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1. [Ackermann (Rudolph)] A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges,<br />
Halls, and Public Buildings. R. Ackermann. 1814, half-titles present, aquatinted<br />
frontispieces and 62 plates, 17 line and stipple plates of University costume, all handcoloured,<br />
uncoloured stipple-engraved portrait, some minor offsetting of plates to<br />
text (as usual), pp.xiv+xxv+[i] (blank)+275+[1] (blank)+[6] (Index); [iv]+262+[6]<br />
(Index)+[2], 4to., modern highly polished red stained calf, small crack at head<br />
of upper hinge of vol. i, backstrips with raised bands between gilt rules, second<br />
compartments gilt lettered direct, remainder with repeated radiating gilt volutes;<br />
sides panelled with inner and outer borders consisting of gilt tulip head roll within<br />
double gilt fillet, modern light green endpapers, rough trimmed, very good (Abbey<br />
‘Scenery’ 280: Cordeaux and Merry ‘University’ 25: Tooley 5: Prideaux pp. 125-126)<br />
£3,750.00<br />
Ackermann’s reputation was secured after the publication in 1808 of The<br />
Microcosm of London which featured 104 large, folio, hand-coloured aquatints.<br />
A series of fine, topographical books followed which included Westminster Abbey<br />
(1811–12), Oxford (1813–14), Cambridge (1814–15), and The Public Schools (1816).<br />
The plates in the present work are in the first state, with the exception of numbers<br />
39, 74, 78, 84 and 94. As is very often the case, this copy was issued without the<br />
portraits of the founders. The author of the accompanying text is William Combe.<br />
These two books are among the finest ever executed. A. Pugin, F. Nash, F. Mackenzie<br />
and W. Westall were associated in the drawings, which are worthy even of the<br />
splendid architectural monuments they commemorate, while the engraving was<br />
carried out by such masters of aquatint as J. Bluck, J.C. Stadler, F.C. Lewis, D. Havell,<br />
and others of like reputation. The result was the production of plates of unequalled<br />
merit in their particular line” (Prideaux, pp. 125-126).<br />
2. (Anon.) The Eccentric Traveller. In four volumes. With forty-four engravings. Printed<br />
for Longman, Rees, Orme, [et al.] 1826, SOLE EDITION(?), 4 wood engraved<br />
frontispieces and 36 plates, four vignettes framing vol. numbers on title-pages, by<br />
[Richard] Austin and André Masson, slightly dusty, pp.ix+[i] (blank)+323; ix+[i]<br />
(blank)+311; x+311; x+324, 12mo., orig. half black roan, lower side vol.iv lightly<br />
flecked with white paint, smooth backstrips, gilt lettered morocco labels at head, gilt<br />
volume numerals within gilt tooled border, marbled sides, blue speckled edges, good<br />
£590.00<br />
Scarce. COPAC lists only the Cambridge University Library copy, although there are<br />
in fact copies in the British Library and Bodleian. RLG gives five North American<br />
locations. The action in this picaresque novel is set in Portugal and Spain and<br />
revolves around a younger son of an English family long settled in Portugal.
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3. (Anon.) Picturesque views in the Isle of Man. George Philip & Son. c.1860,<br />
folding plate (with short tear in guard) and 23 vignette plates, all colour tinted<br />
wood engravings, each with accompanying leaf of text, ff.[ii]+24 (plates)+24,<br />
(200x125mm.), oblong 8vo., orig. fine diagonal grain red cloth; sides with<br />
blind fillet borders and black printed corner-pieces, gilt arms and title in centre<br />
of upper side, pale cream chalked endpapers, bookseller’s blind stamp on upper<br />
pastedown, very good<br />
£80.00<br />
No copies located by COPAC or OCLC. Plates include views of Douglas Bay,<br />
Snaefell, Castle Mona, Laxey Village & Glen, and numerous other scenes.<br />
4. (Anon.) The curiosities of London and Westminster described. In four volumes.<br />
Embellished with elegant copper plates ... F. Newbery. 1770, FIRST EDITION (see<br />
note), 4 frontispieces (with early gift inscription on versos) and 20 plates (the 6 plates<br />
in vol.ii all short, but printed area untouched), 2 full-page woodcut illustrations<br />
in vol.ii, title-pages to vols.i and ii cancelled, pp.[ii]+125+[3]; [ii]+125+[3];<br />
[ii]+124+[3]; [ii]+125+[3], 16mo. in 8’s, orig. Dutch floral boards, upper free<br />
endpapers discarded, Roscoe bibliography entry (reduced) laid-down on upper<br />
pastedown to vol.i, contained in modern green cloth slipcase, very good (Roscoe J88:<br />
ESTC T118396 )<br />
£ ,450.00<br />
Only three copies located worldwide by COPAC/OCLC. This scarce 1770 edition,<br />
according to Roscoe, is the ‘earliest traced, and probably the first ...’ In fact, the four<br />
volume set for 1770, and the set for 1771, were the only uniform and complete sets he<br />
found. ‘Other sets have been made up from vols. of different years, and it seems quite<br />
possible that complete sets were not issued after 1771, but that new individual vols.<br />
were put out as and when required.’ (Roscoe)<br />
5. (Anon.) The curiosities of London; containing a descriptive and entertaining sketch<br />
of the British metropolis, for the amusement of youth. Ornamented with numerous<br />
superb engravings. Thomas Tegg. [c.1814,] wood engraved frontispiece and 5 other<br />
full-page cuts, all on the letterpress, 4 tail-pieces, pp.35, (85x136mm.), orig. blue<br />
card wrappers, lightly rubbed, small etched view mounted on each side, as issued,<br />
very good (Osborne p.802)<br />
£ 35.00<br />
Osbourne states a publication date of 1820, the British Library 1810; OCLC<br />
mentions a very similar work as a combination of The curiosities of London and<br />
A New picture of London for 1814 by H.J. Sarrett. 2nd ed., both of which were also<br />
published separately.
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6. (Anon.) The Traveller; or, an Entertaining Journey round the Habitable Globe; being<br />
a novel and easy method of studying geography. Illustrated with forty-two plates,<br />
consisting of views of the principal capital cities of the world, and the costume of its<br />
various inhabitants. [Second edition] Printed for J. Harris and Son. [c.1821], halftitle<br />
present, 24 leaves of plates (comprising frontispiece, 17 views and 4 of costume<br />
each with 2 illustrations, and 2 further plates of maps), woodcut vignette on titlepage,<br />
pp.viii+204, 12mo. in 6s, orig. red roan-backed pictorial yellow boards (very<br />
lightly rubbed) with woodcut vignette of the world seen from the heavens (repeated<br />
from title-page) on front board, backstrip divided by gilt single rules, gilt lettered<br />
direct in second compartment, contemp. ink name on front free endpaper, blue<br />
speckled edges, good (Moon 907[2]: Gumuchian 5615: Osborne p.192)<br />
£ 5.00<br />
Uncommon. Moon’s description of the first issue of 1820 refers only to coloured<br />
engravings within the text. The second edition of 1821 appeared in two formats, one<br />
with hand coloured plates priced 7s.6d., the half-bound uncoloured issue priced<br />
at 6s. This second issue copy retains the uncoloured, finely executed engravings<br />
showing views of continental capitals and major cities such as Naples, Paris,<br />
Dresden and Buda, extending further afield to Washington and Peking. Many of the<br />
plates are dated July 20th 1820 or Dec. 10th 1820.<br />
From left to right: Item 10, Item 66, Item 122, Item 29, Item 8, Item 22, Item 40, Item 97,<br />
foreground Item 3<br />
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7. (Anon.) Illustrations of Stratford upon Avon, with historical and descriptive<br />
notices of the town, church, Shakespeare’s house, and other remarkable buildings...<br />
Stratford upon Avon: J. Ward. 1827, 6 lithographed plates, foxed, pp.32+[2], 8vo.,<br />
modern seed-grain dark grey cloth, smooth backstrip longitudinally gilt lettered<br />
direct, rough trimmed, orig. engraved and lithographed wrappers bound in<br />
(foxed), good<br />
£ 0.00<br />
8. (Anon.) Microcosm of Oxford Whittock and Hyde. [c.1830], ornate title-page and<br />
31 views of Oxford Colleges, on continuous folding strip, each view wood-engraved<br />
within decorative frame (except for one mounted steel engraved vignette), each<br />
view 120x95mm., pasted inside lower cover of orig. horizontally-ribbed red cloth<br />
folder, with blind stamped volute border on sides, gilt titled in centre of upper side ‘A<br />
Present from Oxford’ within a cartouche, very good<br />
£ 50.00<br />
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Rare. Not traced in Cordeaux and Merry, Clary, or the Claremont Colleges<br />
collection online. COPAC locates one copy in UK institutions, whilst OCLC reveals<br />
only one more copy in US libraries. The suggestion made by <strong>Online</strong> Computer<br />
Library Centre is that the present work was published in 1830. Other sources state<br />
that the item is an 1860s reworking of Nathaniel Whittock’s slightly larger thirtynine<br />
plate work (of c.1830) of the same title. The conclusion drawn from all of this is<br />
that there were probably two issues in 1830, each of a slightly different format.<br />
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9. (Anon.) The Panama Canal: the world’s greatest engineering feat. Panama City: I.<br />
L. Maduro, Jr. [c.1915], four pages of text in English and Spanish printed in double<br />
columns on cream paper, 24 mounted colour offset lithographed plates, fore edge<br />
rough cut, ff. [2]+[24], (24x30 cm.), orig. cream card wrappers (lightly rubbed and<br />
soiled), yellow string binding, front wrapper lettered in dark green with centrally<br />
mounted, colour-tinted plate (bordered in gold) bracketed by illustrations in green<br />
(each highlighted in gold), good<br />
£65.00<br />
OCLC locates only six copies in US institutions. Presumably issued to coincide with<br />
the opening of the canal in 1914; Maduro produced a wealth of similar pamphlets<br />
and panoramic views. This collection depicts numerous U.S. Navy battleships and<br />
cruisers passing through the various locks. Many of Maduro’s photographs from this<br />
period are now housed at the University of Texas, Austin.<br />
10. Baines (Edward) The history of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster.<br />
... A new, revised, and improved edition. George Routledge & Sons. 1868-70, folding<br />
map of the county of Lancaster (hand-coloured in parts), woodcut illustrations<br />
in the text (some hand-coloured), xvi+690; xii+729, 4to., contemp. tan tree calf,<br />
backstrip divided by gilt raised bands between gilt rules into six compartments,
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gilt lettered and decorated morocco labels (red and green) in second and third<br />
compartments (with red morocco label at foot), remainder with central gilt floral<br />
stamp and foliate cornerpieces, joints of upper boards expertly repaired, sides<br />
with alternating fish and fleur-de-lis design in gilt as border (repeated on turn-ins),<br />
marbled endpapers (front free endpaper of vol.ii replaced to match), a.e.g., very good<br />
£300.00<br />
Edward Baines’ newspaper, the “Leeds Mercury” (of which he was owner and<br />
editor), was a thriving and radical publication. It became a mouthpiece for the many<br />
outspoken views of its writers on parliamentary reform, the abolition of the slave<br />
trade, Catholic emancipation etc.<br />
Baines found time to publish a lengthy history of the wars of the French Revolution<br />
in 1815; he then issued a “History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York”<br />
between 1822-3, a format he repeated for the Gazetteer of Lancaster, published the<br />
following year. He expanded the Lancaster volume to produce the first version of the<br />
present work (in four volumes) in 1836. This was revised and edited by John Harland,<br />
whose work was completed for vol. ii by Brooke Herford, for the 1868 edition. It<br />
remains an invaluable reference work for any historian of the region.<br />
11. Barlow (Percival) The general history of Europe; and entertaining traveller.<br />
Comprising an historical and geographical account of all the kingdoms, empires,<br />
&c. in Europe ... from their first establishment to the end of the present year ... also<br />
a faithful account of The War of the Russians and Austrians with the Turks and<br />
Swedes; displaying likewise the particulars of the late glorious Revolution in France<br />
... 2 Vols. W & J Stratford. [c.1791], SOLE EDITION, 70 exceptionally bright copperplate<br />
engravings by Bowen, Grignion, Sparrow and others, comprising frontispieces,<br />
19 folding maps, 51 plates, printers subscription list at end of second volume, pp.<br />
[viii]+ii+[1]-406; [ii]+407-825+[5], folio, half tan calf, smooth backstrips divided<br />
into seven compartments by gilt rolls, gilt lettered crimson morocco label in second,<br />
black morocco label with ornate gilt floral devices and volume numeral in fourth,<br />
remainder empty, marbled sides, slight cracking of joints (but firm), bookplate of Sir<br />
Henry Bedingfield of Oxburgh, Bart, library’s small stamp on pastedown, good.<br />
£ , 00.00<br />
Dedicated to Frederick, Duke of York, Barlow’s extensive study comprehensively<br />
covers most European states of the late eighteenth century. Barlow was “assisted by<br />
several gentlemen who have made the tour of Europe, and furnished him with the<br />
most valuable amd authentic information ...” Vol. i deals principally with Britain, and<br />
offers a county by county listing of major towns and cities. Copper-plate engravings<br />
show scenes of British and Continental towns, people, points of architectural<br />
interest, and rural landscapes including Bohemia, Prussia and Turkey. The folding<br />
maps (of a particularly high quality) are by Thomas Bowen and the book retains<br />
its “complete set of whole sheet maps of all the kingdoms” as well as a full quota of<br />
engravings. Rare in its unbroken state.<br />
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Steel Engraved Views of Italy<br />
12. Batty (Miss [Elizabeth Frances]) Italian scenery. From drawings made in 1817.<br />
Rodwell & Martin. 1820, SOLE EDITION, large paper, engraved vignette title-page<br />
and 16 plates, fly-title discarded, foxed, pp.[vi]+195+[1], imp.8vo.<br />
[Bound with]<br />
Cockburn (Major [James]) Swiss scenery from drawings ... Rodwell & Martin.<br />
1820, LARGE PAPER COPY, engraved vignette title-page and 60 plates, foxed,<br />
pp.vii+[i]+200, imp.8vo.<br />
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Batty (Captain [Robert] European scenery from drawings made in 1819 ... Rodwell<br />
& Martin. 1822, LARGE PAPER COPY, engraved title-page (foxed) and 64 plates, 1<br />
other vignette (browned), occasional foxing, pp.[viii]+[plates each with leaf of text],<br />
imp.8vo.<br />
[and]<br />
Light (Major [Henry]) Sicilian scenery from drawings by P. De Wint. The original<br />
sketches by Major Light. Rodwell & Martin. [1822,] LARGE PAPER, engraved<br />
vignette title-page and 60, 1 other vignette, light foxing, offsetting, pp.[iv]+[plates<br />
each with leaf of text], imp.8vo.<br />
[and]<br />
Batty (Captain [Robert]) German scenery. From drawings made in 1820 ... Rodwell<br />
& Martin. 1823, LARGE PAPER COPY, engraved vignette title-page and 60 plates,<br />
1 other vignette, light foxing, pp.[viii]+[plates each with leaf of text], imp.8vo.<br />
5 vols. uniformly bound in contemp. russia, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked in<br />
lighter calf, backstrips with raised bands between gilt rules, gilt lettered direct; sides<br />
with wide gilt roll outer border, inner panel with blind fillet border and gilt corner<br />
pieces, marbled endpapers and edges, bookplates of Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., sound<br />
(Universal Catalogue of Books on Art, vol.I, p.76)<br />
£3,500.00<br />
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A total of 260 highly accomplished plates depicting Italian scenes. Elizabeth Frances<br />
Batty (active from ca. 1809) was the brother of army officer and artist Robert Batty<br />
(1788-1848, see next item). Though, like her sibling, she was a member of the Royal<br />
Academy, little is known of her from a biography point of view. M.Bryan, in his<br />
Biographical and critical dictionary of painters and engravers, 2 vols.(1816) states<br />
that she enjoyed a reputation for ‘eminent ... topographical taste’, and it is known that<br />
she married one Philip Martineau (1791-1860).<br />
13. Batty (Robert) Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery. Robert Jennings. 1829, FIRST<br />
EDITION, engraved vignette title-page, frontispiece and engraved dedication leaf;<br />
60 plates, each with leaf of explanation with wood-engraved vignette view (English<br />
text on recto; French on verso), tissue-guards and half-title present, pp[ii]+[120] (text<br />
leaves)+[4] (plate list), 4to., contemp. half. dark red morocco, extremities rubbed,<br />
backstrip faded, with flattened gilt decorated wide raised bands, gilt lettered direct in<br />
second compartment (and at foot), remainder gilt panelled; sides with sand-grain green<br />
cloth (lower side slightly faded), returns and corner pieces gilt and blind panelled, large<br />
gilt lettered leather label in centre of upper side, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., very good<br />
Eight of the plates are views in Copenhagen.<br />
£985.00
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14. Bellicard (Mr. [Jérôme Charles]) [and Cochin (Charles Nicholas)] Observations<br />
upon the antiquities of the town of Herculaneum, discovered at the foot of Mount<br />
Vesuvius. With some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients<br />
... D. Wilson and T. Durham. 1753, FIRST EDITION, 42 plates (3 folding),<br />
pp.vii+236+[4], 8vo., orig. sprinkled calf, joints and corners rubbed, backstrip with<br />
raised bands between double gilt rules, gilt lettered red morocco label in second<br />
compartment, remainder with gilt lozenge tool at centre; board edges blind hatched,<br />
polished edges, good (Cox I p.132: Lowndes p.151)<br />
£675.00<br />
‘Herculaneum and Pompeii came to the notice of the curious in 1738 and 1748<br />
respectively, though it was not until 1763 that excavations were begun at the latter<br />
place.’ (Cox). Described by Lowndes as ‘an ingenious work’.<br />
15. Belloc (Hilaire) The Highway and its Vehicles. Edited by Geoffrey Holme. The<br />
Studio. 1926, FIRST EDITION, 325/1,250 COPIES, 25 colourprinted plates tipped<br />
to framed cream backing card, captioned tissue-guards, 71 other plates, title printed<br />
in red, initial page of letterpress lightly browned, pp.xvi+40, lge.4to., orig. pale<br />
green bevel-edged buckram, lightly faded backstrip and upper cover gilt lettered,<br />
illustrated endpapers, t.e.g., good (Cahill 91)<br />
£ 35.00<br />
16. Belloc (Hilaire) The Old Road. [Second Edition, i.e.] First Octavo Edition.<br />
Constable. 1910, frontispiece (small hole in tissue-guard where it has adhered<br />
to title-page) and 16 plates, numerous diagrams throughout the text portraying<br />
sections of the route, folding-map at end, pp.xii+296, 8vo., orig. mid brown cloth,<br />
backstrip and upper cover gilt lettered, oblong block of a map stamped in black on<br />
the front cover, t.,e.g., others untrimmed, good (Cahill 18)<br />
£50.00<br />
17. Bennet (J.F., publisher) Up and down the river. Bennet’s map & ABC guide to<br />
the River Thames from Oxford to Gravesend with useful notes for boating and<br />
angling. Bennet. [c.1900,] colour lithographed folding schematic panorama map,<br />
190x770mm. (100x148mm. folded), orig. red printed red printed pale green cloth<br />
folder, faded, vignette of boat with title on sail on upper side, 20pp. guide book in<br />
printed stiffened wrappers pasted to upper endpaper (as issued), sound<br />
(Cohen p.194)<br />
£85.00<br />
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18. Boemus (Johann) Orbis terrarum epitome in qua mores, leges, ritus omnium<br />
gentium, per Ioannem Boemum Aubanum Teutonicum ex multis clarissimis<br />
scriptoribus collecti continentur, vna cum Henrici Farnesij Eburonis I.C. & artis<br />
orationiae Regij interpretis. Castigatione, & censura: reumq[ue] admirabilium<br />
additamentis: Hùc item eius accedit. Elogium ad illustrissimum Didacum Salazar<br />
supremum concellarium. Quaestiones de sui cognitione, siue de homine, symbolis<br />
tamquam allegoricis legibus solutae. Pavia: Apud Andream Vianum. 1596, woodcut<br />
printer’s device on title-page (title leaf expertly repaired using old paper at gutter),<br />
woodcut initials and tailpieces, some faint staining within pageblock, minor repair<br />
work to corner tips of final leaves, large woodcut printer’s colophon on final leaf,<br />
pp.[22]+390[i.e. 380]+[20], 8vo., modern limp vellum, smooth backstrip and sides,<br />
green tinted edges, good (Adams 2273)<br />
£ 75.00<br />
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A late edition of Orbis terrarum epitome. A COPAC search reveals only two copies in<br />
U.K. libraries. Follows a Vianum-published edition of the previous year (1595); both<br />
title and colophon are dated 1596. Boemus published this work as early as 1520 in<br />
Augsburg; it was translated into English as The fardle of façions in 1555, and later as<br />
The manners, laws, and customs of all nations. Collected out of the best writers (1611).<br />
The revised and expanded Latin edition appeared in 1536; 23 editions followed<br />
in five languages. Boemus pursues a variety of ethnographic issues, and explains<br />
migration as ‘a consequence of Original Sin, comparing the paradoxical state, where<br />
man had lived in humble frugality and peaceful contentment at the place where God<br />
had put him, with the inane desire to settle and inhabit distant lands’ (Donecker).<br />
Botero’s best known work<br />
19. Botero (Giovanni) Le Relationi Universali ... Divise in Quattro Parti. Nella Prima<br />
Parte si contiene la Descrittione dell’Europa, dell’Asia, e dell’Africa ... Nella Seconda,<br />
si da contezza de’ maggiori Prencipi del Mondo ... Nella Terza, si tratta ancora de’<br />
Popoli d’ogni credenza ... Nella Quarta, si tratta delle superstitioni ... Nuovamentge<br />
Aggiuntavi la Descrittione del Mare. Et le Figure in Rame Venice: Appresso Agostino<br />
Angelieri. 1608, publisher’s woodcut vignettes on title-pages, woodcut head,<br />
tailpieces, and initial letters, 4 copper-engraved folding maps of Europe, Asia,<br />
Africa, and the Americas, minor worming affecting upper title-page margin (and<br />
leaves a1-b3) but no text, pp.[xxxii]+256+80; 80; [xx]+152; 183+[9]; [xvi]+79, 8vo.,<br />
old (possibly mid-eighteenth-century) vellum, gilt lettered red morocco label on<br />
backstrip, minimal area of loss at head of backstrip, sides with blind ruled borders<br />
and unidentified, blindstamped, centrally placed coat of arms, blue speckled edges<br />
(top edge dust-dimmed), good<br />
£ ,500.00<br />
OCLC locates only one copy of this edition. Not in the British Library printed<br />
catalogue (or COPAC). See also Sabin for various other editions. The first Italian<br />
edition was published in Rome in 1591; there followed two more parts to the<br />
work up to 1593. A second edition in four parts (Rome, 1595) was superceded<br />
by yet another expanded edition, again in four parts (Venice 1596). This edition<br />
contains special titlepages for parts ii-iv, and for Le Relationi del Mare, with<br />
woodcut title vignettes.
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As can be seen the work ran through several editions, and the earlier editions,<br />
though not this, were suppressed because of a passage in the chapter entitled<br />
‘Regno di Francia...’ in the passage headed ‘Forze’. The passage was corrected in<br />
the Turin edition of 1601. The Relazioni had a total of 17 editions in 10 years, three<br />
translations in Latin and many other translations in various European languages.<br />
A fifth part was not published until 1895, in Turin, by C. Gioda.<br />
An English translation was entitled Relations of the most famous kingdoms and<br />
common-weales thorough the world: Discoursing of their scituations, manners,<br />
customes, strengthes and pollicies.<br />
20. Bouguer (Jean) Traité Complet de la Navigation contenant... contenant les<br />
propositions & pratiques de geometrie, un traité de la sphere & d’astronomie,<br />
les tables ephemerides du mouvement du soleil, celles de sa declinaison, de son<br />
ascension droite, de son lever & coucher, de son amplitude, & plusieurs autres<br />
necessaires en navigation... Paris: et se vend à Nantes: Chez P. De Heuqueville ...<br />
1706, FIRST EDITION, engraved title-page (rough cut at fore edge), head, tailpieces,<br />
and initials on letterpress, 11 plates (10 folding), navigational charts (on letterpress),<br />
ink trials of the name Chavagnac repeated sporadically throughout lightly browned<br />
and foxed page block, pp.[viii]+252+[2], 4to., contemp. tan mottled calf (pitted<br />
over time, as often), corners bumped, backstrip cracked at head with gilt morocco<br />
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label beneath near contemp. paper label (perhaps a protective measure?) in second<br />
compartment, others decorated gilt with central fleuron surrounded by ornate<br />
gilt decoration between gilt raised bands, sides with blind fillet border, front board<br />
with a former owner’s name: ‘De Chavagnac’ in gilt, pastedowns a little darkened at<br />
edges, red polished edges, good (Not in Graesse, Brunet; COPAC locates only three<br />
copies in UK libraries)<br />
£685.00<br />
Bouguer was one of the finest hydrographers of his time, attaining the position of<br />
regius professor of hydrography and navigation at the Royal School of Hydrography<br />
at Croisic, in lower Brittany. Prior to achieving this position, Bouguer had been in<br />
the service of the French navy gaining the ten years of knowledge and experience<br />
he would later utilize for his treaty. He was seriously wounded in action during a<br />
skirmish with the Irish at the battle of Bantry in 1689, resulting in the amputation<br />
of a leg. For this reason he was obliged to give up active service and thus gained the<br />
position at Croisic. An earlier edition of this work exists (published by Guignard<br />
of Paris, in 1698) but this required major revision and the work described here<br />
was reissued in the first of two separate editions in 1706. The treaty is prefaced by<br />
a dedication to Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Pontchartrain, French Minister of the<br />
Marine, chancellor of France and minister of finance during the reign of France’s<br />
“Sun King,” Louis XIV. (The US state of Louisiana is named after this king, and<br />
the famous Lake Pontchartrain - so devastating to New Orleans - is named after<br />
Minister Phélypeaux). The book contains a number of intriguing fold-out charts and<br />
diagrams on the sun’s “movement” as well as a detailed chart of the French coastline,<br />
and remains in presentable condition given the conditions at sea in which it might<br />
have been used.<br />
21. Bowen (Eman[nuel].) An accurate Map of the County of Sussex. Divided into its<br />
rapes, deanries and hundreds ... Printed for R. Wilkinson, Laurie and Whittle ..., and<br />
Bowles & Carter ... [c.1787], coloured in outline, 2 prospects, town plans of Lewes<br />
(very faint) and Chichester, cartouches containing title (cartouche very faint) and<br />
dedication, sectioned and mounted on linen, 700x500mm. (folding to 135x145mm.),<br />
orig. grey card case, very rubbed, with Bowles and Carter’s printed title label on<br />
upper side, and printed advertising label on lower, sound<br />
£ 80.00<br />
From The Large English Atlas, but a late reprint - one of the rococo cartouches and<br />
one of the town plans are very faint.<br />
22. Box (John) Chronicles of the Castle of Amelroy, or Ammerzode ... Illustrated by<br />
photographic views and portraits from original paintings by Albert Dürer, Van<br />
Theulden, and others ... Sampson Low ... 1870, SOLE EDITION, 26 mounted<br />
photographs (including the frontispiece), pp.xiv+59+[1], 4to., orig. morocco-grain<br />
green cloth, backstrip somewhat darkened, gilt lettered direct; bevelled sides, triple<br />
black fillet border, gilt, silver, blue, red and black blocked coat of arms on upper side,<br />
chocolate chalked endpapers, minor split to upper endpaper hinge, but firm, good<br />
£ 75.00
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OCLC locates only four copies in UK institutions. Ammersoyen Castle (also known<br />
as Kasteel Ammerzoden or Amelroy) stands on the banks of the Meuse river in the<br />
Dutch province of Gelderland. Since the fourteenth century the castle has withstood<br />
siege, war, fire, and the ravages of time. In the winter of 1868 the last Lord of<br />
Ammersoyen, Baron Arthur de Woelmont, entertained Englishman John Box (civil<br />
engineer and amateur historian). Box made an exhaustive photographic record of<br />
the interior of the castle, and none too soon either, for the Baron completely emptied<br />
the castle of its contents and sold up to the Roman Catholic Church of Ammerzoden<br />
in 1873, a few short years after publication of this book. The castle saw more<br />
action during the twentieth century, particularly during the first months of 1945<br />
when retreating German troops were shelled by the advancing Allies and the castle<br />
suffered significant damage.<br />
This scarce book contains illustrations of original paintings by Albert Dürer, Van<br />
Theulden, and others; with facsimiles of several curious ancient documents.<br />
23. Brassey (Mrs. [Anne, later Baroness]) Sunshine and storm<br />
in the east, cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople ... Longmans,<br />
Green. 1880, FIRST EDITION, wood engraved frontispiece, titlepage<br />
illustration and 8 plates (all with tissue guards), numerous<br />
woodcuts on letterpress, 2 colour lithographed folding maps (one<br />
very slightly frayed on extreme edge, and misfolded), stitching<br />
slightly shaken, pp.xx+[ii]+448, 8vo., orig. fine diagonal-grain<br />
green cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, blocked with wrap round<br />
design of gilt edged red scroll and black clouds, supported by sea<br />
sprites, with gilt illustrations of Constantinople and Cyprus, title<br />
gilt blocked on backstrip, lower, and upper side, gilt sunburst on<br />
upper side, chalked green endpapers, upper hinge split but firm,<br />
good<br />
£ 5.00<br />
Lady Annie Brassey (1839-1887) exemplifies the keen eye for human interest and<br />
narrative detail that propelled her to international fame as a travel writer. The work<br />
consists of a daily diary of two voyages to Constantinople on board the family yacht,<br />
Sunbeam. Brassey travelled to such countries as Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Italy,<br />
Greece, and Turkey and offers a snapshot of life abroad during the mid-1870s. This<br />
first edition is a fascinating example of the nineteenth-century European fascination<br />
with the ‘Orient’ as a place of exotic customs and evocative sensuality.<br />
24. Buhl (Hermann) Nanga Parbat pilgrimage. Translated by Hugh Merrick. Hodder<br />
and Stoughton. 1956, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, pp.360, 8vo., orig. green linson,<br />
spine black lettered, endpapers a little browned, dustwrapper price clipped and<br />
slightly rubbed, very good (Neate B120)<br />
£ 0.00<br />
Buhl’s solo climb of Nanga Parbat ranks as one of the most spectacular in the history<br />
of mountaineering.
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25. Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Memorial Edition of the Works ... 7 Vols. Tylston<br />
and Edwards. 1893/94, colour lithographed and wood engraved plates, 8vo., orig,<br />
black cloth, backstrips gilt lettered direct, occasional slight rubbing to heads, gilt<br />
blocked vignette of Arab figure and short Koranic inscription on upper boards, black<br />
chalked endpapers, t.e.r., good<br />
£ ,950.00<br />
Four works, all that were published, are included in this edition. They are: Pilgrimage<br />
to Al-Madinah and Meccah (2 vols.); A mission to Gelele King of Dahome (2 vols.);<br />
Vikram and the Vampire; and First footsteps in East Africa (2 vols.).<br />
26. Chandler (Richard) Travels in Asia Minor: and Greece. ... [2 vols.] To which is added<br />
an introductory Account of the Author by Ralph Churton. ... With corrections<br />
and Remarks by Nicholas Revett. New edition. Oxford: printed at the Clarendon<br />
Press. 1775, 1825, 6 engraved folding maps, minor offsetting, pp.xxxvi+352+[8];<br />
[2]+xiii+370+[10], 8vo., contemp. calf, the spine panelled in gilt within raised<br />
bands, red morocco labels, neatly rebacked preserving original spines, bookplate of<br />
Stoneleigh Abbey, good (Blackmer 321: Lowndes p.408: Cox I/p.232)<br />
£ , 50.00<br />
This posthumously published collected edition is the first to contain notes by Revett.<br />
Chandler was commissioned in 1764 by the Society of Dilettanti to undertake a<br />
tour of exploration at its expense in Asia Minor and Greece. He was already known<br />
for his Marmora Oxoniensia. Nicholas Revett, the architect who had worked<br />
with ‘Athenian’ Stuart on his Ruins of Athens, accompanied him. Chandler and<br />
Revett were instructed to make Smyrna their headquarters and from there to make<br />
excursions in the neighbourhood to make plans and accurate drawings of the basreliefs,<br />
ornaments, and inscriptions, and to keep diaries.<br />
The final advertisement announces that ‘Speedily will be published’ the second part<br />
of Chandler’s tour, the Travels in Greece.<br />
A classic of Antarctic literature<br />
27. Cherry-Garrard (Apsley) The Worst Journey in the World.<br />
Antarctic 1910-1913. With panoramas, maps, and illustrations<br />
by the late Doctor Edward A. Wilson and other member of<br />
the expedition. 2 Vols. Constable. [1922,] FIRST EDITION, 2<br />
colour frontispieces, 4 colour plates, tissue guards, 43 full page<br />
photographic and other illustrations, 14 fold-out panoramas<br />
and maps, half-titles present, newspaper cutting tipped to<br />
verso of vol.i title-page, pp.xv+[i]+300+[4]; viii+300-585, 8vo.,<br />
modern half dark blue morocco, backstrips with three raised<br />
bands, gilt panelled compartments, gilt lettered direct in small<br />
first, second larger compartment with vertical gilt dot roll<br />
with ornaments at either end, natural linen sides, pale cream<br />
endpapers, roughtrimmed, very good (Taurus 84: Rosove 71.A1)<br />
£ , 00.00
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Cherry-Garrard was a novice explorer when he joined Captain Scott’s second and<br />
final Antarctic expedition as an “assistant zoologist” in June 1910. The popular team<br />
member would prove himself a remarkable “sledger”, and was warmly commended<br />
by Scott himself. Garrard established the expedition newsletter South Polar Times,<br />
which was later reproduced in facsimile. Dr. Edward Wilson, whose illustrations<br />
appeared in the Times, accompanied Scott on the fateful mission to the pole in 1912.<br />
Cherry-Garrard had accompanied the party as far as the Beardmore Glacier, but<br />
was sent back on account of his youth. Eight months later, the young explorer was<br />
part of the search party that found the bodies of Scott, Wilson, and Bowers who<br />
had died a mere eleven miles from basecamp. Cherry-Garrard’s account of Scott’s<br />
failed mission remains one of the best. ‘The best written and most enduring account<br />
of exploits in the Antarctic.’ (Taurus) ‘It was perhaps the only real stroke of luck in<br />
Scott’s ill fated [Terra Nova] expedition that Cherry-Garrard, the one survivor of the<br />
winter journey, happened to be able to describe it so effectively.’ (G.B. Shaw)<br />
28. Church (Alfred J.) Isis and Thamesis. Hours on the River from Oxford to Henley.<br />
Seeley. 1886, etched vignette title-page and 12 plates, wood-engraved vignettes on<br />
letterpress, occasional slight dustsoiling, very slightly shaken, half-title present,<br />
pp.[iv]+65+[1] (blank)+[2], 4to., orig. sand-grain dark green cloth, extremities<br />
lightly rubbed, longitudinally gilt lettered direct on spine, sides blind panelled,<br />
upper side gilt blocked with author, title, and vignette of swans, reeds, and heads<br />
representing the rivers, chalked yellow endpapers, a.e.g., good (Cohen p.133)<br />
£ 00.00<br />
Alfred John Church (1829-1912) was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and<br />
became a classical scholar of some repute during the latter half of the nineteenth<br />
century; many of his works remain in print to this day. Besides translations of<br />
Tacitus, and edited editions of Pliny’s letters, Church produced numerous adapted<br />
classical tales and legends for children. This charming account of river life contains<br />
striking engravings by Dawson and others. An appealing book.<br />
29. Clark (William George) Peloponnesus: Notes on Study and Travel. John W. Parker.<br />
1858, FIRST (AND ONLY) EDITION, 5 maps and plans, one folding, a little<br />
offsetting from and a few foxmarks to the first map, pp.xiv+[2]+344, 8vo., original<br />
blue cloth, spine divided by blind-ruled bands, gitl lettering, sides with blind<br />
stamped ruled borders, headbands knocked, 8vo.,<br />
£850.00<br />
Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front endpaper to: “The Rev. the<br />
Master of Trinity College with the author’s kind regards.” An important association<br />
copy since it was with W.H. Thompson, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge,<br />
that Clark made his tour to gather information for this study of the Peleponnese<br />
in 1856. Clark was determined to view what he saw afresh without following the<br />
conclusion of authorities. “He has produced an interesting work, intermingling his<br />
ideas concerning the cultural and religious history of the Greeks with archaelogical<br />
observations and comments on modern Greek life.” (Navari)<br />
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Inscribed by the author<br />
30. Coke (The Honorable Henry John) Tracks of a rolling stone Smith, Elder, & Co.<br />
1905, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece portrait (with tissue guard), inscribed in the<br />
author’s hand on verso of a preliminary blank “ ‘Dort’ from this ‘Rolling Stone’<br />
a souvenir of summer days in winter.”, and signed beneath frontispiece portrait<br />
“yours very truly Henry Coke” pp.349, 8vo., contemp. olive-green crushed morocco<br />
by Zaehnsdorf, backstrip divided into six compartments by gilt low raised bands,<br />
gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, gilt dated at foot, gilt floral<br />
scrollwork on turn-ins, dark green linen-covered pastedowns and endpapers,<br />
a.e.g, good<br />
£300.00<br />
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Coke had published an account of a journey over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon<br />
and California as early as 1852. In the present work, his autobiography, he recalls<br />
this memorable journey in some detail and also recounts conversations with various<br />
notable indivduals down the years.<br />
31. [Coppinger (R.W.) et al., editors] Report on the zoological collections made in the<br />
Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert’ 1881-2. Printed by Order<br />
of the Trustees [of the Biritish Museum]. 1884, 54 lithographed plates (2 with<br />
some colour, 8 folding), library’s unobtrusive blind embossed stamp on title-page,<br />
pp.xxiii+[i]+684, 8vo., orig. morocco-grain navy blue cloth, backstrip slightly<br />
frayed at head, gilt lettered direct, blind stamped triple line border on sides, library<br />
bookplate, good<br />
£750.00<br />
‘With the exception of the ‘Challenger’ Expedition, none of the recent voyages has<br />
contributed so much to our knowledge of the Littoral Invertebrate Fauna of the<br />
Indo-Pacific Ocean as that of the ‘Alert.’ Irrespective of a number of specimens set<br />
aside as duplicates, not less than 3700, referable to 1300 species, were incorporated<br />
in the National Collection ...’ (Preface) Richard Coppinger, an Irishman, and a naval<br />
surgeon and considerable naturalist, was appointed surgeon to Alert in 1875 when<br />
she left on a voyage of exploration to the Arctic. He served with her again on her four<br />
year voyage exploring Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene waters between 1878<br />
and 1882. This report stands as testimony to his knowledge and skill. Every aspect<br />
of preserving, labelling, cataloguing, and packing the specimens was his work, and,<br />
as Albert Gunther, the Keeper of the Department of Zoology, observed, ‘done in the<br />
leisure hours which Dr. Coppinger could spare from his strictly official duties.’<br />
32. Cordiner (James) A description of Ceylon, containing an account of the country,<br />
inhabitants, and natural productions; with narratives of a tour round the island<br />
in 1800, the campaign in Candy in 1803, and a journey to Ramisseram in 1804. 2<br />
Vols. Longman. 1807, FIRST EDITION, 25 plates, of which 2 folding, tissue-guards,<br />
(revised?) preface tipped in, pp.xii+446+[2] (adverts.); vi+360+[8] (Publisher’s 16<br />
page unfolded list), 4to., orig. pale blue boards lightly soiled, loss at head of backstrip<br />
on vol.i, paper labels (rubbed) on backstrips, contemp. signature of ‘Edw. Rogers’ on<br />
front pastedowns, untrimmed, good (Cox I, p.310: Abbey. ‘Travel’ 409)<br />
£850.00
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A description is given by Abbey on the plates: ‘Numbers 2,3,4,14, uncoloured line,<br />
or line and stipple engravings; number 9, uncoloured line tinted by hand with a sepia<br />
wash; all others, aquatints, similarly tinted.’ The handsome engravings were all taken<br />
from Cordiner’s own drawings. A chaplain to the garrison of Colombo, Cordiner<br />
was at the time the only English clergyman in Sri Lanka. His ‘description’ deals with<br />
the island in the first years of British occupation and includes his observation of an<br />
elephant hunt, pearl fishing, and cinnamon cultivation.<br />
33. Craven (The Hon. Richard Keppel) A tour through the southern provinces of the<br />
Kingdom of Naples... To which is subjoined a sketch of the immediate circumstances<br />
attending the late revolution. Rodwell and Martin. 1821, FIRST EDITION, 14<br />
engraved plates (which include the sketch map), some foxing, pp.xi+[i]+449+[1],<br />
4to., expertly rebound in modern half sprinkled brown calf, backstrip with wide<br />
raised bands gilt decorated with rules, dot rolls, and fleurons, between narrow rolls,<br />
gilt lettered red leather label in second compartment, remainder with blind fleurons,<br />
marbled sides, cream endpapers, bookplate of Earl of Sheffield, red sprinkled and<br />
polished edges, good (Pine-Coffin 818.2)<br />
£600.00<br />
In 1820 Craven annonymously produced a minor work entitled A sketch of the late<br />
revolution at Naples by an eye-witness based on his experiences in the region during<br />
1818-1820. The present work, issued the following year, was favourably reviewed in<br />
the press of the time and contains plates taken from sketches by the author. Craven<br />
went on to publish Italian Scenes in 1825, followed by another two-volume work on<br />
Naples and the Abruzzi region in 1838.<br />
34. Croker (Thomas Crofton) A walk from London to Fulham. Special copy with<br />
additonal illustrations. N.p. 1882 [ms. title-page], text and illustrations all window<br />
mounted, 104 extra illustrations (93 plates and portraits, 3 playbills, 6 autograph<br />
letters [see note]), 2 autographs (see note), pp.[iv]+327, sm.8vo. (see note), contemp.<br />
crushed and polished brown morocco, extremities faintly rubbed, backstrip a little<br />
sunned, with raised bands and gilt lettered direct, sides blind panelled with single<br />
fillets, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., good<br />
£575.00<br />
The letterpress sheets used for this extra illustrated concoction seem to be from<br />
Kegan Paul (printed by Ballantyne, Hanson), but they did not publish an edition<br />
until 1896, some fourteen years after the ostensible date of the present edition. The<br />
extra illustrations have a distinct theatrical bias, and include many portraits of<br />
actors and managers, and the three playbills. The ms. letters are from S.C.Hall, John<br />
Braham (the tenor), Francois Guizot, Crofton Croker himself, Adelina Patti, and Sir<br />
Joseph Bazalgette. The autographs are those of Sir Roderick Murchison and William<br />
Holman Hunt.<br />
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35. Dibdin (Charles) The professional life of Mr. Dibdin ... writer, composer, and<br />
performer; with the addition of six hundred songs, and sixty plates, from their<br />
subjects. Second edition ... In four volumes [bound in at end is a fragment of ‘Britons<br />
strike home’]. Printed by James Cundee ... published by the author ... 1804, engraved<br />
portrait frontispiece vol.i, 3 other frontispieces and 57 plates (all sepia aquatints),<br />
half-titles discarded, pp.vii+[i]+229+[1]+[ii] +303+[1]+[7]; [ii]+387+[1]+[7];<br />
[ii]+iv+328+[8]; [ii]+17-60, 8vo., four vols. bound in three, contemp. sprinkled calf,<br />
rebacked, with smooth backstrips divided into compartments by double gilt rules,<br />
orig. gilt lettered red leather labels in second, gilt numbered leather oval vol. labels<br />
in fourth, blind fleurons in remainder, marbled boards, bookplates of John Wilson<br />
Pedder, very good (Arnott and Robinson 2679)<br />
£750.00<br />
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According to Arnott and Robinson, ‘Britons strike home’ was added as an appendix<br />
to this edition. In fact the addition seems only to have been randomly included. In<br />
this copy only the second part is present (cf. the Arnott and Robinson copy which<br />
lacked all of the supplement).<br />
36. Dickens (Charles) Pictures from Italy. The Vignette Illustrations on Wood by Samuel<br />
Palmer. Second Edition. Published for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans. 1846,<br />
half-title present, 4 letterpress wood engravings, including that on titlepage, cocked,<br />
pp.[vii]+269+[1]+[2] (publisher’s advertisements), 8vo., orig. fine vertically-ribbed<br />
blue cloth, lightly soiled, backstrip frayed at head and foot, divided by blind-ruled<br />
bands, gilt lettered in second and fourth compartments, remainder with blind<br />
wreath, sides with blind stamped border and central oval ornament, yellow chalked<br />
endpapers, hinges split but firm, contemp. bookseller’s ticket on front pastedown,<br />
good (Gimbel A98)<br />
£ 0.00<br />
Published in the same year as the first edition.<br />
37. Duff (Roger) The moa-hunter period of Maori culture. With a foreword by H.D.<br />
Skinner ... Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. 1950, FIRST EDITION, 19<br />
plates (1 folding) containing 38 illustrations, pp.[xviii]+405+[3], 8vo., orig. buff<br />
cloth, faded on backstrip where dustwrapper is torn, printed paper label, inscribed<br />
on upper free endpaper, dustwrapper somewhat chipped, good<br />
£ 0.00<br />
Inscribed ‘To Norman Kemp, with best wishes, Roger Duff 31/1/51.’ “Roger<br />
Shepherd Duff was born in Invercargill on 11 July 1912, the son of Jessie Barclay<br />
and her husband, Oliver Duff, a schoolteacher who later became well known as<br />
a journalist and first editor of the New Zealand Listener. Roger was educated at<br />
Christchurch Boys’ High School, where he was dux in 1930, and the University of<br />
Otago and Canterbury University College, completing a BA (1935) and an MA with
travel<br />
first-class honours in education in 1936. At Otago he studied anthropology under<br />
H. D. Skinner, who was to become both mentor and colleague. It was not possible<br />
to take anthropology to an advanced level and Duff therefore majored in education,<br />
the only social science subject available. His MA thesis, on the sociology of Tuahiwi<br />
Maori, reflected his early interest in Maori culture.” (from the Dictionary of New<br />
Zealand Biography)<br />
38. Eyre (Lieut. Vincent) The Military Operations at Cabul, which ended in the Retreat<br />
and Destruction of the British Army, January 1842. With a Journal of Imprisonment<br />
in Affghanistan. [Edited by Edward Eyre.] John Murray. 1843, FIRST EDITION,<br />
one folding map with short closed handling tear, pp.xx+328, 8vo., orig. green cotton,<br />
backstrip faded, stitching shaken, divided into compartments, by blind bands, gilt<br />
lettered direct in second and fourth, sides with blind stamped with arabesque<br />
corner pieces, gilt vignette of three Afghanis on crag on upper side, pale cream<br />
endpapers, good<br />
£ 00.00<br />
Vincent Eyre (1811-1881) was a career soldier in the East India Company. Appointed<br />
commisary for ordnance to the Kabul field force in 1839, he was taken hostage<br />
after an Afghan uprising led by Akbar Khan resulted in the British-Indian garrison<br />
becoming besieged in January 1842. Eyre and his family were held prisoner for nine<br />
months; during this time he kept a diary which was later smuggled to a friend in<br />
India who then arranged to have the book published in Britain. This scarce volume<br />
is the first of five British editions of the book published during 1843. An interesting<br />
point about the binding is that there is a joint in the cloth coinciding with the lower<br />
joint. Viewed from the back it might appear that the volume has been rebacked, but it<br />
is clear that the entire binding is original, so the join presumably represents the point<br />
at which the binder ran out of cloth for the run, and had to start with the next bolt.<br />
39. [Fawcett (William), et al.,] By his majesty’s command. Rules and Regulations, for<br />
the formations, field-exercise, and movements of His Majesty’s Forces. Parts I. II and,<br />
abstract, part III. War Office, printed and sold by J.Walter. 1801, engraved folding<br />
plate as frontispiece, marginal notes, some pages remain uncut at top and foredges,<br />
pp.xvi+103, 8vo., orig. pale blue paper boards, minor loss to the very lightly worn<br />
paper backstrip, leaves saddle stitched, very good<br />
£ 05.00<br />
COPAC locates just three copies in UK institutions. Contains prefatory material by<br />
Adjutant Generals William Fawcett and Harry Calvert. This “smaller publication”<br />
was issued by law for “the use of non-commisioned officers of cavalry and infantry<br />
only”, and is mainly concerned with drill and minor tactics. A larger handbook of<br />
regulations had been issued for cavalry troops in 1795.<br />
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...a pleasing little work.<br />
40. Fosbroke (Thomas Dudley) The Wye tour, with additions; and the companion to<br />
the tour: Comprising interesting illustrations of the Man of Ross. Third edition much<br />
enlarged. Ross-on-Wye: W. Farror. [1826], engraved frontispiece portrait of John<br />
Kyrle, the Man of Ross, additional engraved frontispiece of a view of Symonds Yat,<br />
newspaper clipping laid in (causing minor light offsetting), pp.vi+xviii+167+[1],<br />
8vo.,<br />
[Bound with]<br />
Ariconensia, or, archaeological sketches of Ross and Archenfield :<br />
illustrative of the campaigns of Caractacus, the station Ariconium, &c, with other<br />
matters never before published. pp.[2]+ix+[1]+195, 8vo., tan calf, expertly rebacked<br />
to match and divided into six compartments by blindstamped floral rolls, gilt<br />
lettered maroon leather label in second, remainder with central blindstamped foliate<br />
device, sides (recornered) with blindstamped border, grey endpapers (newspaper<br />
clipping affixed to verso rear free endpaper), red speckled edges, very good<br />
£ 65.00<br />
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The antiquary and archaeologist Thomas Dudley Fosbroke was born in Southwark<br />
in 1770. Following an education at Pembroke College, Oxford, he was ordained to<br />
the priesthood in 1792. His early major work on the manners and customs of monks<br />
and nuns was published to some acclaim in 1802. The present books (two bound in<br />
a single volume) mark something of a change in direction from theoligical subject<br />
matter; among others Fosbroke produced works on the history of Gloucester prior<br />
to first publication of “The Wye Tour” in 1818. In an anonymous, (rather gushing)<br />
obituary in the Gentleman’s Magazine of February 1842 the book is referred to as “a<br />
pleasing little work.” It saw several editions, reaching a sixth by 1841.<br />
41. Frazer (Sir James George) Anthologia Anthropologica. The native races of<br />
Australasia including Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, New Guinea and Indonesia.<br />
A copious selection of passages for the study of social anthropology from the<br />
manuscript notebooks ... Arranged and edited from the mss. by Robert Angus<br />
Downie. Lund Humphries. 1939, FIRST EDITION, 4 maps, printed in doublecolumn,<br />
pp.vi+[ii]+390+[1] (blank)+[1], 4to., orig. pale blue cloth, spine gilt lettered<br />
direct, t.e. foxed, dustjacket with short tear, very good<br />
£ 50.00<br />
The Scottish anthropologist, historian of religion, and classical scholar, ( best-known<br />
for his study The Golden Bough) was a prolific writer. This was the last work to be<br />
published during the author’s lifetime.<br />
42. Gell (Sir William) Narrative of a Journey in the Morea. Longman [et al.]<br />
1823, FIRST EDITION, lithographed frontispiece and 8 plates (imprints of four<br />
cropped or bound in), by Hullmandel, wood-engravings on letterpress, one or<br />
two corners touched by damp, tears to blank margins of first few leaves repaired,<br />
pp.ix+[i]+411+[1], 8vo., contemp. calf, later gilt, spine with 5 raised bands, black<br />
morocco label, gilt lettering, spine slightly dry, sound<br />
£ ,500.00
travel<br />
Scarce. A2 is signed A3 as usual. Gathering A consists of six leaves. Navari thought it<br />
possible that the work should have a half-title but she examined six copies (to which<br />
should now be added the present copy) and none did.<br />
The travels were undertaken in 1805-6, but Gell only decided to publish them, in<br />
1823, to counter ‘the growing philhellenic sentimentality about Greece and the<br />
Greeks.’ (Op.cit.) In the preface Gell wrote that ‘those who have never witnessed the<br />
effects of habit, on person educated in a state of political slavery, are apt to be too<br />
certain that their own feelings are echoed by the sentiments of such victims as those<br />
who are now engaged in the struggle.’<br />
Death among satin and flowers<br />
43. Godwin (George) Another blow for life ... Assisted by Mr. John Brown. Wm H.<br />
Allen. 1864, SOLE EDITION, wood engraved frontispiece and numerous vignette<br />
illustrations, all on letterpress, half-title present (stained), pp.xii+129+[1](blank)+<br />
[2], sm.4to., orig. green cloth, extremities rubbed, longitudinally gilt lettered direct<br />
on smooth backstrip, sides bevelled, triple gilt fillet border on upper side, with title<br />
within ornaments in centre, blind fillet border and central fleuron on lower side,<br />
chocolate chalked endpapers, hinges split and a little fragile, r.e., sound<br />
£350.00<br />
A scarce book. Godwin was an architect with many publications to his credit.<br />
He became editor of the ‘Builder’ in 1844, and transformed it into a periodical of<br />
considerable influence. He worked hard to improve sanitary conditions for the poor<br />
in the area of social housing. In ‘London shadows’ (1854), ‘Town swamps and social<br />
bridges’ (1859), and the present work, he tackled sanitation and social defects.<br />
‘Lately, the people of Great Britain have been so violently excited by death in the<br />
workroom, amongst satin and flowers, death in the mother’s arms, and death in the<br />
dank cellar; by death in Regent Street, death in Clerkenwell, and death in Bethnal<br />
Green, all premature and unnecessary, that they can scarcely require many more<br />
violent impulses to lead them to take any steps that may be more necessary to prevent<br />
the repetition of such horrors, - to stop the involuntary suicide and unintentional<br />
murder now daily and hourly committed in the very centers of civilization.’<br />
(‘Preliminary’)<br />
44. [Grant (Anne)] Memoirs of an American lady: with sketches of manners and scenery<br />
in America, as they existed previous to the Revolution. By the author of “Letters<br />
from the mountains,” &c. &c. In two volumes. Longman [et al.]; and Mrs. H. Cook<br />
... 1808, FIRST EDITION, ‘Ballygarth House’ in ms. at head of B1 in each vol.,<br />
pp.xii+322+[2]; ii (i.e. vii)+[i]+344, 12mo., orig. fawn paper backed blue boards,<br />
labels indecipherable, unpressed and untrimmed, good<br />
£ 95.00<br />
‘The ‘American Lady’ means Mrs. Schuyler. Mrs. Grant passed many years of her<br />
youth in the family of General Schuyler, of Albany. Her book ‘is a most delightful<br />
picture’ (Sabin) of provincial life.<br />
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45. Hall (Captain Basil, R.N.) Forty etchings, from sketches made with the camera<br />
lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828. Edinburgh: Cadell ... 1829, FIRST<br />
EDITION, folding hand-coloured frontispiece map (short closed handling tear at<br />
gutter margin), 20 plates (each with 2 images) with accompanying letterpress leaf<br />
printed on one side of leaf only, describing plates, ff.[iii+20]+(plates), 4to., contemp.<br />
half dark calf, rebacked, corners lightly worn, smooth backstrip longitudinally gilt<br />
lettered direct, marbled sides, endpaper hinges strengthened, bookplate of R. La<br />
Touche junr., good (Sabin 29721)<br />
£350.00<br />
0<br />
Hall is best remembered for his “Fragments of Voyages and Travels”, a three-volume<br />
work which was also concerned with the author’s explorations of North America,<br />
and also contains numerous interesting accounts of the state of the British navy in<br />
the first half of the nineteenth century. The present work precedes “Fragments ...” by<br />
some two years, and was perhaps issued to measure the public interest in works on<br />
this subject. Hall also wrote a number of other books and papers; the latter printed<br />
in leading scientific publications. As well as his fellowship of the Royal Society,<br />
he was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical, Royal Geographical, and Geological<br />
societies.<br />
‘the most beautiful ...’<br />
46. Hardy (Joseph) A picturesque and descriptive tour in the mountains of the High<br />
Pyrenees: comprising twenty-four views of the most interesting scenes, from original<br />
drawings taken on the spot; with some account of the bathing establishments in that<br />
department of France. R. Ackermann. 1825, SOLE EDITION, map frontispiece,<br />
hand coloured aquatint plates, laid down on pale straw coloured paper (as issued),<br />
tissue guards, pp.[viii]+84, 8vo., orig. green cotton cloth, upper joint and head<br />
and foot of backstrip with minimal expert repair, printed paper back label, midnineteenth<br />
century presentation inscription on upper pastedown, very good (Abbey<br />
‘Travel’ 210: Brunet Vol.III, p.42: Prideaux pp.229, 339, 378: Tooley 245)<br />
£940.00<br />
As is often the case with colour, its concentration within a small area produces a<br />
disproportionately rich effect. This could hardly be better demonstrated than by<br />
the plates of Hardy’s ‘Picturesque tour in the mountains of the High Pyrenees’. Its<br />
coloured aquatints have the appearance of small jewel-like paintings which seem<br />
as fresh as when they were published. Prideaux thought them ‘among the most<br />
beautiful to be found in aquatint engraving’, and Abbey, while not disagreeing,<br />
thought that ‘part of their charm is certainly in their small size.’<br />
47. [Heath (William) et al., illustrators] The Martial Achivements of Great Britain and<br />
her allies, from 1799 to 1815. Printed for Js. Jenkins ... by L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh.<br />
[1814/15,] early issue (see note), uncoloured engraved title-page, hand-coloured<br />
aquatinted vignette additional title-page and 51 plates, soiled in plate margins (very<br />
occasionally affecting printed area), repair to head of gutter margin verso of 2 plates,<br />
letterpress leaves un-numbered (1 or 2 per plate), pp.[iv]+ii+[122], folio, contemp.<br />
red morocco, rubbed, backstrip with wide flattened gilt decorated raised bands,
travel<br />
gilt lettered direct in second and fifth compartments, remainder gilt panelled with<br />
corner-pieces and central device, triple gilt fillet border on sides, with fleuron corner<br />
pieces, triple fillet on board edges, narrow roll on turn-ins, marbled endpapers,<br />
‘Kenmure Castle’ in ms. and laid down contemp. newspaper cutting on upper<br />
pastedown, a.e.g., sound (Abbey ‘Life’ 365: Tooley 281)<br />
£ ,500.00<br />
Abbey’s cataloguer described this as one of the ‘easiest of colour plate books to<br />
obtain’. In its re-issued, bound, and collected form this was true (although the world<br />
has moved on, and what was easy for the Abbey cataloguer may be less so today)<br />
but he commented that copies (of the book) ‘bound from the parts and carrying the<br />
best impressions of the plates are becoming difficult’. Watermarks must be prepublication<br />
... [here they are ‘J. Whatman 1812’], and the vignette on the title-page<br />
must be uncoloured [as it is in this copy].’ This is a copy bound from the parts.<br />
48. Hobhouse (J[ohn]. C[am].) A Journey through Albania and other provinces of<br />
Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, during the years 1809 and 1810.<br />
James Cawthorn. 1813, FIRST EDITION, first issue(?), engraved frontispiece, 2<br />
folding maps, 17 hand-coloured aquatinted plates (of which 7 are folding doublepage),<br />
plate of facsimile handwriting, 2 Greek music plates (browned), some<br />
illustrations on letterpress, Ff3 and 4 top outer corners misfolded before binding,<br />
internally excellent, large margins, pp.xx+1,152, 4to., contemp. diced russia,<br />
rebacked, orig. backstrip relaid, with double gilt rope roll decorated raised bands<br />
between double gilt rules, second and fourth compartments gilt lettered direct,<br />
remainder with diamond-shaped tool between gilt and blind fleurons; sides with<br />
border of gilt fillet, blind ‘Greek-key’ roll, and wide blind fleuron roll, edges gilt<br />
hatched at corners, double gilt fillet on turn-ins, marbled endpapers, early twentieth<br />
century bookplate of Philip H. Ashworth, polished yellow edges, good (Blackmer<br />
821: see also Abbey ‘Travel’ 202 [second edition])<br />
£3, 00.00<br />
This single volume edition is probably the first issue. The other issue of the first<br />
edition is two volumes. The second edition, which appeared in the same year,<br />
was also issued in the two formats. Abbey had only the second edition in two<br />
volumes. The plates in this present edition and in second editions, such as<br />
Sadleir’s, are identical.<br />
Hobhouse was an intimate friend of Lord Byron, with whom he made the journey<br />
described in this book. Two of the plates are taken from the illustrations to<br />
Mahmoud Raif’s work on the Nizam-jedid, while the costume plates are reminiscent<br />
of Mouradja d’Ohsson.<br />
49. Hofland (Mrs. [Barbara Wreaks, née Hoole]) The Young Cadet: or Henry<br />
Delamere’s voyage to India, his travels in Hindostan, his account of the Burmese<br />
War, and the wonders of Elora. John Harris. [1827], FIRST HARRIS EDITION,<br />
engraved frontispiece (dated Dec. 1827) and five engravings (2 per page),<br />
pp.xi+[1]+232, 12mo in 6s, contemp. qtr. burgundy roan, backstrip gilt lettered
lackwell rare books<br />
direct with gilt rules, pale blue boards (faintly rubbed and soiled), vignette of man<br />
seated on carpet smoking huqqa on front board, lower board with Harris publisher<br />
device, fore corners lightly worn, free endpapers replaced using contemp. paper,<br />
good (Gumuchian 3061: Moon 376: CEBL 3.734)<br />
£ 5.00<br />
Not traced in the Bodleian Library. CEBL notes an earlier edition published in 1821<br />
(probably the H. J. Anners-published Philadelphia edition of 1820). The book follows<br />
the form of a diary and describes Indian manners, habits, places, etc., perhaps<br />
in order to justify the continued British presence in India. ‘Delamere’ describes<br />
numerous ports-of-call en route to India such as Madeira, St. Helena and the Cape.<br />
On arrival in Madras he goes on to describe his experiences in India during the First<br />
Burmese War of 1823-1826. Some sources state Hofland borrowed heavily from<br />
Emma Roberts’ Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan. As well as editions published<br />
in the US, the book went through several revisons in Britain, a final issue appearing<br />
as late as the 1850s. COPAC locates only two copies in UK libraries.<br />
50. Hogan (J. Sheridan) Le Canada. Essai auquel le premier prix a été adjugé par le<br />
Comité Canadien de l’Exposition de Paris ... Montreal: John Lovell. 1855, 2 large<br />
folding lithographed maps, minor foxing, pp.[i]-iv+[5]-106, 8vo., early twentieth<br />
century qtr. calf, backstrip divided by double gilt rule-decorated flattened bands<br />
between triple rules, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, paste-paper sides,<br />
marbled endpapers, good (Sabin 32422; Staton & Tremaine 3557; see also Lande<br />
S1076 [English])<br />
£ 50.00<br />
Dublin-born John Sheridan Hogan (1815-1859) arrived in Canada around 1827. Able<br />
to turn his hand to practically any craft, he pursued various careers as a journalist,<br />
lawyer, and latterly a significant figure in Canadian nineteenth-century politics.<br />
In 1855 he was awarded first prize by the Paris Exhibition Comittee for the present<br />
work and was subsequently elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of<br />
Canada. In December 1859, Hogan disappeared; sixteeen months later his body was<br />
found floating in the Don River...<br />
‘Some copies of this and subsequent editions were issued with maps.’ (Staton<br />
and Tremaine).<br />
51. Horne (Henry) Essays concerning iron and steel: the first, containing observations<br />
on American sand-iron: the second, observations, founded on experiments, on<br />
common iron-ore ... And an appendix, discovering a more perfect method of<br />
charring pit-coal ... T. Cadell. 1773, FIRST EDITION, title-page faintly stained by<br />
turn-ins of previous binding, leaf edges slightly browned, pp.iii+[i]+223, 12mo.,<br />
modern wrappers using contemp. marbled paper, top outer corner missing from<br />
non-integral contemp. preliminary blank, inscribed (see note), later pencilled<br />
financial calculations on binder’s final blank, good (Goldsmiths’ 10981: Higgs 5669:<br />
Sabin 33031)<br />
£450.00
The preliminary blank is inscribed ‘Wortley Iron Works’ in what appears to<br />
be a late nineteenth or early twentieth century hand. Iron was forged on this site<br />
in Yorkshire at least from the early seventeenth century, and probably from the<br />
monastic period onwards.<br />
travel<br />
Horne was an American metallurgist who among other things in this work describes<br />
the difficulty of smelting ironsand in a bloomery. The Goldsmiths’ copy of this work,<br />
incidentally, has a ms. note following Horne’s name recording him as ‘Manufacturer<br />
of Steel in White Cross Alley’.<br />
Ruined Castles of the Border<br />
52. Howitt (William) The Ruined Abbeys of the Border: ... extracted from “The<br />
Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain” ... with photographic illustrations by<br />
Wilson and Thompson. Alfred W. Bennett. 1865, FIRST EDITION, all text within<br />
letterpress border, wood engraved text illustrations, five lightly browned albumen<br />
photographs tipped to versos only, pp.[4]+70+[2](ads.), orig. net-grain dark green<br />
cloth, backstrip unlettered, front board with circular albumen photograph mounted<br />
in central recess within gilt lettered panel with blindstamped floral decorations at<br />
corners, a.e.g., yellow chalked endpapers (lacks front free endpaper), good<br />
£65.00<br />
William Howitt (1789-1879) had a long and varied career as a writer and poet. This<br />
small volume followed the relative success of a London-issued quarto “Ruined<br />
Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain” which Howitt produced with his wife Mary<br />
in 1862 (see next item). By this time he had already published a great deal of work<br />
ranging from articles on rural English life, his own 11⁄2 d. weekly Howitt’s Journal,<br />
an 1841 book The Student Life of Germany under the psuedonym Dr. Cornelius,<br />
along with a number of books on the Australian outback! It seems he tackled all<br />
sorts of subjects, and this guide displays something of his characteristic, rather<br />
caustic humour.<br />
The finely crafted photographs are by the renowned Scottish topographical and<br />
portrait photographer George Washington Wilson (1823-1893) who famously<br />
photographed Queen Victoria in 1855. Wilson understood the potential of<br />
photography for providing ever-increasing numbers of tourists with high quality<br />
souvenirs of their travels. He was assisted by the little-known English topographical<br />
photographer Stephen Thompson, in the production of images for Howitt’s earlier<br />
1862 work on which this is based.<br />
53. Howitt (William and Mary) Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain. The<br />
photographic illustrations by Bedford, Sedgefield, Wilson, Fenton, and others.<br />
A.W.Bennett. 1862, FIRST EDITION, first series, 27 albumen prints mounted on<br />
letterpress, in good state, first and last gatherings heavily foxed, scattered foxing<br />
elsewhere, pp.[viii]+228, sm.4to., contemp. half green calf, backstrip with gilt ruled<br />
raised bands between double rules, gilt lettered dark blue leather label in second<br />
compartment, remainder gilt panelled and tooled with fleuron corner pieces,<br />
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semé roundels, and vine leaf central tools, marbled sides, endpapers, and edges,<br />
good (Truthful Lens 89 [both series]: Arts Council ‘Masterpieces of Victorian<br />
Photography’ No.435 Gernsheim 214)<br />
£ 75.00<br />
Preface states “The Publisher has availed himself of the accuracy of Photography<br />
to present to the reader the precise aspect of the places which, at the same time, are<br />
commended to his notice by the pen.”<br />
54. Hughes (Rev. T[homas]. S[mart].) Travels in Greece and Albania. In two volumes.<br />
Second edition: with considerable additions. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley.<br />
1830, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece in vol.i, 3 folding maps and plans, 8<br />
engraved plates (6 folding), 2 uncoloured aquatints, soft-ground etching, wood<br />
engraved vignette illustrations in the text, half-title to vol.ii (all called for), some<br />
offsetting, pp.xvi+511; xii+512, 8vo., contemp. calf, the sides with three gilt crests,<br />
one indicating that of an Earl, at centres, outer gilt fillet borders, rebacked, spines<br />
ruled in gilt, with five raised bands and gilt lettering, a.e.g., good (Blackmer 844:<br />
Abbey Travel 203)<br />
£550.00<br />
The first edition was published in quarto (see Abbey ‘Travel’ 203). This second<br />
edition was quite considerably augmented, particularly with additional material on<br />
the Greek revolution, and an account of Ali Pasha. The uncoloured engraving ‘View<br />
of the Faro of Messina’ of the first edition has been substituted by a coloured aquatint<br />
of ‘Sultan Mahmoud’.<br />
‘Hughes travelled in the Mediterranean and Greece in 1813-14 as tutor to Richard<br />
Townley Parker. They visited Spain, Italy, Sicily, Greece and Albania ... they were<br />
joined on their Albanian tour by C.R. Cockerell, who spent about two months<br />
with them. Most of the book in fact is devoted to a description of this part of their<br />
travels, and 10 of the 12 engravings are after drawings by Cockerell illustrating sites<br />
in Epirus. This work is one of the major sources of information about Ali Pasha.’<br />
(Blackmer 842)<br />
55. Ingram (James) Memorials of Oxford. The Engravings by John Le Keux, from<br />
drawings by F. Mackenzie. 3 Vols. Oxford: John Henry Parker; H. Slatter, and<br />
W. Graham ... 1837, 3 general views of Oxford as frontispieces, modern tissueguards,<br />
folding-plan in vol.iii, and 97 plates, all steel-engraved, wood-engraved<br />
title-page vignettes and numerous text illustrations, each college section separately<br />
paginated, 8vo. mid-twentieth century pale brown crushed and polished morocco,<br />
by Winstanley of Salisbury, backstrips with gilt dot roll decorated raised bands<br />
between double gilt rules, gilt lettered green leather labels in second compartments,<br />
vol. numbers lettered direct in fourth, remainder with blind fleuron tool, single<br />
blind fillet border on sides, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., good (Cordeaux & Merry<br />
‘University’ 26: Clary 6: Holloway 73)<br />
£5 0.00
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56. Ireland (Samuel) Picturesque views on the River Wye, from its source at Plinlimmon<br />
Hill, to its junction with the Severn at Chepstow ... R. Faulder ... and T. Egerton. 1797,<br />
FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, map, copper-engraved portrait, and 30<br />
sepia toned aquatint plates (1 laid down), half-title present, some foxing, pp.xii+159,<br />
4to., contemp. vellum binding, smooth backstrip divided into compartments by a<br />
lozenge and double ball roll between narrow rope and foliate rolls, gilt lettered on<br />
a pale green stained panel in second compartment, remaining compartments filled<br />
with honeycomb pattern; sides with wide gilt border consisting of very large Greekkey<br />
derived roll between narrow open twist and rope rolls on green stained ground<br />
(which has proved fugitive), sunburst corner pieces, inner border consisting of<br />
double fillet within which is a honeysuckle flower and foliate scrolling roll; ball and<br />
line roll on board edges, zig-zag and roundel roll on turn-ins, marbled endpapers,<br />
a.e.g., good<br />
£ ,850.00<br />
The scrolling roll which forms the inner border of the panels on the sides is<br />
particularly distinctive but resolutely defies our attempt to identify it. This is a<br />
binding of fine quality, certainly in the manner of Edwards of Halifax, but the<br />
combination of the severity of the large Greek-key roll and the relative freedom of<br />
the delicacy of the scrolling roll mentioned above is also to be found in the work of<br />
Staggemeier and Welcher (see Miriam Foot. ‘Henry Davis Gift,’ II, 198)<br />
57. Jaffray (James) Graphic Illustrations of Warwickshire. Birmingham: Thos.<br />
Underwood. 1862, FIRST JAFFRAY EDITED EDITION, wood engraved<br />
frontispiece, 31 woodcut engraved plates protected by tissue guards, 13 woodcut<br />
vignettes in text, page block foxed in places, tissue-protected colour lithograph<br />
advertisement at rear, pp.119, 4to., contemp. half blue cloth, lightly rubbed gilt<br />
lettered roan label on smooth backstrip, marbled sides, red speckled edges, good<br />
£ 5.00<br />
Printers Beilby, Knott, and Beilby of Birmingham first published a version of this<br />
work (in seven parts) from 1823-1829. The wood engravings are by the noted<br />
engraver William Radclyffe (1783-1855) after sketches made by D. Cox, J.V. Barber,<br />
P. DeWint, and others. They are reissued in this edition; Dr. Blair’s earlier descriptive<br />
text was edited and updated by Jaffray.<br />
58. Jefferson (Samuel) The history and antiquities of Allerdale Ward, above Derwent,<br />
in the county of Cumberland: with biographical notices and memoirs. ... Illustrated<br />
with numerous plates and engravings. Carlisle: S. Jefferson 1842, FIRST EDITION,<br />
frontispiece engraving (somewhat spotted), errata notice, eight steel-engraved<br />
plates, woodcut-engraved pictorial initial letters, preliminary and final leaves foxed,<br />
two-page advertisement at rear, xiii+[9]+462+[2], 8vo., modern half dark morocco,<br />
backstrip in six compartments divided by low raised bands between blind rules, gilt<br />
lettered in second and fourth compartments, remainder with gilt roundel device,<br />
marbled sides, modern cream endpapers, rough-cut edges, good<br />
£ 0.00<br />
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Jefferson intended to publish a multi-volume work on the history of Cumberland<br />
(this was the second volume), but financial problems prevented this. He was,<br />
however, able to enlist the services of the acclaimed Scottish engraver William Home<br />
Lizars. Scenes include a view of Whitehaven Castle, Muncaster Church, Calder<br />
Abbey, Lowther Street in Whitehaven, the priory of St. Bees, and numerous others.<br />
White Star Line<br />
59. Kerr (Rose) The Cruise of the “Adriatic” March 29th to April 15th, 1934 (Foreword<br />
and Epilogue by R.S.S. Baden-Powell). Girl Guides Association. [1934], FIRST<br />
EDITION, frontispiece and 16 double-sided plates of photographs, pp.88, 4to., orig.<br />
mid blue canvas, backstrip and front cover lettered in silver, head of front cover<br />
faintly dampstained, endpaper map, dustjacket torn and a little defective, good<br />
£ 00.00<br />
By the time R.M.S. Adriatic set sail on her voyage to the mediterranean, owners<br />
White Star Line were in serious financial difficulties. By May 1934, the company<br />
had merged with rival Cunard who then ruthlessly streamlined White Star’s ageing<br />
fleet. Adriatic (launched 1907) was deemed old-fashioned and out-of-date; she<br />
left Liverpool for the last time in December 1934, and was scrapped in Japan the<br />
following year.<br />
This book recounts the experiences of 540 Scout and Guide leaders who embarked<br />
upon one of the Adriatic’s final cruises. The intention of the Girl Guide Movement<br />
on this trip was to help foster the principles of brotherhood among the peoples of the<br />
countries bordering the mediterranean. The work contains a ‘Full List and Ranks of<br />
the Party’ on the final 12 pages, and numerous black & white photographs.<br />
Author’s first novel<br />
60. Kingston (William H.G.) The Circassian Chief. A romance of Russia. In three<br />
volumes. Richard Bentley. 1843, FIRST EDITION, half-titles discarded, pp.vi+340;<br />
[iv]+300;[iv]+280, 12mo., contemp. caramel diced russia, backstrips with wide gilt<br />
decorated flattened bands, gilt lettered maroon morocco label in second and fourth<br />
compartments, remainder gilt panelled with double gilt rules, and filled with gilt<br />
volutes, fleurons and draw handles; sides panelled with triple gilt fillet, small rosettes<br />
at corners, gilt decorated board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, purple silk<br />
markers, a.e.g, very good (Wolff II, p.309)<br />
£ , 00.00<br />
The review in Ainsworth’s Magazine (1843) shows that themes of travel and<br />
adventure were important in his work even in this, his first novel: ‘the writer is more<br />
than the lively and sparkling narrator of a noble struggle for independence; more<br />
than the bold and easy painter of manners and customs not familiar to the majority;<br />
more than the describer of general character and the retailer of romantic events,<br />
dark crimes, and chivalrous aspirations; -he has added another exquisite example to<br />
the list of masterly delineations of feminine fortitude, constancy and devotion.’
travel<br />
61. Kinloch (Alexander A.A.) Large game shooting in Thibet and the north west.<br />
Illustrated by photographs taken by Arthur Lucas, of Wigmore Street. [First series.]<br />
Harrison. 1869, FIRST EDITION, 12 mounted photographs (2 on double sided<br />
mount) of trophies, folding wood engraved plate of travelling equipment, folding<br />
lithographed map, with some colour, errata slip, small area of worming at foot of<br />
gutter margin gatherings D-F, pp.viii+68, 4to., orig. sand-grain dark green cloth,<br />
backstrip gilt lettered direct; bevelled sides with blind fillet border, 5 small holes in<br />
cloth on upper side (peppered with shot?), chocolate chalked endpapers, bookplate<br />
of Sir Victor Brooke Bt., Colebrooke, good (Gernsheim 479: Yakushi K88.a [both<br />
series])<br />
£ 50.00<br />
The present work contains photographs of the mounted heads of animals from Tibet<br />
and the North West of India; the images remain bright and strong in tone. The front<br />
pastedown bears the bookplate of Sir Victor Alexander Brooke (1843-1891); Brooke<br />
was a noted naturalist, sportsman, and big game hunter. He was also the father of<br />
Field Marshall Alan Brooke, (Viscount Alanbrooke) who was Chief of the Imperial<br />
General Staff during WWII (and one of seven children).<br />
A second volume was published in 1876.<br />
62. [Kippis (Andrew)] A narrative of Captain Cook’s voyages round the world; with<br />
an appendix detailing the progress of the voyage after the death of Captain Cook.<br />
Richardson. [c.1859,] steel engraved portrait frontispiece and additional titlepage,<br />
foxed, pp.320, 16mo, orig. blind-stamped morocco-grain green cloth, lower<br />
endpaper hinge split, but firm, gilt lettered on backstrip, contemp. dated gift<br />
inscription on upper pastedown, sound<br />
£40.00<br />
Scarce. COPAC locates only one copy in UK institutions; not found by OCLC.<br />
This edition not in Osbourne.<br />
63. L’Abbé Chappe d’Auteroche M. [(Jean-Baptiste)] A journey into Siberia, made<br />
by order of the King of France. ... Containing an account of the manners and<br />
customs of the Russians, the present state of their empire; with the natural history,<br />
and geographical description of their country, and level of the road from Paris to<br />
Tobolsky. Illustrated with cuts. Translated from the French, with a preface by the<br />
translator. T. Jeffereys, Geographer to the King. 1770, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION,<br />
hand-coloured engraved folding map of the Russian Empire (minor handling tear), 9<br />
engraved plates of Russian costume, etc., preliminary and final binder’s blanks foxed<br />
with sporadic foxing of page block, errata leaf pp.xiii+[7]+395+[1], 4to. half tan<br />
calf, expertly rebacked to match, backstrip divided into six compartments by raised<br />
bands between gilt rules, gilt lettered red morocco lable in second compartment,<br />
remainder empty, marbled sides (rubbed), corner tips somewhat worn, bookplates of<br />
Lætitiæ Houblon and W. Webb (1831), red speckled edges, good (Lowndes I, p.594:<br />
ESTC T70180 )<br />
£885.00<br />
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Born in Auvergne, France in 1732, d’Auteroche began adult life as a clergyman.<br />
However, his true calling was science, in particular, astronomy, and it is in this field<br />
(and that of travel) that he is chiefly remembered. Though he was still under the age<br />
of thirty, d’Auteroche became a member of France’s famed Academy of Sciences.<br />
In 1761, at the request of Czarina Elisabeth, an expedition was mounted to travel<br />
deep into the interior of Siberia, its purpose: to observe the transit of Venus across<br />
the sun in June of that year; d’Auteroche was chosen as a key member of the party.<br />
The author recalls an arduous, harrowing journey by horse-drawn sled across the<br />
ice-ravaged steppes of this largely uncharted region. On his return, he published<br />
“Voyage en Siberie” (Paris, 1768), which some commented was rather unflattering<br />
towards the Russians; Lowndes too notes that “this work on its first publication was<br />
severely criticised by the directions of Catherine II. of Russia”, the scathing words of<br />
d’Auteroche’s travelogue certainly make entertaining reading.<br />
In 1769, the author was sent on one of the earliest scientific expeditions to California<br />
to observe another Venus transit, but he succumbed to a mysterious disease and died<br />
there on 1st August, just days after the event. His notes were published posthumously<br />
in 1771.<br />
As used by the East India Company<br />
64. Laurie (Robert) and J. Whittle, publishers. The continent and islands of Asia; With<br />
all the latest discoveries. Delineated by Jno. Purdy ... To the Honourable the Court<br />
of Directors of the united East India Company this map is respectfully dedicated ...<br />
1809, engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, some foxing and offsetting,<br />
Item 64
travel<br />
splits in 2 folds, others weak, 2 dark blue roan backed sections forming covers<br />
when folded, one cover later titled in white, entire map dissected and mounted on<br />
linen, edged in dark blue cotton (missing in places), 1460x1180mm. (folding to<br />
155x245mm.), in orig. dark blue roan map case, with fold over flap, bottom of case<br />
with tidy (but workmanlike) black linen-backed tape repair, lacks flap retainer, titled<br />
in gilt on flap (dulled) but overprinted with later title in white, sound (Tooley 854<br />
[1794 issue]).<br />
£800.00<br />
Lord Lilford’s copy<br />
65. Lear (Edward) Journal of a landscape painter in Corsica ... Robert John Bush.<br />
1870, FIRST EDITION, 40 full-page wood engraved plates, map, numerous wood<br />
engraved vignettes on the letterpress, half-title and final leaves (index) foxed, ink<br />
ownershipowner’s name on half-title, pp.xvi+272, lge.8vo., orig. sand-grain brown<br />
cloth, by W. Bone, with his ticket on lower pastedown, extremities lightly rubbed<br />
at head of joints, fore-edges foxed, backstrip gilt lettered direct, chalked green<br />
endpapers, good<br />
£ 90.00<br />
The last in a series of albums that included works on Greece, Calabria (see previous<br />
item), Albania, and the Ionian Islands. This copy bears the ownership inscription<br />
of Thomas Littleton Powys, the 4th Baron Lilford (1833-1896), on the verso of the<br />
front free endpaper. Like Lear, Lilford was a keen ornithologist and naturalist who<br />
travelled widely in the Mediterranean. His inscription is dated 1869 (the year before<br />
official publication of the book). Is it possible that Lear presented Lilford with<br />
this copy?<br />
66. Lear (Edward) Journals of a landscape painter in southern Calabria, &c. Richard<br />
Bentley. 1852, FIRST EDITION, 2 maps, 20 tinted lithographs (5 somewhat foxed,<br />
remainder with foxing to edges), half title present, preliminary and final leaves<br />
foxed, pp.xx+[iv]+284+[4], lge.8vo., orig. morocco-grain blue cloth by Edmonds<br />
& Remnants (ticket on rear pastedown), expertly repaired at head and foot of<br />
backstrip, backstrip gilt blocked, titled, and decorated, sides blind-panelled, yellow<br />
chalked endpapers, hinges strengthened, inscription on upper free endpaper (see<br />
note), light ms. annotation on rear pastedown, very good<br />
£900.00<br />
Inscribed to the historian ‘George Macaulay Trevelyan from Thomas Abbey,<br />
February 17th, 1910’ on upper free endpaper. A short letter is also loosely inserted<br />
addressed to ‘Dear George [presumably Trevelyan]’ thanking him for the loan of the<br />
book, from H.F.Newall. Lear produced a number of similar albums from the 1850s<br />
onwards, the item here described being the second in a series that included works on<br />
Greece, Corsica, Albania, and the Ionian Islands, the last issued in 1870. The albums<br />
were sold on a subscription basis, but though his style seems marvellously fresh and<br />
expressive by anyone’s standards, Lear could not make a livelihood from his art. He<br />
graduated to oils (with the encouragement of Holman Hunt) but subsequently moved<br />
on to other projects. An attractive and collectable book.<br />
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67. Leigh Fermor (Patrick) Between the Woods and the Water. Murray. 1986, FIRST<br />
EDITION, title-vignette, double-page map printed in black on green paper, pp.248,<br />
8vo., orig. mid blue boards, backstrip lettering and front cover design all gilt<br />
blocked, dustjacket, fine<br />
£50.00<br />
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Signed by the author on the title-page.Leigh Fermor has been described as “Britain’s<br />
greatest living travel writer.” This work picks up from the author’s first journey<br />
undertaken in the 1930s, and recounted in A Time of Gifts, which took him from<br />
Rotterdam as far as Hungary. A horseback trip across the Hungarian Plain, beyond<br />
the Romanian border and into Transylvania now follows in this second installment<br />
of the trilogy. As of March 2007, now aged 92, Leigh Fermor is famously still hard at<br />
work, completing the concluding part of his trilogy.<br />
68. Leigh Fermor (Patrick) Mani. Travels in the Southern Peloponnese. Murray. 1958,<br />
FIRST EDITION, frontispiece and dustjacket designs by John Craxton, numerous<br />
other plates (from photographs) throughout, full-page map, pp.xv+320, 8vo., orig.<br />
scarlet boards, lettering on backstrip and design on front cover all gilt blocked,<br />
backstrip with small area of partial vertical creasing, lightly soiled publisher’s priceclipped<br />
dustjacket, good<br />
£70.00<br />
69. Leigh Fermor (Patrick) Roumeli. Travels in Northern Greece. Murray. 1966, FIRST<br />
EDITION, 20 plates from photographs, double-page map on pale blue-grey card,<br />
pp.viii+248, 8vo., orig. mid blue boards, backstrip and front cover gilt blocked,<br />
dustjacket (as new), fine<br />
£75.00<br />
70. Leigh Fermor (Patrick) Three Letters from the Andes. Murray. 1991, FIRST<br />
EDITION, 2 line-drawings and a full-page map by John craxton, pp., cr.8vo., orig.<br />
mid blue boards, backstrip gilt lettered, dustjacket, fine<br />
£70.00<br />
Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper ‘For Joyce Winholt Lewis. (with<br />
a salute to Walsham le Willows) Patrick Leigh Fermor’ and with a note presumably<br />
in Winholt Lewis’ hand on the dedication-page ‘See letter of Ann Fermor p.402 re:<br />
practice walk for the Andes’.<br />
71. Leigh Fermor (Patrick) Words of Mercury. Edited by Artermis Cooper. Murray.<br />
2003, FIRST EDITION, reproduction of a photographic portrait, pp.x+274, 8vo.,<br />
orig. dark blue boards, backstrip lettered in silver, dustjacket, fine<br />
£60.00<br />
Signed by the author on a bookplate placed on the title-page.
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72. Lipscomb (George) The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham. J. &<br />
W. Robins. 1847, 9 maps (1 folding), 13 engraved plates (1 folding), 25 lithographs<br />
(1 tinted), title-pages printed in black and red pp.[xvi](title-page, preface, etc.)<br />
+xxxii+616; [ii]+600; [ii]+660; [vi]+620+[56] (general index), 4to., modern half<br />
calf, backstrip with raised bands between gilt rules, gilt lettered direct in second and<br />
third compartments, patterned paper sides and endpapers, good (Lowndes II/p.1367)<br />
£7 5.00<br />
Lipscomb’s fine work was issued in eight parts, the first appearing in 1831 and<br />
the last in 1847. The title-pages issued for use in binding up the parts are all dated<br />
1847. The work was chiefly based on Lipscomb’s own collection of materials and a<br />
collection bequeathed to him by Edward Cooke.<br />
73. Livingstone (David) Missionary travels and researches in South Africa; including<br />
a sketch of sixteen years’ residence in the interior of Africa, and a journey from the<br />
Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the west coast; thence across the continent, down<br />
the River Zambesi, to the eastern ocean. John Murray. 1857, FIRST EDITION, first<br />
issue (see note), tinted lithographed folding frontispiece of the Victoria Falls, 1 other<br />
tinted and 1 monochrome lithographed plates, folding section, 20 wood engraved<br />
plates by J.W. Whymper, steel engraved portrait of Livingstone and 2 folding maps<br />
(one in rear endpaper pocket), 20 text illustrations, 8 page publisher’s catalogue<br />
dated November 1st 1857 following the text, pp.ix+[i]+687+[1], med.8vo., orig. midbrown,<br />
blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, orig. gilt lettered backstrip laid down, new<br />
endpapers, good (Abbey ‘Travel’ 347: Mendelssohn I/pp.908-10: PMM 341)<br />
£365.00<br />
The major work of the most famous of African explorers. Primacy of issue is a<br />
matter of contention. The Abbey copy contains tinted lithographs of four of the<br />
plates, and the British Library copy two, as here. Abbey’s cataloguer argues that the<br />
British Library copy (and consequently this copy), although with fewer plates in the<br />
lithographed state, is likely to precede the Abbey copy on two grounds. The first is<br />
that one ‘would expect improved plates to be later’. This is at least contentious. The<br />
second ground suggested by the Abbey cataloguer is that since the British Museum<br />
Library received their copy in 1857, it is likely to be the copyright copy, and therefore<br />
likely to be the first issue. This seems a safer argument, but perhaps naive in its<br />
assumption that publishers have the copyright libraries uppermost in their minds<br />
when arranging the distribution of their books.<br />
Regardless of issue points, the fact remains that this is a good copy - and internally<br />
excellent - of a book normally found in poor state. It is also the most useful issue.<br />
Apart from the amendments contained in the three page 8s (i.e. 8, 8*, and 8 ), it is the<br />
first to contain an index.<br />
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74. Llywd (Humphrey) Commentarioli Britannicae descriptionis fragmentum.<br />
Auctore Humfredo Lhuyd, Denbyghiense, Cambro Britanno ... Cologne: Ioannem<br />
Birkmannum. 1572, FIRST EDITION, title-page printer’s device, woodcut initials,<br />
ff.[8]+[79](78), 8vo., later pale blue paper wrappers (lightly worn), sunned spine<br />
panel, edges darkened, ink trial on final leaves (lightly offset), binders blank leaf at<br />
rear a little darkened, good (Adams L1378: Brunet 1048: Graesse L194: Ebert 936)<br />
£650.00<br />
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Humphrey Llwyd (1527-1568), an antiquary and map-maker, was born in Denbigh<br />
in 1527. After graduation from Oxford in 1548, Llywd pursued his literary and<br />
cartographic interests and by the mid 1550s had published a number of works with<br />
such diverse titles as An Almanacke and Kalender, conteynynge, the daye houre,<br />
and mynute of the change of the Moone for ever ... and a translation of Agostino<br />
Nifo’s De auguriis into English. No copies of these early works survive, but a book on<br />
medieval Welsh historiography was issued in greater numbers and was published to<br />
acclaim in 1559. At the time of his death in 1568, Llwyd had made arrangements to<br />
publish his Commentarioli Brittannicae ... and the short, historical volume (which<br />
contained geograhical points of interest to the traveller) was first issued under the<br />
Cologne imprint of Joannes Birkmann in 1572. The book had first been sent in the<br />
form of a manuscript letter to Abraham Ortelius (generally recognised as the creator<br />
of the modern atlas) in 1568, and a dated dedication by Llwyd to Ortelius, in Latin,<br />
precedes the main body of the text (also in Latin). This small work is important, as it<br />
can be regarded one of the earliest ‘travel guides to Britain’, in the modern sense of<br />
the phrase. It was made more available in an English translation by the physician and<br />
writer Thomas Twyne, in 1573. The title: The Breviary of Britayne ... was published<br />
by Richard Johnes in London, and stands as perhaps the first attempt to compile a<br />
chorographia of Britain (England, Scotland, and Wales) as a whole.<br />
75. [Maning (Frederick Edward)] Old New Zealand; a tale of the good old times. By<br />
a Pakeha Maori ... Second edition. Auckland: Robert J. Creighton & Alfred Scales.<br />
1863, browned, half title present, early owner’s signature on preliminary blank,<br />
pp.xiv+[ii] (blank)+329[i.e.239], 8vo., later nineteenth century straight moroccograin<br />
green cloth, extremities lightly rubbed, smooth backstrip gilt lettered direct,<br />
modern endpapers, early owners’ signatures on preliminary blank, good<br />
(Hocken p.224)<br />
£ 00.00<br />
Maning came to Hokianga in 1833 as a trader, and lived among the Maori. He<br />
absorbed their culture, and married a daughter of a chief of the Ngapuhi. “Old New<br />
Zealand” is recognised as a classic of New Zealand literature.
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76. Marani (Fosco) Karakoram. The ascent of Gasherbrum IV. Translated from the<br />
Italian by James Cadell. Hutchinson. 1961, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, halftitle<br />
present, title printed in blue and black, photographic plates in monochrome<br />
and colour, pp.319+[1], 8vo., orig. fawn cloth, backstrip gilt lettered within blue<br />
coloured panel, imprint blue lettered at foot, dustwrapper with trivial wear, very<br />
good (Neate M47)<br />
£60.00<br />
Illustrated by his stunning black & white (and colour) photographs, Maraini’s<br />
book describes the Italian Alpine Club’s 1958 ascent of the previously unclimbed<br />
Gasherbrum IV (also known as K3), a climb which is considered by informed<br />
opinion to be extreme. The author (who died in 2004) was an accomplished<br />
photographer and ethnographer. Neate notes that Maraini’s works “rank highly<br />
for the quality of the writing and illustrations.”<br />
77. [Maurice (Thomas)] The History of Hindostan, its Arts, and its Science, as<br />
connected with the history of the other great empires of asia, during the most ancient<br />
periods of the world. With numerous illustrative engravings. By the Author of Indian<br />
Antiquities. The Second Edition. In Two Volumes. Printed by W. Bulmer and W.<br />
Nicol ... and sold by F.C. and J. Rivington. 1820, 1819 (see note), 2 frontispieces<br />
(offset, that in vol.i with small stain at fore-edge), 14 other plates (2 folding), half<br />
titles vol.i (all called for), some light offsetting and browning, pp.[viii]+[ii]+[5]-<br />
522; [ii]+[v]-xx+[21]-303+[1]+ [iv]+[i]-iv+[5]-337+[1], 4to., orig. glazed cotton<br />
backed blue boards, rebacked with cream paper, modern printed paper back labels,<br />
unpressed and untrimmed, very good<br />
£400.00<br />
Thomas Maurice, oriental scholar, poet, and librarian, was born at Hertford in<br />
1754. After graduation from University College, Oxford, Maurice became curate<br />
of Woodford, Essex. It was here he began work on his History of Hindostan in<br />
1783. Progress on this vast work was interupted in 1792 by the publication of the<br />
more polemical Indian Antiquities. The first two volumes of the first edition of the<br />
History... were published 1795 and 1798. A third volume followed in 1799, shortly<br />
after its author had been appointed assistant keeper of manuscripts in the British<br />
Museum. When the second edition was published, first edition sheets of the 1799<br />
third volume were bound with the second volume to form a two volume set. Maurice<br />
died in 1824.<br />
78. Mitford (William) The history of Greece. A new edition, with numerous additions<br />
and corrections. To which is prefixed a brief memoir of the author, by his brother,<br />
Lord Redesdale. [In eight volumes] Cadell. 1829, printed marginalia, occasional<br />
foxing, pp.xlviii+511; viii+522; viii+494; vii+456; xi+482; ix+477; ix+554; vii+587,<br />
8vo., contemp. half calf, sides lightly shelf-worn, smooth backstrips with blind ruled<br />
flat bands, second and fourth compartments gilt lettered direct, marbled paper<br />
sides and endpapers, bookplates of Philip Lyttelton Cell, purple silk marker to each<br />
volume, a.e.g., good<br />
£300.00<br />
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Mitford published the first volume of his History of Greece in 1784. He was to<br />
publish a further four volumes, the final being issued in 1819 ending with the death<br />
of Alexander the Great in 322 BC. An attractive set.<br />
79. M’Kenney (Thomas L.) Memoirs, official and personal: with sketches of travels<br />
among the northern and southern indians; embracing a war excursion, and<br />
descriptions of scenes along the western borders ... Two volumes in One. Second<br />
edition. New York: Paine and Burgess. 1846, lithographed portrait frontispiece vol.<br />
i, colour lithographed frontispiec vol.ii, facsimile letter, 11 wood engraved plates<br />
(i.e. 1 extra to plate list) and 1 full-page illustration on letterpress (included in plate<br />
list), foxed, pp.[i]-xi+[i] (blank)+[i]+[i] (blank)+[15]-340; [i]-ix+[i] (blank)+ [9]-136,<br />
8vo., mid-twentieth century half black morocco, backstrip with dot roll decorated<br />
raised bands, gilt panelled compartments, lettered direct in second and third<br />
compartments, and at foot, grey cloth sides, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., good (Sabin<br />
43403)<br />
£350.00<br />
Appointed by James Madison in 1816, Thomas Lorraine McKenney was an<br />
influential architect of America’s early Indian policy, and served the U.S<br />
government as Superintendant of Indian Trade. After abolition of this program in<br />
1822, McKenney turned his attention to a zealous support for John C. Calhoun’s<br />
presidential bid of 1824. When Calhoun dropped out of the race in return for<br />
the vice-presidency, McKenney was rewarded with a position as the nation’s first<br />
Superintendent of Indian Affairs. This autobiographical work recalls the author’s<br />
time in office, as well a series of travels throughout America undertaken during his<br />
Superintendencies. Of particular note is a journey made in September 1827, during<br />
which McKenney conferred with numerous indigenous American Indian tribes with<br />
regard to their emigration to the West. (Not in Wagner-Camp.)<br />
80. More (Hannah) [Short autograph letter.] Cowslip Green. Septer. 29, 1795, single<br />
sheet, folded once (although there is evidence of two previous folds), written in<br />
brown ink, small paper repair on verso, 180x175mm., good<br />
£ 80.00<br />
‘Sir/ I am sorry that I have not a proper stamp by me to write a receipt [short<br />
indecipherable word] I think it best however not to let the Post go out without<br />
writing to say that I acknowledge to have received this day Septr. 29 - 1795 One<br />
hundred pounds being the balance of the Account between/ I am Sir Your very<br />
Obedt. Humble Svt, Hannah More [postscript] I will send at some time a proper<br />
receipt -’.<br />
At this time Hannah More was involved with the ‘Clapham Sect’ and much of her<br />
time was devoted to the cause of the abolition of slavery, and producing a large<br />
number of tracts for the Cheap Repository which she and her sisters had founded.<br />
They produced pamphlets at the rate of three a month. In November of 1795 her<br />
most famous poem on the subject of slavery, ‘The Sorrows of Yamba’, was published.
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Cowslip Green, near Wrington in Somerset, had been intended to be a place of<br />
retirement for More. She had moved there in 1786 but it was not long before the<br />
condition of the rural poor moved her to become committed to their education,<br />
supposedly at the instigation of William Wilberforce. By 1800 she had founded some<br />
dozen schools in the Mendip villages.<br />
There is no indication of the identity of the recipient of the present letter, possibly a<br />
publisher, or perhaps a contributor to one of her causes.<br />
81. Morris (Rev. F[rancis]. O[rpen].) A Series of Picturesque Views of seats of the<br />
Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. With descriptive and<br />
historical letterpress. 6 Vols. William Mackenzie. [1880,] colour lithographed<br />
additional title-pages (each with small view) and 234 plates, pp. iv+91; iv+80; iv+82;<br />
iv+82; iv+80; iv+80, 4to., orig. sand-grain brown cloth, backstrips gilt blocked with<br />
decorative panels and title, sides bevelled, upper sides with elaborate black and gilt<br />
blocked strapwork and title, the design repeated in blind on lower, cream chalked<br />
endpapers, a.e.g., good<br />
£450.00<br />
Published in parts between 1864 and 1880. The plates were drawn by Alexander<br />
Francis Lydon, and printed using Baxter’s process by a Baxter licensee, Benjamin<br />
Fawcett. Each plate was printed in an average of eight colours. A seventh volume was<br />
issued containing facsimiles of the signatures of the house owners.<br />
A Collection of Eighteenth Century Newspapers<br />
82. (Newspapers.) The Oxford Gazette and Reading Mercury. This paper, though put to<br />
press every Saturday Night, will contain not only the whole Sunday’s Post, but also<br />
many articles of intelligence, which cannot be inserted even in the London papers,<br />
‘til the week following; as experience will testify. Reading: J. Carnan, and Co. 1763,<br />
1765. 1770, three newspapers on handmade rag paper, pp.[4], folio<br />
[with]<br />
The Oxford Gazette, and Reading Mercury (Number 178)<br />
[and]<br />
The Reading Mercury and Oxford Gazette ... distributed, with the utmost<br />
expedition, through Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire,<br />
Hampshire, Surry, Sussex, and part of Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, and<br />
Middlesex. Number 461. Expert repairs to closed tears using Japan paper, rough cut<br />
fore and bottom edges, top edge trimmed, halfpenny tax stamp in red ink at foot of<br />
preliminary pages, good (Cordeaux & Merry ‘Oxfordshire’ 1373)<br />
£ 0.00<br />
The newspaper was founded as the Reading Mercury by William Carnan in 1723.<br />
In 1730, Carnan employed the young John Newbery (who would later find fame as<br />
a publisher of children’s books). Newbery had been promoted to printer’s assistant<br />
at the time of Carnan’s death in 1737, at which point Newbery inherited half of the<br />
printing business, sharing the company with Carnan’s brother Charles. The Mercury<br />
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thrived under their supervision; by 1743 it was sold in nearly 50 markets and was one<br />
of the top provincial papers of the day. Ownership and editorship passed in 1744 to<br />
William Carnan’s eldest son John, in whose hands the venture remained until the<br />
late eighteenth century, the period during which these newspapers were issued.<br />
The three newspapers in the collection contain reviews of recently published books,<br />
local announcements, and news on an international level gleaned from the larger<br />
London papers. The 1763 issue carries an installment of a history of the Seven Years’<br />
War (1754 and 1756-1763) on its front page.<br />
83. Palmer (William) Egyptian chronicles with a harmony of sacred and Egyptian<br />
chronology, and an appendix on Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities. In<br />
two volumes. Longman [et al.] 1861, SOLE EDITION, 2 colour lithographed<br />
frontispieces, tissue guards, pp.lxxiv+[1]-428+24; viii+[417]-1053+[2] orig. bubblegrain<br />
dark pink cloth, backstrips and upper sides of both vols. faded, backstrips<br />
gilt lettered direct, blind stamped border on sides, green chalked endpapers,<br />
printed ‘From the Author’ ticket vol.i , library’s small ‘withdrawn stamp’ on upper<br />
pastedowns, good<br />
£ 0.00<br />
The two volumes continuously paginated. The duplication of numbers at the<br />
beginning of volume two reflects the fact that the text in volume one finished at p.417<br />
(pp.418-428 being occupied by ‘Notes and Corrections’).<br />
84. Phillips (Harold) Most up-to-date Sydney Panoramic Views. Katoomba, N.S.W:<br />
Phillips. [c.1910,] FIRST EDITION, 22 sepia photographic plates, pp.[22], stapled<br />
oblong leaves (213⁄4” x 81⁄2”), pale turquoise stapled card wrappers (lightly foxed),<br />
central vertical fold to covers and contents of the book, short closed tears along<br />
wrapper edges, decorative titles blocked in blue and white on upper wrapper, good<br />
£ 50.00<br />
Phillips (1873-1944) produced a number of similar pamphlets from c.1900 up to<br />
the start of WWII. The captioned panoramic views depict Sydney Harbour (with<br />
improved wharfage accommodation in the course of construction), Hyde Park and<br />
City from St Mary’s Cathedral, Circular Quay (showing several ocean liners and<br />
tenders), a view of Elizabeth and Market Streets (complete with early motor vehicles),<br />
and numerous other Sydney locations.<br />
Pocock of Gravesend<br />
85. [Pocock (Robert)] Memorials of the family of Tufton, Earls of Thanet; deduced<br />
from various sources of authentic information. Gravesend: R. Pocock ... 1800, SOLE<br />
EDITION, frontispiece, title-page vignette, 1 plate (with tissue guard present), halftitle<br />
present, modest dust-soiling, pp.[ii]+x+156, 8vo., orig. grey boards, sometime<br />
rebacked with tan paper (light shelf-soil), edges a touch worn, later owner’s signature<br />
on upper free endpaper, unpressed and untrimmed, a sound copy<br />
£95.00
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In the mid-1780s Robert Pocock (1760-1830) founded the first circulating library<br />
and printing office in Gravesend. He is seen by some as a vitally important cog in the<br />
development of England’s educational system after he published the pioneering aid<br />
to juvenile study: Reading made most easy, in the early 1780s (copies are so scarce<br />
we are unsure of an exact date). In an era when copyright law was only loosely<br />
adhered to, the format was immediately immitated by numerous publishers, whilst<br />
Pocock found himself over-burdened with other commitments. A notable Banbury<br />
publisher, John Golby Rusher, ran the work to over one hundred editions. Pocock<br />
produced a veritable raft of sadly little-known works on aspects of education, local<br />
history, travel, sport, topography, as well as children’s books, from his publishing<br />
house-cum-bookshop in High Street, Gravesend, before he ran into financial<br />
difficulties in around 1811. A prolific diarist, and wholly intriguing figure, Pocock<br />
was also the first chairman of the Kent Natural History Society.<br />
86. Powys (Llewelyn) Somerset and Dorset Essays. Foreword J.C. Powys. Macdonald.<br />
1957, FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 32 plates of photographs, pp.255, cr.8vo.,<br />
orig. mid green cloth, backstrip gilt lettered, free endpapers faintly browned in part,<br />
dustjacket, fine (Thomas B34)<br />
£ 0.00<br />
87. Powys (Llewelyn) Swiss Essays. Bodley Head. 1947, FIRST EDITION, 32 plates<br />
of photographs, pp.165, 8vo., orig. pink cloth, gilt lettered backstrip and design to<br />
front cover, dustjacket a trifle frayed, chip to head of rear panel, very good<br />
£ 0.00<br />
88. Prince (John) Danmonii orientales illustres: or, the worthies of Devon. A work<br />
wherein lies the lives and fortunes of the most famous divines, statesmen [etc.<br />
etc.] Exeter: printed by Sam. Farley ... 1701, title-page within double line border,<br />
woodcuts of shields on letterpress, pp.[ii]+[xvi]+600, folio, contemp. ‘Cambridgepane’,<br />
rebacked, corners repaired, backstrip with raised bands, gilt lettered red<br />
leather label in second compartment, remainder blind panelled with fleurons at<br />
corners and centres; panelled sides, good (Lowndes p.1794: Upcott p.168)<br />
£400.00<br />
The present work can safely be described as the Reverend John Prince’s Magnum<br />
Opus. As suggested by the title, it deals with the county’s many notable figures and<br />
also offers glimpses of rural life in seventeenth-century Devonshire. Prince was the<br />
subject of public scandal after he was caught in flagrante with a local parishioner<br />
in 1699. Suddenly publication of his Danmonii orientales ... was under threat and<br />
Prince fought to restore his reputation. He eventually triumphed and was reinstated<br />
as vicar of Berry Pomeroy; publication resumed. In his final years he worked on a<br />
second volume of the work which sadly never saw publication.<br />
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89. [Prior (John), Butler of Brasenose College, Oxford] Brasenose Ale. A collection<br />
of poems presented annually by the butler of Brasenose College on Shrove Tuesday<br />
... Oxford: printed for private circulation, by J. Vincent. 1857, FIRST COLLECTED<br />
EDITION, half-title discarded, lightly foxed, errata slip tipped-in at end,<br />
pp.vii+[i](blank)+140, 8vo., orig. straight morocco-grain red cloth, by Westley, with<br />
his white lozenge ticket on lower pastedown, rebacked, backstrip longitudinally gilt<br />
lettered direct, sides with blind stamped fillet and foliage border, title lettered in gilt<br />
on upper side, chalked green endpapers, with new hinges, later owner’s signature on<br />
verso of upper free endpaper, a.e.g., good (Cordeaux and Merry ‘University’ 6921)<br />
£300.00<br />
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This edition not in Clary. The collection covers the period 1811-1857. Brasenose Ale<br />
is a mulled ale served in Brasenose after dinner on Shrove Tuesday. This custom, the<br />
origin of which, like so many customs, seems not to have been recorded, certainly<br />
dates from the time when the College brewed its own beer and an undergraduate<br />
would write verses in its praise. The verses usually contain topical references to<br />
current events and members of the College and they were read by the Butler when<br />
he presented a brew of warmed beer containing spices and apples. The custom came<br />
to an end when the College brewhouse was demolished in 1889, but was revived in<br />
1909, although the beer was no longer home made. The oldest surviving verses date<br />
from the early 1700s and the sequence is almost complete from 1815. No attempt<br />
seems to have been made to collect the verses before the present very uncommon<br />
volume. Some survive as separately printed verses (see Cordeaux and Merry<br />
‘University’ 6920).<br />
90. Rigby (Edward) Framingham, its agriculture, &c. Including the economy of a<br />
small farm ... Norwich: printed by Burks and Kinnebrook, for R. Hunter ... 1820,<br />
SOLE EDITION, folding plate of the farm buildings layout, authorial inscription<br />
on preliminary blank, pp.[vi]+[ii]+107+[1], 8vo., modern fawn wrappers, modern<br />
blanks at beginning and end, good (Fussell III, p.113: Perkins 1448)<br />
£300.00<br />
Inscribed on a preliminary blank leaf to ‘Mr. W. Shairk, from the author.’ The<br />
pamphlet describes Rigby’s experimental farm five miles south east of Norwich. He<br />
was friendly with ‘Coke of Norfolk’ and had described the future Earl of Leicester’s<br />
farming methods in ‘Holkham, its agriculture &c.’ published in 1817.<br />
91. Robinson (Abraham) Manuscript application for land. [1787,] single sheet,<br />
watermarked ‘C& H Ionic’, folded three times, short splits on folds, written on one<br />
side only, 230x280mm., edges lightly browned, good<br />
£85.00<br />
A contemporary copy(?) of an application for land ‘Abraham Robinson applies for<br />
400 acres of land situate in Northampton County Lower Smithfield township on<br />
Bushkill Creek joining lands of his own and others, to which are added the names
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of Hugh Lenox (400), James Chevalier (who applies for three lots of 400 acres each),<br />
and Jacob Hug (400). The brief document notes that Jacob Wood appeared before<br />
‘us ... two of the Members of the Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania’ to<br />
declare on oath that the ‘described tracts of Land are not improved.’ Signed by ‘Robt.<br />
Traill and Saml. Dean on 8th November 1787.<br />
92. Rudge (Rev. Thomas) The history of the county of Gloucester; compressed, and<br />
brought down to the year 1803. In two volumes. Gloucester: Printed for the author,<br />
by G. F. Harris. 1803, FIRST EDITION, half titles, engraved folding map (old paper<br />
repair to small handling tear), one engraved plate per volume, pp.cxx+402; 409, 8vo.,<br />
mid-nineteenth century tan half calf, backstrips divided into six compartments<br />
by triple gilt rules, gilt lettered leather labels in second, gilt volume numeral in<br />
fourth, joints cracked but holding, marbled sides (scuff mark on upper board of<br />
vol.ii), red speckled and polished edges, sound (Hyett: Bibliographer’s manual of<br />
Gloucestershire literature, 1803)<br />
£ 85.00<br />
The set contains slight errors in pagination (as is usual). Hyett states that the aim<br />
of this work was “to compress the matter of Sir Robert Atkyns into a narrower<br />
compass.” “The appendices ... were presented to the subscribers ... after the work was<br />
published, and are rarely met with.” Rudge prepared a third volume, on the city of<br />
Gloucester, which was not published until 1811 as a separate title: “The History and<br />
Antiquities of Gloucester.”<br />
93. Rycke (Josse de) Iusti Rycqui de capitolio Romano commentarius. In quo, illustria<br />
eius olim ædificia, sacra, & profana... Ghent: apud Cornelium Marium. 1617,<br />
FIRST EDITION, printer’s engraved device on title-page, 2 half-page engraved<br />
plates (1 of she-wolf with Romulus and Remus), full-page woodcut of a plan of<br />
Temple of Concord by Palladio, woodcuts of coins in the text, all on letterpress,<br />
pp.[xvi]+179+[12], 4to., contemp. vellum, warped, spine darkened and worn at head<br />
and foot, lacks ties, overlapping fore-edges, unlettered, good<br />
£800.00<br />
COPAC locates just two copies in the UK, whilst OCLC reveals a further 2 copies<br />
in US institutions. The work is a description of Rome and its antique architecture.<br />
It includes a detailed plan of a classical temple drawn by Palladio (illustrated on p.<br />
156). A second edition appeared in 1669 in Leiden with Daniel Abr. & Andr. van<br />
Gaasbeeck; a third in 1696, also in Leiden with Joan. du Vivié.<br />
Rycke was a Belgian poet who travelled to Italy in 1606. In about 1614, he returned<br />
to Louvain, and some years later he was appointed Canon of the Cathedral at Ghent.<br />
He returned to Italy and in 1624 was appointed professor eloquentiae at Bologna.<br />
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94. Salmon (N.) Antiquities of Surrey, collected from the most antient records. With<br />
some account of the present state and natural history of the county ... Printed for the<br />
author. 1736, FIRST EDITION, pp.[viii]+204+[4], 8vo., contemp. (possibly orig.)<br />
dark calf, sometime rebacked and recornered, backstrip with raised bands between<br />
double gilt rules, gilt lettered red leather label, blind fillet border on sides, lacks<br />
upper endpaper, lower endpaper renewed, book ticket of Emery Walker, and modern<br />
owner, on bare front board, bookplate (by R.A. Bell) of London County Council<br />
Library on upper free endpaper, sound (Lowndes p.2719: Upcott p.1209)<br />
£ 65.00<br />
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The upper endpaper clearly disappeared some time ago, and later owners have put<br />
their ownership marks on the bare board. We decided to keep the book in this state,<br />
rather than renew the endpaper.<br />
95. Shackleton (Ernest Henry) The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the story of the<br />
British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909. With an introduction by Hugh Robert<br />
Mill, D.Sc. An account of the first journey to the south magnetic pole by Professor<br />
T.W.Edgeworth David, F.R.S. 2 vols. William Heinemann. 1909, FIRST EDITION, 2<br />
frontispieces and 12 colour plates (with printed tissue guards), 194 plates, diagrams<br />
on letterpress, 3 maps and 2 panoramas in pocket at end of vol.ii, errata slip vol.<br />
ii, pp.xlviii+371+[1]; xv+[i]+418+[1], roy.8vo., handsomely bound in modern half<br />
dark blue morocco, backstrips with raised bands between blind rules, gilt rules at<br />
head and foot, gilt lettered white vellum label in second compartments, vol. numbers<br />
lettered direct in third compartments, blue canvas sides, hand-made endpapers,<br />
t.e.g., remainder rough trimmed, very good<br />
£ , 0.00<br />
Although Shackleton had contributed articles and papers to numerous periodicals<br />
since his early expeditions around the turn-of-the-century, The Heart of the Antarctic<br />
was his first book. Shackelton’s attempt to reach the south pole is often eclipsed by<br />
Scott’s 1912 expedition, but his four-man shore party did reach the south magnetic<br />
pole, and got to within 97 nautical miles of the true pole. Other achievements<br />
included the world’s first ascent of Mount Erebus (12,448 ft) on Ross Island.<br />
Throughout the expedition, team members had produced copies of Aurora Australis<br />
(a printing press had been shipped from England) An exceedingly rare book, the<br />
first to be printed on the continent of Antarctica, it was bound in the boards from<br />
packing cases and contained accounts of Antarctic life, short stories, and humorous<br />
essays. On his journey home from New Zealand by ocean liner, Shackleton was able<br />
to draw on Aurora Australis, and, with the help of literary assistant Edward Saunders,<br />
had made ready for publication his own two-volume account of events. The Heart of<br />
the Antarctic went to press in October 1909 and was immediately praised by its many<br />
readers. A classic of the genre.<br />
“No person who has not spent a period of his life in those ‘stark and sullen solitudes<br />
that sentinel the Pole’ will understand fully what trees and flowers, sun-flecked turf<br />
and running streams mean to the soul of a man.”
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96. Slatter (W.) Views of all the Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings in the University<br />
and City of Oxford; with Descriptions, which point out to strangers all the places<br />
and curiosities more particularly deserving of their notice. Oxford: Henry<br />
Slatter. [c.1834,] half-title present, 42 sepia toned aquatints, tissue guards (some<br />
watermarked 1834), pp.[x]+(plates), oblong 12mo., modern half calf, smooth<br />
backstrip with gilt lettered dark blue leather label, good (see Abbey Scenery 273:<br />
Clary 92: Cordeaux and Merry 314)<br />
£400.00<br />
Rare ‘third’ edition. Issued without leaf of text for each plate. The plate list notes<br />
two new plates, 29* and 30* (‘The University New Printing Office’ and ‘New Inn<br />
Hall’), although in fact the former is numbered 15 and placed after the ‘Clarendon,<br />
or late University Printing Office’ plate. We are inclined to date this edition as 1834<br />
because of the date in the watermark of the tissue guards, but it is always possible<br />
that it was bound up at a later date than the printing of the plates, with later tissue<br />
guards. It has, however, always been placed after 1827 when the New Printing Office<br />
was completed.<br />
97. [Smith (Charles, printer.)] A new map of the county of Hereford. Divided into<br />
hundreds, describing the boundaries of the boroughs, with polling places, &c.<br />
Printed for C. Smith, N.o 172 Strand. [1834], hand-coloured in outline (green,<br />
pink, yellow, brown, blue and red) shows boundaries, rivers, roads, woods and<br />
settlements, sectioned and mounted on linen, 19” by 21” (folding to 5” by 7”), orig.<br />
green cloth-covered card case, with Smith’s printed title label on upper side, lower<br />
side blank, very good (Chubb CCCXVI)<br />
£ 80.00<br />
No copy traced by COPAC; not in British Library, and therefore rare. Based on<br />
Smith’s New English Atlas of 1804, and very similar also to Cary’s Atlas of 1809.<br />
Consists of engraved ‘explanation’ with Greenwich meridian line of longitude<br />
indicated and relief shown by hachures. Thomas Chubb refers to ‘another edition’<br />
published 1834; of the 43 maps then issued, many bear the line ‘corrected to 1832’<br />
(the case with this map). However no. 16 (Hereford), is indicated as ‘missing’ in<br />
Chubb’s bibliography.<br />
98. Smith (Theophilus) Sheffield and its neighbourhood. Photographically illustrated<br />
... A.W.Bennet. 1865, frontispiece and additional title-page, both lithographed<br />
with mounted images, 14 plates, consisting of images mounted within lithographed<br />
surrounds, all albumen prints, tissue guards, wood engraved vignettes on letterpress,<br />
foxed, pp.[viii]+132, sm.4to., orig. sand-grain brown cloth, smooth backstrip rubbed<br />
and snagged at head and tail, gilt blocked with title and stylised flowers; bevelled<br />
sides, corners rubbed, sides gilt blocked with Gothic quatrefoil frame (dulled),<br />
enclosing title on upper side, lower side blank, stitching strained, some gatherings<br />
starting, a.e.g. (Gernsheim 279: The Truthful Lens 150)<br />
£500.00<br />
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The Rev. Theophilus Smith was one of the first to overcome the difficulty of<br />
photographing men at work in interiors, achieving notably the famous image of<br />
the great steam hammer at the Atlas Works in Sheffield in 1858. The present work,<br />
while mostly of conventional subjects, also includes photographs of ‘Hallamshire<br />
Forgeman’ and the armour plate works. The authors of the Grolier Club’s ‘The<br />
Truthful Lens’ speculated that the mounts might be photolithographic.<br />
99. Stanfield (Clarkson) Stanfield’s coast scenery. A series of views in the British<br />
Channel from original drawings taken expressly for the work ... Smith, Elder & Co.<br />
1836, FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, frontispiece, engraved additional<br />
title-page with vignette, and 40 plates, tissue guards, scattered unobtrusive foxing,<br />
pp.viii+128, 4to., orig. deep plum roan, extremities lightly rubbed, smooth backstrip<br />
blocked with ornate gilt titles in frame, painter’s easel, palette etc., sides with blind<br />
volute outer border, inner border of fillets with elaborate rococo corner-pieces,<br />
central panel with decorative border round a trident and wreath, cream endpapers,<br />
bookplate of John Curtis Wernher Eustace, good<br />
£385.00<br />
Clarkson Stanfield was a prolific (and accomplished) watercolourist and painter,<br />
who produced a vast quantity of work for numerous famous authors of the Victorian<br />
period up until his death at the age of seventy-four in 1867. He was also especially<br />
well-known for his vast “moving dioramas”, mainly of land and seascapes, which<br />
attracted vast crowds during the 1820s. Coast Scenery follows on from a series of<br />
works on topographical subjects that included books on the Rhine, Belgium, the<br />
Netherlands, and the channel coast of France. The present work (scarce in its large<br />
paper format) is dedicated to King William IV in what was to be the final year of<br />
his reign.<br />
A classic of outdoor literature<br />
100. Stevenson (Robert Louis) Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes. Kegan, Paul.<br />
1879, FIRST EDITION, frontispiece by Walter Crane, tissue-guard present, pp.,<br />
f’cap.8vo., orig. dark green bevel-edged cloth, sunned backstrip gilt lettered and with<br />
designs by Crane gilt blocked on the backstrip and front cover, single broad black<br />
rule at head and double broad black rule at tail of covers, publisher’s device blocked<br />
in black at centre of rear cover, bookplate of Oliver Nowell Chadwyck-Healey, head<br />
edges roughtrimmed, good<br />
£650.00<br />
In August 1878 a young Robert Louis Stevenson set out on his famous walking tour.<br />
Stevenson was in love with the American Fanny Osbourne and had spent most of<br />
the previous year in Paris with her. The author was no stranger to the Continent<br />
having published his first work An Inland Voyage (which recounts a canoeing trip<br />
in Belgium made in 1876) in May of the same year. He wanted to capitalise on the<br />
modest success of his first book and raise money to be with Fanny who had returned<br />
to America in August. Stevenson based the book on a travel diary which he kept<br />
during his 12-day, 120-mile solo journey through the wild Cévennes mountains in<br />
south-central France. His only companion during the trip was a stubborn donkey<br />
that went by the name of Modestine.
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With hand-coloured aquatints<br />
101. Stothard (Mrs. Charles) Letters written during a tour through Normandy, Britanny,<br />
and other parts of France, in 1818: including local and historical descriptions; with<br />
remarks on the manners and character of the people. With numerous engravings,<br />
after drawings by Charles Stothard, F.S.A. Longman [et al.] 1820, FIRST EDITION,<br />
frontispiece and 21 aquatint plates (5 beautifully hand coloured), hand coloured line<br />
engraving, all after drawings by Charles Stothard, some offsetting and slight foxing<br />
to text, small internal hole in RR2, pp.[iv]+322, 4to., modern half tan calf, backstrip<br />
with raised bands between gilt rules, gilt lettered dark red leather label, brown<br />
cloth sides, new cream endpapers, bookplate of Reginald James Mure, good (Abbey<br />
‘Travel’ 88: Prideaux p.353)<br />
£450.00<br />
An attractive item.<br />
102. Sutherland (Capt. [David]) A Tour up the Straits, from Gibraltar to Constantinople,<br />
with the leading events in the present war between the Austrians, Russians, and the<br />
Turks, to the Commencement of the Year 1789. Printed for the Author. 1790,<br />
FIRST EDITION, b1-3 corners dog-eared, some dust-soiling as result, otherwise<br />
internally very good, pp.xlvii+[i] (blank)+372, 8vo., contemp. straight-grain dark<br />
red morocco, extremities rubbed, smooth backstrip divided by gilt open twist,<br />
arabesque, and flower and lozenge rolls, author’s name lettered direct in second<br />
compartment, large ornaments in remainder, darkened; sides with wide swag roll<br />
border between double fillets, single fillet on board edges, open twist roll on turnins,<br />
marbled endpapers (rubbed), a.e.g. (dulled), very good (Blacker 1623: Cox Vol.I,<br />
p.236: Pine Coffin 787.4)<br />
£450.00<br />
The author’s personal observations of the places and people encountered during the<br />
tour in letter form are the basis of this work.<br />
103. Taylor (Rev. Isaac) Scenes in America, for the amusement and instruction of little<br />
tarry-at-home travellers. Harris and Son. 1821, FIRST EDITION, half-title present,<br />
handcoloured wood engraved folding map frontispiece, frayed at fore-edge and<br />
with short tear in blank fore-margin, woodcut vignette on title-page, and 84 handcoloured<br />
woodcuts (28 plates, each with 3 cuts to a page), F1 with short tear in<br />
fore-margin, stitching slightly strained, pp.viii+122+[2] (publisher’s advertisements),<br />
12mo. in 6’s, orig. qtr. red roan, rubbed, and with some loss to head of backstrip<br />
and upper return, smooth backstrip divided by gilt single rules, small flower tool in<br />
each compartment, printed pictorial drab boards, corners worn, sound (Gumuchian<br />
5535: Moon 865[1]: Osborne p.190: Sabin 94469)<br />
£ 5.00<br />
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104. Taylor (Rev. Isaac) Scenes in Asia, for the amusement and instruction of little tarryat-home<br />
travellers. Second Edition. Harris and Son. 1821, half-title present, handcoloured<br />
folding map frontispiece (tear in crease at bottom), vignette title, and 84<br />
hand-coloured woodcuts (28 plates, each with 3 cuts to a page), several gatherings<br />
starting, dusty, pp.vii+[i] (blank)+ 118+[2] (publisher’s advertisements), 12mo. in<br />
6’s, orig. qtr. red roan, backstrip rubbed and with loss at head, divided by gilt single<br />
rules, gilt roundel and star tool in centre of each compartment, printed pictorial<br />
drab boards, corners a little worn, blue sprinkled edges, good (Gumuchian 5541:<br />
Moon 866[2]: Osborne p.813)<br />
£ 5.00<br />
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COPAC locates only three copies, but no copy of the first edition located. Also issued<br />
by Harris with uncoloured engravings.<br />
105. Taylor (Rev. Isaac) Scenes in Europe, for the amusement and instruction of little<br />
tarry-at-home travellers. Third Edition. Harris and Son. 1820, half-title present,<br />
hand-coloured wood engraved folding map frontispiece, woodcut vignette on<br />
title-page, and 84 hand-coloured woodcuts (28 plates, each with 3 cuts to a page),<br />
stitching strained, pp.vii+[i] (blank)+93+[3] (publisher’s advertisements), 12mo. in<br />
6’s, orig. qtr. green-blue roan, smooth backstrip rubbed, and worn at head and foot,<br />
divided by gilt single rules, small flower tool in each compartment, printed pictorial<br />
drab boards, corners a little worn, good (Moon 866[3]: Osborne p.813)<br />
£ 5.00<br />
No edition earlier than the fifth (1821) listed in NUC, and that with only one<br />
location. Also issued by Harris with the illustrations uncoloured.<br />
106. Thomas (Edward) The Icknield Way. With Illustrations by A.L. Collins. Constable.<br />
1913, FIRST EDITION, 8 colour plates (including frontispiece), text illustrations,<br />
preliminary and final leaves foxed, pp.xv+[i]+320, 8vo., orig. ribbed green cloth,<br />
backstrip and upper cover blocked and lettered in gilt, t.e.g., good<br />
£45.00<br />
107. Thompson (Pishey) The History and Antiquities of Boston, and the Villages of<br />
Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake and Wrangle;<br />
comprising the Hundred of Skirbeck, in the County of Lincoln... Boston: John<br />
Noble, Jun..., 1856, SOLE EDITION, frontispiece, and 5 other plates, one folding,<br />
numerous wood engraved text illustrations, folding pedigree, frontispiece and titlepage<br />
foxed, pp.xxii+824+[2], roy.8vo., orig. embossed cloth, rebacked with orig.<br />
backstrip laid down, backstrip gilt lettered, new cream endpapers, good (Lowndes<br />
IV/p.2668)<br />
£ 60.00<br />
Thompson’s intention “to publish such a work was announced in 1807” (DNB).<br />
The edition appeared in two forms, as a folio volume of 250 copies, and this present<br />
8vo. volume.
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108. [Thornton (Edward Parry)] Illustrations of the history and practices of the<br />
Thugs. And notices of some of the proceedings of the government of India, for<br />
the suppression of the crime of Thuggee. Wm. H. Allen. 1837, FIRST EDITION,<br />
pp.[iv]+475+[1], 8vo., orig. glazed green cotton, faded and spotted, printed paper<br />
back label, yellow chalked endpapers, lightly spotted, good<br />
£490.00<br />
Based in part on Major-General Sir William Henry Sleeman’s reports.<br />
109. Thornton (Colonel Thomas) A Sporting Tour through Various Parts of France in<br />
the Year 1802: including a concise description of the sporting establishments, mode<br />
of hunting, and other field-amusements, as practised in that country. With general<br />
observations on the arts, sciences, agriculture, husbandry, and commerce ... 2 Vols.<br />
Longman, Hurst, Reese and Orme, and C. Chapple. 1806, FIRST EDITION, 2<br />
engraved frontispieces and title pages, 55 uncoloured aquatint illustrations [eleven<br />
folding], engraved head and tail pieces, pp. lxvi+168+[6]; xii+260+[8], 4to., two<br />
vols bound together in a somewhat later half burgundy morocco, backstrip gilt<br />
lettered direct, gilt decorated raised bands, lightly rubbed marbled boards, light<br />
wear to head and tail, good. (Abbey Travel 84: Prideaux pp. 286-7: Schwerdt II,<br />
pp.259-61)<br />
£660.00<br />
London-born sportsman, Colonel Thomas Thornton, made numerous journeys to<br />
the more remote parts of the British Isles (including the Scottish Highlands in 1786,<br />
which resulted in a ghostwritten volume on the subject). He also travelled extensively<br />
on the Continent at the turn-of-the-century; an expedition to France (on which<br />
the present work is based) resulted in a much-exaggerated meeting with Napoléon<br />
Bonaparte. Ever the eccentric, Thornton eventually purchased a dilapidated chateau<br />
and became a self-styled “marquis de Pont” and “Prince”, before his death in<br />
March 1823.<br />
110. Tucker (Miss [Sarah]) The Southern Cross and Southern Crown; or, the gospel in<br />
New Zealand ... Fourth edition. James Nisbet. 1858, wood engraved frontispiece<br />
and five plates, folding map, early presentation inscription partially erased,<br />
pp.viii+263+[1], sm.8vo., orig. morocco-grain green cloth, by Edmonds and<br />
Remnant, with their ticket on lower pastedown, faded, smooth backstrip gilt lettered<br />
direct, blind stamped strapwork border and vignette of spears on both sides, cream<br />
endpapers, library stamp and number on upper free endpaper, good (Hocken p.182<br />
[first edition])<br />
£ 0.00<br />
This edition unaltered from the first. Includes a list of missionaries and their stations<br />
and series of attractive wood engravings in the text.<br />
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111. [Turner (J. M. W. ), et al.] The Gallery of Modern Artists; consisting of a series<br />
of engravings from works of the most eminent artists of the day, including Messrs<br />
Turner, Roberts, Harding, Clennel, Dewint, Austin, Messrs. Stanfield, Bonington,<br />
Prout, Cattermole, C. Fielding, Cox, &c. &c. Two vols. Simpkin and Marshall. 1835,<br />
engraved additional title-page, steel engraved plates (each with tissue guard), very<br />
light occasional foxing of plates and page block, pp. 68+(77 leaves of plates), 4to.,<br />
contemp. straight-grain brown roan, faded and rubbed backstrip gilt lettered direct<br />
within gilt ruled bordered panel (gilt decoration at head and tail); sides with triple<br />
gilt fillet and blind palmete roll border, ornate blindstamped floral central panel,<br />
triple gilt fillet on turn-ins, pale yellow chalked endpapers, engraved bookplate of<br />
Dorothea Heathcote, silk ribbon marker (detached from headband), a.e.g., good<br />
(Universal Catalogue of Books on Art, F-K p.629)<br />
£ 0.00<br />
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A collection of engravings each of which are accompanied by a short text by an<br />
anonymous author. The engravings offer a representation of some of the finest<br />
engravers of the period (most are mentioned by Holloway) and include Le Petit,<br />
Henshall, Bentley, Topham, Hope and numerous others. Many of these plates are<br />
dated 1836, though the title-page is dated 1835. The Universal Catalogue refers to a<br />
series of issues of this publication and goes on to indicate the existence of a slightly<br />
earlier version of 1833. The plates show several British scenes, as well as numerous<br />
continental views of a mainly architectural nature.<br />
112. Turner (William) Journal of a Tour in the Levant. John<br />
Murray. 1820, FIRST EDITION. 3 vols., 2 engraved folding<br />
maps and 22 plates, including 6 hand-coloured aquatints,<br />
some folding, lacks half-titles, with a repeat of the last leaf<br />
of the index and errata leaf from vol. 3 bound in after the<br />
title of vol. 1, occasional offsetting, bibliographic references<br />
in pen on the enpaper of vol.1, pp.xxii+480; vi+[2]+608;<br />
vi+[2]+546+[2], 8vo., contemp. polished deep plumcoloured<br />
calf, the sides with outer borders of scallops and<br />
small wreaths, and large inner panels of repeated decorative<br />
blind rules, the backstrips panelled in gilt with gilt lettering,<br />
repeated tools and four raised bands, the heads of the<br />
backstrips very skillfully (and near-invisibly) repaired, very<br />
good<br />
£ ,800.00<br />
The riches of the Levant through the eyes of an Englishman attached to the British<br />
Embassy in Constantinople. He travelled extensively and captured the spectacular<br />
views, antiquities, and customs of most parts of the Ottoman dominions as well as<br />
the mainland and islands of Greece, including views of Patmos, and Smyrna.
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All three volumes in first edition...<br />
113. (Tutankhamun.) Carter (Howard) and A.C. Mace.<br />
The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen. Discovered by the late Earl of<br />
Carnarvon and Howard Carter. Cassell, 1923-33, FIRST<br />
EDITION, black & white frontispiece photograph (present<br />
in each vol.), 247 photgraphic plates, facsimile letter, sketch<br />
plan in letterpress, very modest foxing to preliminary and<br />
final leaves, pp.xxiii+[i]+231; xxxiv+277; xvi+248, 8vo.,<br />
orig. fine-ribbed, olive-green cloth, smooth backstrips<br />
gilt lettered direct (minor shelf wear at head and tail, light<br />
staining to spine of vol.3), front boards lettered gilt with<br />
gilt scarab device on a gilt-bordered black ground, pictorial<br />
endpapers (bookplate residue and bookseller’s faint,<br />
inobtrusive stamp on free endpaper of vol 3), good<br />
£ ,400.00<br />
The account of what remains to this day one of the most compelling, and perennially<br />
popular, of archaeological excavations. Probably no single archaeological event did<br />
so much to stimulate popular interest in the subject, or indeed has the power that<br />
the story of the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb has to maintain that interest. As<br />
Carter himself said the tomb was ‘for all practical purposes intact’. It was indeed<br />
the first and may well be the last time that a royal burial was to be found in such a<br />
condition. (N.B. Arthur Cruttenden Mace was only contributed to vol. I )<br />
114. Tweddell (John) Remains ... being a selection of his letters written from various parts<br />
of the continent together with a republication of his Prolusiones Juveniles ... Prefixed<br />
is a brief biographical memoir by the editor the Rev. Robert Tweddell ... J. Mawman.<br />
1815, silhouette portrait frontispiece, 8 plates (including 1 of a whirling dervish),<br />
3 maps, pp.[iv]+479+ [1]+179+[1], 4to., mid-nineteenth century half dark calf,<br />
extremities rubbed, backstrip with raised bands between gilt and blind rules, gilt<br />
lettered black leather label, morocco-grain dark green cloth sides, grey endpapers,<br />
bookplate of Lincoln Cathedral Library (no other ex-library marks), good<br />
£300.00<br />
The Cambridge scholar, John Tweddell, set out in 1795 with the object of studying<br />
the manners and institutions of European and Asiatic peoples. He visited Germany,<br />
Switzerland, Russia, and Poland before dying prematurely in Athens in 1799.<br />
These letters sent home during this period reveal his gift for observation, and<br />
give occasional glimpses of the knowledge that he was acquiring. His discoveries<br />
generally, however, were consigned to his Journals which mysteriously disappeared<br />
after his death. Robert Tweddell, John’s brother, who edited these letters, accused<br />
Lord Elgin of ‘misappropriating’ them. The accusation may be harsh and it is more<br />
likely that Elgin lost them through indifference. Byron and others were responsible<br />
for erecting a monument on Tweddell’s grave. They achieved this by using a block of<br />
marble they cut off the Parthenon, an action which is all the more remarkable when<br />
one recalls Byron’s diatribe The Curse of Minerva in which he made ‘the maimed and<br />
mourning Pallas Athena hurl her execrations on Elgin the spoiler.’<br />
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115. Von Gerning (Baron J.J.) A picturesque tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to<br />
Cologne: with illustrations of the scenes of remarkable events, and of popular<br />
traditions ... Embellished with twenty-four highly finished and coloured engravings,<br />
from the drawings of M. Schuetz; and accompanied by a map. Translated from<br />
the German by John Black. R. Ackermann ... 1820, LARGE PAPER COPY, handcoloured<br />
aquatints (minor offsetting to two plates, dust soiling to blank verso of<br />
frontispiece), folding map, pp.xiv+[ii]+178, folio, modern half dark calf in contemp.<br />
style, smooth backstrip gilt lettered direct between two panels, red cloth sides,<br />
marbled endpapers, a.e.g., good<br />
£5,400.00<br />
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Originally published in six monthly parts. The original unillustrated German edition<br />
was published in Wiesbaden in 1814. Abbey speculates that Ackermann may indeed<br />
have commissioned not only the illustrations but also the text. In fact the Abbey<br />
entry for this work is more informative even than usual, and is based on the extensive<br />
announcements Ackermann published in the Monthly Literary Advertiser, with a clear<br />
account of the mechanics of part issue.<br />
116. Wakelin (Richard) History and politics. Containing the political recollections<br />
and leaves from the writings of a New Zealand journalist, 1851-1861-1862-1877.<br />
Wellington: Lyon and Blair ... 1877, printed in double-column, pp.[iv]+100, 8vo.,<br />
contemp. half tan calf, rubbed, smooth backstrip unlettered, diagonal-grain glazed<br />
brown sides (faded and marked), gilt lettered on upper side, ex libris of W.H. de<br />
Luen, endpapers browned and foxed, sound (Hocken p.308)<br />
£70.00<br />
The subject of a Hocken Library facsimile, this original edition is rare. Wakelin<br />
(1816-1881) was a journalist on the Wellington Independent, a leading newspaper<br />
of the 1850s. He later started the Wairarapa Standard which he ran until he gave up<br />
journalism. ‘History and Politics’ reflects his strong backing for Sir George Grey,<br />
Governor of New Zealand on two separate occasions.<br />
117. Wallis (Edward) Brighton as it is, 1832. Exhibiting all the latest improvements in that<br />
fashionable watering place. (The Royal Edition, patronized by the Queen.) E. Wallis.<br />
[1832,] lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, tissue guards, 2 maps (1 folding, with<br />
closed handling tear at gutter margin repaired on verso), pp.[iv]+79+[1], 12mo.,<br />
orig. watered silk binding, small splits in joints, but firm, lacks (paper?) spine label,<br />
gilt lettered direct within cartouche on upper side, small circular ink stamp of<br />
Wright’s Library Brighton on upper pastedown, early owner’s signature on upper<br />
free endpaper, good<br />
£ 40.00
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Isaac Weld’s Copy<br />
118. Weld (Isaac) Travels through the states of North America, and the provinces of<br />
upper and lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797 ... John Stockdale.<br />
1799, FIRST EDITION, etched frontispiece, 2 maps (1 folding with outline hand<br />
colouring and short handling tear at gutter margin), 13 plates of views and plans<br />
(one trimmed close at fore-margin), tissue guards, errata leaf present, browned and<br />
foxed, pp.xxiv+[ii]+464, 4to., contemp. panelled calf, rebacked, with orig. backstrip<br />
laid down, with wavy gilt roll decorated double raised bands between narrow gilt<br />
foliate rolls, black leather label in second compartment, remainder with sunburst<br />
central ornament with smaller tools round; sides with gilt open twist outer roll and<br />
very narrow dot and scroll inner roll forming wide border, squares formed at corners<br />
stained black each with single small gilt flowerhead in centre, the longer panels<br />
between the corners marbled; within this border the centre panel is also stained<br />
black, and itself has a large oval marbled panel (defined by gilt leaf and blind rolls)<br />
in its centre, marbled endpapers possibly dating from the rebacking but using old<br />
paper, strengthened at hinge, bookplate of Isaac Weld, gilt silk marker, y.e., sound<br />
(Sabin 102541: Staton & Tremaine 708)<br />
£900.00<br />
At a time of considerable uncertainty in Europe, Weld travelled to North America<br />
‘for the purpose of examining with his own eyes into the truth of the various<br />
accounts which had been given of the flourishing and happy condition of the United<br />
States of America, and ascertaining whether, in case of future emergency, any part<br />
of those territories might be looked forward to as an eligible and agreeable place of<br />
abode’. He went, strongly disposed ‘in favour of the people and the country’, yet his<br />
response was one of disillusionment. He carried with him the English class system<br />
like a carapace and appears almost, it has been suggested, to have been threatened<br />
by the lack of outward distinction made between social classes, and offended by<br />
the lack of deference paid to him by those he clearly felt were his social inferiors.<br />
His opinion of Americans, as a result, became increasingly hostile. Weld had read<br />
and absorbed the opinions of the high priest of the picturesque movement, William<br />
Gilpin, and indeed invokes his name during the course of the book. He applied<br />
the aesthetic of the ‘picturesque’ to all he saw, and while he found much in Upper<br />
and Lower Canada to his taste, particularly the sublime spectacle of Niagara, the<br />
landscape of the United States he found wanting. He wrote that the Americans<br />
seemed ‘totally dead to the beauties of nature, and only admire a spot of ground<br />
as it appears to be more or less calculated to enrich the occupier by its produce.’<br />
He classed Americans firmly among the vulgar who did not have the capacity for<br />
aesthetic pleasure.<br />
119. Wheler (George) A Journey into Greece ... in Company of Dr. Spon of Lyons. In Six<br />
Books. Containing I. A Voyage from Venice to Constantinople. II. An Account of<br />
Constantinople and the Adjacent Places. III. A Voyage through the Lesser Asia. IV.<br />
A Voyage from Zant through the several Parts of Greece to Athens. V. An Account<br />
of Athens. VI. Several Journeys from Athens, into Attica, Corinth, Boetia, &c.<br />
With variety of Sculptures. Printed for William Cademan, Robert Kettlewell, and<br />
Awnsham Churchill ... 1682, FIRST EDITION, large folding map of Achaia, 7<br />
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50<br />
illustrations on 5 full-page plates (4 of coins), the first shaved at foot, 87 copperengravings<br />
of plans, natural history, etc., in the text, a little browning, to title and<br />
occasionally to text, dampstaining to some lower margins, and skillful small repairs<br />
to inner and occasionally outer, blank corners of the leaves, pp.[xiv]+483, folio,<br />
contemp. calf, rebacked preserving original spine, with later gilt lettering, neatly<br />
repaired at head and foot of spine and corners, sound (Wing W1607: Blackmer<br />
178615:11:07 Cox I/p.212: Lowndes p.2888)<br />
£3, 50.00<br />
Sir George Wheler met his friend James Spon, physician of Lyons, in Venice in<br />
1675. Together they travelled in Greece and the Levant in 1675-6. Spon published<br />
an account of this journey in Lyons in 1678 (Voyage d’Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grèce.).<br />
Wheler’s work was longer in preparation, so he was able to incorporate much of<br />
Spon’s narrative, adding his own observations, and a large number of engravings.<br />
Wheler was twenty-five when he undertook his journey to Greece. In fact it was<br />
an extension of his Grand Tour which he had started in company with a tutor after<br />
leaving Oxford. He had formed the intention to travel to the Levant, and this took<br />
him to Venice, where he and Spon joined the party of an ambassador who was going<br />
to Constantinople. Spon’s interest was in coins and antiquities and Wheler’s in<br />
botany. Between 180 and 200 plants are named in Wheler’s book, many of which he<br />
introduced to this country. A number of botanists, like Ray, Morison, and Plunket,<br />
who all had rare plants from Wheler, acknowledged their debt to him.<br />
The Journey was an immediate success, and is an important early description of<br />
Greece. It was the first antiquarian expedition to the area to keep careful records,<br />
and, unusually for travellers of this period, Wheler and Spon took particular notice<br />
of archaeological sites, devoting much space, for instance, to the ruins at Smyrna.<br />
Their seminal studies stimulated an interest in antiquities among the educated<br />
classes during the next century. All who had pretensions to cultivated taste knew and<br />
read Wheler.<br />
Thomas Hesketh’s copy with his contemporary ownership signature on the title.<br />
Hesketh (1560-1613) was a notable botanist (explaining his ownership of the book),<br />
physician and correspondent of the herbalist Gerard. He cultivated a remarkable<br />
garden on the banks of the Calder and became the source of a great deal of the<br />
botanical information used in Gerard’s famous Herball (DNB)<br />
120. [White (William) (?)] The Railway Traveller’s Walk through Cambridge ... a new<br />
edition with 75 illustrations. Cambridge: Printed by W. Metcalfe 1864, woodcut<br />
frontispiece, additional woodcut title-page (incorporating vignette), woodcuts in<br />
text, pp.[xvi] (ads.)+vi+124+[16] (ads.), small 8vo., orig. card wrappers, backstrip<br />
lightly browned, red blocked titles with blue woodcut illustration in central oval on<br />
a white ground surrouded by decorative scrollwork on upper wrapper, Cambridge<br />
map on lower wrapper, top edge a little dustsoiled, good<br />
£65.00
Scarce. OCLC locates only one copy worldwide institutionally, of the preceding<br />
1862 edition, and only 4 copies of this the ‘New Edition’ of 1864. Not held by any<br />
Cambridge University library. Not in Otley. William White was sub-Librarian of<br />
Trinity College, Cambridge. He is cited as the author of the later eighth edition of<br />
this work.<br />
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121. Wild (Charles) An illustration of the architecture and sculpture of the cathedral<br />
church of Worcester ... Printed by W. Nichol ... published by the Author ... 1823,<br />
FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, 12 engraved plates on India paper, and<br />
mounted, occasional light foxing, pp.[vi]+30, folio, orig. grey boards, sometime<br />
rebacked with morocco-grain brown cloth, spine longitudinally gilt lettered<br />
direct, board edges rubbed, corners worn, orig.printed title label on upper sides,<br />
hinges strenthened, advertising flyer for book tipped to gutter margin of upper<br />
endpaper, sound<br />
£ 75.00<br />
Part of a series of works on English cathedrals that included Canterbury, York,<br />
Chester, Lichfield, and Lincoln. Wild’s highly detailed engravings of architectural<br />
views are typical of the Gothic revival period.<br />
122. Williams (George) The Holy City; or historical and topographical notices of<br />
Jerusalem; with some account of its antiquities and of its present condition. John W.<br />
Parker. 1845, FIRST EDITION, publisher’s advertisement, lithograph frontispiece<br />
(with tissue guard), woodcut vignette on title-page, ten lithographed plates, woodcut<br />
engravings in text, hand-tinted double-page plan of Jerusalem, large folding birdseye<br />
view of the city at rear, eight-page publisher’s catalogue, pp.xvi+512+8, 8vo.,<br />
contemp. brown cloth by Westley’s & Clark (with their ticket on rear pastedown),<br />
corners and head of backstrip slightly rubbed, smooth backstrip with blind-stamped<br />
bands, second and fourth compartments gilt lettered direct; sides blind stamped<br />
with floral decoration at corners, upper side with gilt blocked shield at centre;<br />
chalked cream endpapers, edges rough trimmed, very good (Röhricht p.411)<br />
£ 0.00<br />
Williams’ knowledge of the topography of Jerusalem was extensive, and in his<br />
lifetime, unsurpassed by any English writer. He brought out in 1845 a volume<br />
entitled The Holy City, with Illustrations from Sketches by the Rev. W. F. Witts.<br />
For this work he received from the king of Prussia a medal for literary merit.<br />
123. [Wilson, Sarah (Atkins)] Fruits of Enterprize exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni<br />
in Egypt and Nubia; ... interspersed with the Observations of a Mother to her<br />
Children. By the author of “The India Cabinet.” Printed for Harris and Son. 1821,<br />
FIRST EDITION, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece (dated Nov.1st 1821) and 11<br />
engravings (2 per page, with some offsetting to facing pages), woodcut vignette of<br />
the Head of Memnon on letterpress title-page with Latin quote, page block lightly<br />
foxed, pp.xii+250+[2] (adverts.), 8vo., contemp. gilt red roan spine (slightly sunned),<br />
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gilt lettered direct in second compartment, others with gilt fleuron decoration<br />
and horizontal gilt rules, decorative vertical fillet at edge of roan on faded yellow<br />
pictorial front board (some wear at corner tips), publisher’s device on faintly rubbed<br />
lower board; inscribed on the front pastedown to a William Alfree in the month and<br />
year of publication “a very trifling present,” blue speckled edges, good (Moon 982;<br />
not in Osborne or Gummuchian)<br />
£ 30.00<br />
Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson (1801-1863) produced a wealth of material for the Harris<br />
stable, and this study on the Italian explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni is one of<br />
her earliest. It follows the form of a series of interractions between a mother and<br />
her children, and at times reads almost like a play. This scarce early copy has the<br />
complete set of hand-coloured engravings, with views of “Belzoni with two Arabs in<br />
a Mummy Cave”, “Belzoni viewing the Pyramid whilst his Companions enter it”, and<br />
numerous others by an accomplished engraver. The book went through nine editions<br />
under this publisher; later editions included “A Short Account of the Traveller’s<br />
death.” (Belzoni died in 1823). According to COPAC, only four U.K. libraries hold<br />
copies of this particular edition.<br />
124. [Wilson (Lucy Sarah Atkins)] The juvenile rambler, or, Sketches and anecdotes of<br />
the people of various countries: with views of the principal cities of the world. John<br />
Harris, Printed by Samuel Bentley... 1838, FIRST EDITION, 20 woodcuts printed on<br />
heavier stock (including frontispiece), title-page with woodcut vignette, woodcuts in<br />
text, pp[4]+225+[17] (ads.), 8vo., orig. brown diaper grain cloth, smooth backstrip<br />
(lightly faded) lettered gilt, blindstamped ruling on sides (slight fading and small<br />
faint waterstain on front board), gilt titles within blindstamped foliate bordered<br />
panel on front board, contemp. ink name on front pastedown, red speckled edges,<br />
good (Moon 986: Osbourne I, 185)<br />
£75.00<br />
Not traced in Bodleian. The text of this volume is a rearrangement of a version first<br />
published by Harris in c.1827. The engravings from the earlier book are used as text<br />
illustrations. COPAC locates only 2 copies of this edition in UK institutions.<br />
125. Wood (Antony a) [et al.] Oxfordshire monumental inscriptions, from the mss. of<br />
Antony a Wood, Dr. Hutton, and Mr. Hinton. Evesham: [Middle Hill Press.] 1825,<br />
FIRST EDITION, [ONE OF 150 COPIES], title-page in proof form as a singleton<br />
loosely inserted, pp.[ii]+[iv]+[3]-98, folio, orig. grey boards, joints cracked but firm,<br />
minimal loss of paper, slight wear to edges, good (Cordeaux and Merry ‘Oxfordshire’<br />
272: Holzenberg 216: Martin p.449: Horblit 216)<br />
£300.00<br />
Scarce. Adderbury to Eynsham only. No more published. The title was printed later<br />
than the text and is customarily found loosely inserted, when, that is, it is found<br />
at all. The title-page is in fact something of a rarity. Horblit says ‘that the work<br />
is apparently found without the t.-p., and is referred to under the caption title in<br />
both Martin and in Lowndes.’ The text is preceded by two leaves of Oxfordshire<br />
pedigrees.
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126. Wordsworth (Christopher) Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical. with<br />
upwards of three hundred and fifty engravings on wood and twenty-eight on steel.<br />
Second edition ... William S. Orr, 1840, steel-engraved frontispiece, additional<br />
vignette title-page, 2 steel-engraved maps, and 24 plates, very numerous woodengravings<br />
on letterpress, occasional foxing (notably to additional title) and<br />
offsetting, contemporary ownership signature on title pp.xxvii+356, roy.8vo.,<br />
contemp. red morocco, the sides with double gilt fillet enclosing blindstamped<br />
borders and an inner frame with voluté corners, spine panelled and ruled in gilt,<br />
black morocco label, a.e.g., sound<br />
£ 50.00<br />
“We design to construct ... a view of the country itself, rather than to communicate<br />
an idea of the country from the contemplation of a map” (page 2)<br />
127. Wyse (Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas K.C.B.) Impressions of Greece. With an Introduction<br />
by his niece, Miss Wyse, and letters from Greece to friends at home by Arthur<br />
Penrhyn Stanley, Dean of Westminster. Hurst and Blackett. 1871, FIRST EDITION,<br />
pp.viii+332, 8vo., contemp. sand-grain maroon cloth, smooth backstrip gilt lettered<br />
direct, tail of backstrip rubbed, sides press stamped with black decorative border,<br />
dark blue chalked enpapers, edges lightly foxed, good (Blackmer 1848)<br />
£ 30.00<br />
Miss Wyse, who lived with her uncle in Athens, includes an interesting discussion of<br />
the political situation in Greece in her introduction. The section on brigandage is of<br />
particular interest.<br />
128. Young (Arthur) Travels, during the years 1787, 1788, and 1789. Undertaken more<br />
particularly with a view of ascertaining the cultivation, wealth, resources, and<br />
national prosperity of the Kingdom of France. 2 vols. Bury St. Edmunds: J. Rackham<br />
... 1792-94, FIRST EDITIONS, folding map frontispiece to vol.i (lightly foxed, old<br />
paper repair to handling tear on verso), 2 other folding maps (one hand coloured),<br />
occasional foxing in vol.ii, half-title in vol.ii (all called for), pp.viii+566+[4];<br />
[iv]+336+[4], 4to., uniformly bound in contemp. sprinkled tan calf, vol.i rebacked to<br />
match, orig. title and vol. labels relaid, vol.ii joints cracked but holding (small piece<br />
missing from foot of upper joint), backstrips with raised bands, gilt lettered red<br />
leather title label in second compartments, small circular blue leather vol. label in<br />
fourth, bookplates of James Frampton, y.e., good (Fussell p.160: Goldsmiths’ 15095)<br />
£450.00<br />
This edition not in Kress. It is very common for the first edition of volume one to be<br />
accompanied by the ‘second edition’ of volume two (as printed here). It is in fact the<br />
first edition, erroneously called the ‘second edition’, presumably because it was first<br />
published with the second edition of volume one. (Cf. British Library)<br />
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