottled line to spine, London & Nottingham, [1881]; and others, North or South America, 8vo (7)
Bahrain.- Al-Orrayed (Abdul Karim) Framed pen and ink drawing of Bahrain, 34.8 x 30.8 mm. (unframed), 43.5 x 41.8 mm. (framed), signed "K. Orrayed 69" in bottom left corner, in white plastic framed, slightly scuffed, 1969, and James H. D. Belgrave, Welcome to Bahrain, fourth edition, illustrations, photographic plates, folding colour maps, some spotting, original pictorial wrappers, slightly rubbed, Stourbridge, 1960.
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Children's pasteboard modelling.- [Blasche (Bernhard Heinrich)] Arte de trabajar en carton toda clase de obras de utitidad y recreo, first edition in Spanish, 8 folding engraved plates, some water-staining and spotting, original light green printed wrappers, foxed and stained, but solid, [Garcia Rico 1615; Palau 17767], Barcelona, José Torner, 1829 § Postal system.- Begas (José Antonio D. y) Nuevo estilo y formulario de escribir cartas misivas, y responder á ellas en todos géneros de correspondencia, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum, original printed label to spine, lightly marked, Barcelona, Juan Francisco Piferrer, 1835; and 15 others, 19th century Spanish, v.s. (17)⁂ The first mentioned is rare in commerce.
Europe.- Jones (Capt. E. D. Wynne) General Description of My Late Tour through France, Switzerland, and Germany, first edition, silver gelatin photographic portrait print frontispiece, 16 plates, pp31-32 with small hole affecting odd letter, scattered spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Rhyl, for private circulation, [1882].
NO RESERVE Holy Land.- Kahn (Leo, photographer) Palästina im Bild, c.71 loose prints from photographs by Kahn only, scattered foxing, original board folder with pictorial onlay to upper cover, lacking backstrip, flaps and ties, worn, images c.82 x 115mm, sheets 170 x 200mm., Vienna, Jüdische Zeitung, [1912] § Jerusalem. 24 Artistic Pictures in Heliogravure, 24 heliogravure plates, lightly browned, rear free endpaper torn and repaired with tape, original boards, rubbed, loss to spine ends, upper joint split at head and foot, lacking lower cover, Cairo, Lehnert & Landrock, [1920] § Stephan (St. H.) and Boulos Afif. This is Palestine. A Concise Guide to the Important Sites in Palestine, Transjordan & Syria, photographic illustrations, browned, very occasional spotting, original wrappers, lightly rubbed with some scattered spotting, faint ring mark to lower cover, spine chipped at foot, Jerusalem, 1942; and others, Holy Land, v.s. (c.25)⁂ Of the first mentioned, a total of 180 photographs were issued in three portfolios.
India.- Ireland (John B.) Wall-Street to Cashmere. A Journal of Five Years in Asia, Africa and Europe, colour lithographed frontispiece and additional pictorial title, double-page map, numerous lithographed plates, tissue-guards, ex-library with bookplate, ink-stamp to verso of title and subtle blind-stamp to a few plates, a few plates with abrasion marks where tissue-guards lacking, occasional browning and scattered spotting, upper cover with vignette of Taj Mahal in gilt, faded library reference to foot of spine, wear to extremities, some light soiling, rear endpapers renewed, New York, 1859 § Shiell (Anthony George) A Year in India, ink inscription to head of title "Fräulein von Herder with the author's compliments", occasional spotting and cracking at gutter, 1880 § Speid (Mrs. John B.) Our Last Years in India, engraved frontispiece, the odd light spot, upper hinge cracked but holding, gilt, 1862, original cloth, rubbed; and others, India, v.s. (c.27)
Italy.- Rome.- Rossi (Giovanni Giacomo de) Insignium Romae templorum prospectus exteriores interioresque..., engraved throughout with title incorporating dedication to Cardinal Gaspari by Blondeau, frontispiece of St.Peter performing his first miracle by Manelli (bound after title), 68 plates and plans only (of 70), some double page, buy Bufalini, Collin, Venturini et al., some light off-setting, occasional instances of minor soiling or spots, contemporary vellum, slightly toned, folio, Rome, Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, 1684.⁂ Engravings of elevations, plans and interiors of Roman churches.
Italy.- Rome.- Fontana (Giacomo) Raccolta della Migliori Chiese di Roma e Suburbane, 4 vol. in 1, half-title vol. 1, engraved title vignettes, engraved plates, some minor foxing, mainly marginal, contemporary half morocco, extremities a little rubbed, Rome, G. B. Marini, 1833-55; and another the same, 3 vol., folio (4)
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Italy.- [Merigot (James)] A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity..., additional engraved title, 60 tinted aquatint plates and 1 without sepia tint (61 total, as called for in list at rear), several ff. watermarked 1816 or 1817, text in French and English, 1 text f. with closed tear and paper repair, some mild damp-staining and light off-setting, occasional minor instances of soiling, original morocco-backed boards with printed label to upper cover, rubbed, [c.f. Abbey Travel 178], large 4to, [c.1817]
Italy.- Rome.- Nuova Collezione di Vedute di Roma, Antiche e Moderne, 2 folding engraved maps, 75 engraved plates, the vast majority of views and plans, and a few of medals, some light foxing, mainly to borders, margins of first couple of ff. slightly soiled, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, Rome, Pietro Piale, [c.1815] § Lumisden (Andrew) Remarks on the Antiquities of Rome and its Environs:... engraved maps and plates, many folding, some light uniform browning, contemporary half morocco, spine and corners worn, 1797, olbion folio and 4to (2) ⁂ Provenance: the first mentioned, from the library of Westport House [bookplate]
Italy.- Rome.- Raccolta delle Principali Vedute di Roma, engraved pictorial title and 39 engraved plates by Domenico Amici, foxing to boarders and occasionally within platemark, contemporary red morocco, rebacked, toned and scuffed at extremities, G. Raffaelii, 1835 § Ruspoli (Ippolito) Avanzi e Ricordi del Monte Palatino, signed presentation inscription from the author in pencil to title, lithographed title, 40 lithographed plates, coloured plan, title and text f. spotted, some spotting to many plates, later cloth-backed boards, extremities scuffed, Rome, [1846]; and another C19th Rome, folio and oblong folio (3)
Mexico.- Baxter (Sylvester) Spanish-Colonial Architecture in Mexico, 10 vol. (including 9 vol. of plates), one of 50 copies for the United Kingdom, title in red and black, 134 mounted photographic plates by Henry Greenwood Peabody only (of 150), each with printed explanation to verso, text vol. with plans and illustrations, ex-library with usual labels, embossed library stamp to plates and plans, occasional light soiling, some mounts a little rubbed at corners, text vol. with bookplate removed from rear pastedown, endpapers browned, hinges tender but holding, text in original cloth, plates loose as issued in original cloth folders, spines with black morocco labels and library markings in gilt, labels a little chipped, rubbed and stained, 4to, Boston, 1901; sold not subject to return.
Middle East.- Nyrop (Richard F.) et. al., Area Handbook for the Person Gulf States, first edition, first printing, tables and illustrations, plates, some folding, edges toned, some staining to lower edge, not affecting leaves, original green cloth, slightly rubbed, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, 1977 § Gulf diary, calendar, map of the Gulf, photographic illustrations by Cecilia Green, some toning to end leaves, original pictorial wrappers, ring bound, 1976 § Gulf Mirror, no.406 1978 and no. 407 1978, some annotations, slightly rubbed; and one other relating to the Persian Gulf, v.s. (5)
Polar.- M'Clintock (Francis) A Narrative of the Discovery of the fate of Sir John Franklin, first edition, 2 folding maps, plates and illustrations, some faint foxing to title and preliminaries, elsewhere a few faint spots, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt with black morocco label, g.e., housed in marbled slip case, 8vo, 1859.
Polar.- Mountaineering.- Fuchs (Sir Vivian) & Sir Edmund Hillary. The Crossing of Antarctica, first edition, plates, maps in the text, faint spotting to fore-edges, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping to spine head, fractional creasing to edges, 1958 § Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, chipping to corners and spine extremities, 1953; 8vo (2).
Sri Lanka.- Cave (Henry W.) The Ruined Cities of Ceylon, first edition, photographic frontispiece and 46 plates, without half-title, ink inscription "With the Author's best wishes" to verso of frontispiece, some scattered spotting and light finger-soiling, contemporary tan morocco ruled in blind, rubbed with a few scratches, light spotting to covers, 1897 § Roscoe (Thomas) Jennings' Landscape Annual for 1838. Spain and Morocco, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 19 plates by David Roberts, tissue-guards, bookplate to front pastedown partially removed, foxing to plates, upper hinge weak but holding, original cloth, spine gilt but a little faded, rubbed, 1838, g.e.; and others, travel, 8vo & 4to (12)
World.- Gobat (Rev. Samuel) Journal d'un Séjour en Abyssinie, pendant les Années 1830, 1831 et 1832, half title, with manuscript note in ink "Voyage en Abyssinie S. Gobat" pasted, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map, stamp on title of the "Sté de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français S.H 3006", pages toned and slightly spotted in places, marbled endpapers and edges, "HW" sticker to front pastedown, original calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, Paris and Geneva, 1834 § W.S. Mayo, Kaloolah, or Journeyings to the Djébel el Kumri. An Autobiography of Jonathan Romer, frontispiece, plates, "[1849]" in pencil to title, some spotting, pages 25-28 torn at upper corner, not affecting text, patterned endpapers, original pictorial cloth, slightly stained and bumped, spine sunned, [1849]; and 9 others relating to travel, v.s. (11)
World.- Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps, scattered marginal very faint spotting, original cloth, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, 1935 § Hewlett (Sir Meyrick) Forty Years in China, folding map at end, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1943 § Nordenskiöld (A. E.) The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, translated by Alexander Leslie, portrait frontispiece, one plate, illustrations, 2 colour maps, one folding, publisher's advertisements at end, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1883; and 10 others, v.s. (13)
World.- Wakefield (Priscilla) Excursions in North America, second edition, folding map supplied in modern facsimile, damp-staining to first few ff., contents f. with short tear but no loss, lightly browned with occasional spotting, later half calf, gilt, 1810 § Huc (M.) The Chinese Empire, 2 vol., second edition, folding map frontispiece, bookplate of Jervis R. Wardley, vol. 1 with spine label affixed to front pastedown, ex-library with usual stamps and markings, including embossed stamp to map and bookplate to rear pastedown, frontispiece with a couple short tears but no loss, the odd spot, rear hinge broken, later half calf, subtle library blind-stamp to upper covers, worn, lacking spine labels, vol. 1 upper cover detached, 1855 § Oliphant (Mrs. [Margaret]) Jerusalem. Its History and Hope, wood-engraved frontispiece, plates and illustrations, some light foxing, a few abrasion marks to endpapers, hinges tender, original cloth, gilt, rubbed with a few stains, spine ends chipped, 1891; and others, travel and topography, v.s. (c.220)
Britain.- Baines (Thomas) Yorkshire: Past and Present, vol. 1 only (of 2), bound in 2, engraved frontispieces, 12 engraved plates, scattered spotting, new endpapers, contemporary morocco, rebacked, gilt, g.e., slight rubbing to edges, [c.1875]; and others similar, including a small quantity of ephemera relating to the Festival of Britain, v.s. (11 & sm. qty)
Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, translated by Edmund Gibson, 2 vol., second edition of Gibson's translation, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles in red and black, 9 engraved plates of coins, 50 engraved general and county maps by Robert Morden only (of 51, lacking Surrey), 2 folding, woodcut & engraved illustrations, one full-page, short tear to lower margin of *b repaired, one or two other marginal tears, a little worming to lower edge and gutter (mostly marginal but slightly affecting foot of a few maps), occasional soiling, contemporary panelled calf, worn, covers detached or becoming so, [Chubb CXV], folio, by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, 1722; sold not subject to return
Britain.- Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or The Roman Antiquities of Britain, first edition, 1 vol. in 3, half-title, 105 engraved maps and plates, 5 of which double-page, interleaved throughout with watermarked blank paper, 1 map trimmed at fore-edge affecting image, vol. 1 with horizontal crease in text towards start, vol. 2 with small worming to upper margin towards end, occasional spotting or finger-soiling, but generally a bright set, modern morocco-backed cloth, preserving old spine labels (a little chipped at edges), a couple small marks to covers, folio, for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732.
Canterbury.- Somner (William) The Antiquities of Canterbury, first edition, large woodcut coat of arms to verso of title, folding engraved map and 2 folding plates, early ink inscriptions to pastedowns, endpapers and head of title, 1 plate with 2 tears repaired with paper to verso (not affecting image), a few instances of early ink underlining, 3S4-3T4 with very small hole at inner margin, affecting a few letters, some scattered foxing or light browning, first few ff. with minor damp stain to lower margin, contemporary calf with blind-ruled border, neatly rebacked, preserving old spine and morocco label, old covers rubbed with a few worm holes, 4to, I.L. for Richard Thrale, 1640.
London.- Lysons (Rev. Daniel) The Environs of London, 4 vol., first edition, engraved dedication, 3 engraved maps, 60 plates, some folding, a few with hand-colouring, 2 folding pedigrees, 1792-96; An Historical Account of those Parishes in the County of Middlesex, Which are Not Described in The Environs of London, 16 plates, some folding, 1800, engraved vignette titles, offsetting, scattered foxing, particularly to plates, occasional light browning, vol. 1 hinges strengthened, handsomely bound in uniform contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt and with red and black morocco labels, vol. 1 neatly rebacked preserving original spine, some rubbing, scuffing to spines, several joints cracked but holding, 4to (5)⁂ This set without the 1811 Supplement to the first edition.
Nottingham.- Hutchinson (Lucy) Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town, second edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 plates, 1 facsimile, 1 engraved plan, 1 folding genealogical table, scattered spotting, occasional water-staining, ex-library with usual labels and ink-stamps, twentieth-century cloth, library label to upper cover and spine foot, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1808 § Mellors (Robert) Letters from the United States to the Nottingham Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Class, one or two spots, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, modern cloth, Nottingham, 1890 § Wallis (G. H.) City of Nottingham Art Museum, Nottingham Castle. Illustrated Catalogue ... of the Permanent Collection, plates, chipping and browning to first and last few ff., tissue-repairs to edges, original printed wrappers bound-in, tears and loss to edges, tissue-repairs, ex-library with usual labels and stamps, twentieth-century cloth, Nottingham, 1913 § Marshall (George W.) The Register of Perlethorpe in the County of Nottingham, bookplate, original vellum-backed boards, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, Worksop, 1887 § Stapleton (Alfred) The Churches and Monasteries of Old and New Nottingham, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, ex-library with remnants of labels, ink-stamps, contemporary cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, Nottingham, 1903; and others on Nottingham, v.s. (c.75)
Yorkshire.- Miller (Edward) The History and Antiquities of Doncaster, folding engraved map frontispiece, list of subscribers, 11 engraved plates, illustrations, frontispiece with 2 tears with old tape repairs, with very small portion of marginal loss, another plate with short marginal tear, scattered spotting, mainly to plates, the odd patch of light soiling, water-staining to a few plates, modern cloth, red morocco labels to upper cover and spine, faint spotting to spine, uncut, Doncaster, 1804; and others, British topography, including an album of early 20th century photographs of Bedfordshire, v.s. (18)
Engineering.- Canals.- Fulton (Robert) Tratado do melhoramento da navegaçao por canaes, translated by Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrade Machado da Silva, first edition in Portuguese, title with woodcut royal arms, 18 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink writing trials to front free endpaper, lacking rear endpaper, title spotted and with lower corner little chipped, plate 14 trimmed within image at outer border and less so within inner border, a few plates lightly browned, occasional mostly minor worming, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, flat spine in compartments and with blind-stamped decoration, stained, rubbed, [A Casa Literária do Arco do Cego 35; Borba de Moraes (1983) II, 798; Gonçalves Rodrigues I, 2229; Innocêncio I, 104; Período colonial p. 28; Sacramento Blake I, 128-9; cf. Sabin 26201], 4to, Lisbon, Arco do Cego, 1800.⁂ Rare first Portuguese edition of this important treatise on canals by the American engineer, inventor, and pioneer of steam navigation.
Fencing.- Rolando (Guzmán) Nuevo arte de esgrima conforme a la practica de los mejores maestros de Europa, edited by J.S. Forsyth, 23 hand-coloured engraved plates, 6pp. advertisements at end, final f. blank, offsetting, some spotting or staining, lightly browned throughout, front free endpaper detached, upper hinge split, contemporary red morocco, gilt, flat spine in compartments, and with initials 'J.A.L.' at foot, upper cover with central title, covers with single filet border, head of spine neatly repaired, stained, rubbed and scuffed, [Leguina 272; Palau 276327; Thimm p.244], 12mo, R. Ackermann, 1826.⁂ A rare translation for the South American market. WorldCat records a BL copy only.
Logic & mathematics.- Azevedo Fortes (Manoel de) Logica Racional, Geometrica, e Analitica, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of the dedicatee the Infante António of Portugal by Olivarius Cor after Vieira Lusitano, title printed in red and black and with small woodcut ornament, engraved head-piece and historiated initial to dedication, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title with repaired tear in lower margin, occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, decorative endpapers printed in blue, contemporary mottled calf, upper cover with empty gilt circular frame for arms or similar, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, head of spine and corners worn, rubbed, [Azevedo-Samodães 258; Innocêncio V, 369-370; Soares 517], small folio, Lisbon, Jozé Antonio Plates, 1744.⁂ The author was Chief Engineer of Portugal from 1719 until his death in 1749.
Medicine.- Santa Anna (Joaquim José de) Elementos de cirurgia ocular, first edition, title with woodcut royal arms, 3 folding engraved plates, lower margins with small wormholes, growing to a trace just within text of sigs.Q-X, and then for the most part reducing to a small single hole within text and the odd smaller hole in margins, with seemingly no loss of sense of text, water-stained at head, occasional spotting or light staining, modern ink ownership stamp of Vieira Pinto to pp.[iii & v], contemporary calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, head of spine and 1 upper corner worn, joints starting, but holding firm, water-stained, [Blake 400; Innocencio IV, 92 & XII, 95; Soares 1626], Lisbon, Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1793 § Gunshot wounds.- Almeida (António de) Dissertação sobre o methodo mais simples, e seguro de curar as feridas das armas de fogo, title with small woodcut royal arms, final f. blank, some spotting and staining, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt and with chipped leather label, some staining, [Innocêncio I, 83], Lisbon, Royal Printers, 1797; and 5 others, 18th & 19th century Medicine, v.s. (7)⁂ The first mentioned is the first study of Ophthalmology printed in Portugal. The author taught Ophthalmology at the hospital of S. José de Lisboa, where he invented instruments to aid his practice.
NO RESERVE Mineral waters.- Tavares (Francisco) Instrucções e cautelas practicas sobre a natureza, differentes especies, virtudes em geral, e uso legitimo das aguas mineraes, principalmente de Caldas; com a noticia daquellas, que são conhecidas em cada huma das Provincias do Reino de Portugal, e o methodo de preparar as aguas artificiaes, 2 parts in 1, 2 folding engraved plates, folding letterpress table, 2 errata ff., short repaired tear to head of table, very small burn hole within text of M4, with loss of a few letters, but without loss of sense, occasional spotting and light staining or marking, lightly browned, modern red half calf, gilt, spine in compartments, [Innocêncio III, 372], 8vo, Coimbra, University Printers, 1810.⁂ Includes an inventory of known sources for mineral water within continental Portugal, as well as the Island of São Miguel in the Azores, purification, cures from the waters, and the production of 'artificial waters'.
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