Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper

30 May 2019  |  UK, London
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Africa.- Bruce (James) Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile..., 5 vol., first edition, 3 maps and 58 plates, 1790.

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Americas.- Cartwright (George) A Journal of Transactions and Events, during a Residence of nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador..., 3 vol., first edition, with A.L.s. from the author, Newark, 1792.

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Americas.- Central America.- Gage (Thomas) A New Survey of the West-India's..., second edition, 4 engraved maps, by E.Cotes, and to be sold by John Sweeting, 1655.

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Canada.- Quebec.- Peachey (Attributed to James William, surveyor, draughtsman, army officer, and artist, d. 1797) The Montmorency Falls, with figure sketching in the foreground, watercolour [probably late 18th century]

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Upper Canada.- First Nations.- Bouchette (Lt.-Col. Joseph, Canadian Surveyor-General of British North America, 1774-1841) A Plan of the Province of Upper Canada, manuscript map with decorative title cartouche, [circa 1790-1795].

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China.- Daniell (Thomas & William) A Picturesque Voyage to India, by the way of China, first edition, 1810.

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India.- Hunter (Lt. James) Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore, 9 original parts only (of 10), first edition, 37 hand-coloured aquatints, original wrappers, W.Bulmer & Co. for Edward Orme, 1805.

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India.- Williamson (Capt. Thomas) and Charles Doyley. The Costume and Customs of Modern India, 20 hand-coloured aquatints by Doyley with yellow wash borders, 1839.

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Pacific.- Suarez de Figueroa (Christobal) Hechos de Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza quarto Marques de Canete, rare first edition, complete with the often missing 'Prologo' leaves, includes an account of Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira's voyage in search of...

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Voyages.- Harris (John) Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, 2 vol., second edition, 61 engraved maps and plates, T.Woodward [& others], 1744.

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World.- Porcacchi (Tommaso) L'Isole piu famose del Mondo, fourth edition, engraved title and 48 maps in text, Venice, Heirs of Simon Galignani, 1604.

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Butterflies & Moths.- Wilkes (Benjamin) Bowles's New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies, second edition, hand-coloured engraved title and 12 plates, Carington Bowles, 1764.

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Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, third edition, 1861 & 2 others by the same (3)

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Fruit-Trees.- Drope (Francis) A Short and Sure Guid in the Practice of Raising and Ordering of Fruit-Trees, first edition, Oxford , [by W.Hall] for Ric. Davis, 1672.

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Insects.- Moffet (Thomas) Insectorum sive minimorum animalium theatrum, first edition, woodcuts, contemporary calf, Thomas Cotes...[and] William Hope, 1634.

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Wallace (Alfred Russel) Palm Trees of the Amazon and their uses, first edition, presentation copy from the author, original cloth, 1853.

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Angling.- Smith (John) The True Art of Angling, second edition, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations, contemporary calf, for George Conyers...and John Sprint, 1697.

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Boxing.- , Treatise (A) on the Art and Practice of Self-Defence; or, Instructions how to obtain a Scientific mode of Boxing..., first edition, folding hand-coloured woodcut frontispiece, by B.Hodgson, 1826.

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Badcock (John) Philosophical Recreations, or Winter Amusements, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, original cloth, for T.Hughes, 1820.

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Obstetrics.- Pseudo-Aristotle. Aristotle's Manual of Choice Secrets, woodcut frontispiece, contemporary sprinkled sheep, for John Back, 1699.

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Binding.- Bible, Greek.- , He kaine diatheke apanta [Greek New Testament], engraved title pictorial title, near contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled in gilt, Amsterdam, W.Blaeu, 1633.

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Sombre Binding.- Apocrypha, contemporary black morocco sombre binding elaborately tooled in blind, n.p., [1680s].

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Binding.- Almanach.- Rider's (1726.) British Merlin, contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled in gilt, E. & R.Nutt, 1726 & 2 others (3)

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Binding.- Almanack.- Riders (1732.) British Merlin, numerous contemporary manuscript accounts of John Savell of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, Dutch floral endpapers, original polished red morocco with gilt decoration, E. and R. Nutt, 1732.

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Binding.- Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The), engraved pictorial title, attractive early 19th century morocco, elaborately gilt, 12mo, by J.W.Pasham, 1776.

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Irish Binding.- Mullen (George, of Dublin, binder).- Weld (Isaac) Illustrations of the Scenery of Killarney and the Surrounding Country, bound in handsome green straight-grain morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, 1807.

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Bindings.- Bible, English.- Holy Bible (The), contemporary olive green straight-grain morocco with chased silver clasps, Cambridge, 1823 & another, similarly bound (2)

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Binding.- Bacon (Sir Francis) The Essays..., contemporary green morocco with elaborate gilt border, by Hering, William Pickering, 1836 & 2 others (3)

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Binding.- Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) The Works, handsomely bound in red morocco, ?by John Griffiths, with shaped onlays in green, olive and tan morocco & elaborately tooled in gilt, 1837.

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Bindings.- Steele (Richard) & Joseph Addison., The De Coverley Essays, one of 60 copies on Japanese vellum, contemporary brown morocco tooled in gilt, 1901 & others (3)

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Voragine (Jacobus de) Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia, Venice, Antonius de Strata, de Cremona and Marcus Catanellus, 1480.

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Cryptography.- Porta (Giovanni Baptista della) De furtivis literarum notis vulgo. De ziferis libri IIII, 3 woodcut volvelles, contemporary limp vellum, John Wolfe, 1591.

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Fulbecke (William) An Historicall Collection of the Continuall Factions, Tumults, and Massacres of the Romans and Italians, first edition, contemporary limp vellum, for William Ponsonby, 1601.

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Shakespeare (William) A Midsommer Nights Dreame, from the second folio, 1632.

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Shakespeare (William) Twelfe-Night, Or what you will, from the third folio, 1664.

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Shakespeare (William) The London Prodigal [&] The History of the Life and Death of Thomas Lord Cromwell [&] The History of Sir John Oldcastle, the good Lord Cobham, from the third folio, 1664; and other leaves from the same edition (51 leaves)

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Shakespeare (William) The much admired Play, called, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, from the third folio, 1664; and some leaves from the 2nd folio (27 leaves)

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Bills of Mortality.- London's Dreadful Visitation: Or, a Collection of all the Bills of Mortality for this Present Year:, first edition, by E.Cotes, 1665.

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Courtesy Manual.- [Buckhurst (Lord) Sir Charles Sedley, Sir William Davenant & others.] A New Academy of Complements: or, the Lover's Secretary, sixth edition, for S.Bates...and A.Bettesworth, 1719.

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Tea.- , Treatise (A) on the inherent Qualities of the Tea-Herb, first edition, for C.Corbett, 1750.

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[Hill (John)] The History of a Woman of Quality; or, the Adventures of Lady Frail., first edition, contemporary sprinkled calf, for M.Cooper...and G.Woodfall, 1751.

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Jane Austen association.- Le Prince de Beaumont (Mme.) Magasin des Enfans, 4 vol., Anna Lefroy's copy, 1758.

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Russia.- Strawberry Hill Press.- Whitworth (Charles, Lord) An Account of Russia as it was in the Year 1710, first edition, 19th century red morocco, gilt, printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.

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London Villains.- Cheats of London Exposed (The); or, the Tricks of the Town laid open to both Sexes..., 6 engraved plates, for J.Cooke, 1780.

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Crashaw (Richard) Poetry..., first edition, handsome later red morocco, gilt, 1785.

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Murder.- Foote (Samuel) Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Dineley Goodere, Baronet, original wrappers, uncut, Worcester, 1785.

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West Country Poet.- Webb (Francis) Poems On Wisdom, On the Deity, On Genius, first edition, Salisbury, E.Easton, 1790 & 5 others by the same bound in 1 vol.

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Wordsworth (William) Lyrical Ballads, with Pastoral and other Poems, 2 vol., vol.1 third edition, vol.2 second edition, with author's cut signature pasted in, 1802.

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History of Jack and the Bean-Stalk (The), 1807; bound with 3 others.

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Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision; The Pains of Sleep, first edition, 1816.

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Edward VII's baptismal bible.- The Holy Bible, 1841.

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Babylonian Cylinders.- 4 stone engraved cylinders, laid in a modern box, c. 2300 BCE - 1800 BCE; and another later cylinder, probably an Eastern forgery (5).

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Greek Papyrus.- Conclusion of a petition, manuscript in Greek, a fragment on papyrus, [Egypt], [c. 150 CE].

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Legay (Jehan) Abrege des Antiquitez Noblesse et Haultes Alliances de L'Illustre Maison Despinay, manuscript in French, d'Espinay arms and water-colour drawing, 19th century brown morocco gilt, by Le Couturier, [16th century].

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Dessert recipes.- Cakes, Jumballs, Gingerbreads, Creams, Jellies, manuscript, original speckled calf, rubbed, [c. 1750].

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Cheshire Estate Survey.- Slater (T.) & N. Lewis, surveyors. Survey and Valuation of Estates the Property of Thos Dicken Gent., lying in the Parish of Audlem and Township of Buerton in the County of Chester, manuscript on vellum, monochrome watercolour...

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England & Scotland.- Scott (William, of Stourbridge) Tours through several parts of England and Scotland, autograph manuscript, 2 watercolour wash plates at beginning, original calf-backed boards, 1816-21.

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Persian manuscript.- Mir'at Makkah [The Mirror of Makkah], vol.1 only, manuscript on paper, 213ff., fine decorated first page, Qajar, 1880.

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Thomas (Edward) 3 Autograph Letters signed to Clement H Whitby concerning his books of poetry, 1914-16.

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Doves Press.- Ruskin (John) Unto This Last, one of 300 copies, original limp vellum, Doves Press, 1907.

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Fysher (Johan) A Mornynge Remembraunce, Chipping Campden, Essex House Press, 1906 & others (6)

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Nonesuch Press.- Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia , limited edition, original vellum stained orange, gilt, Nonesuch Press, 1928.

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America.- Curtis (Edward Sheriff) Five plates from 'The North American Indian', photogravures, [1914-1928] (5).

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America.- Plains Indians.- Catlin (After George, 1796-1872) The War Dance; The Scalp Dance, two lithographs printed in colour, [Chatto & Windus, 1875] (2).

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Amsterdam.- Leth (Hendrik de, draughtsman, engraver and map publisher, 1703-1766) Description de la Fameuse ville d'Amsterdam, avec ses plus considerables, Edifices et Vues agreables, title, plan of Amsterdam, and 74 views [circa 1725 or slightly later].

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China.- Mennie (Donald) The Grandeur of the Gorges, first edition, one of 1000 signed, 50 photographic plates, 12 hand-coloured, Shanghai, 1926.

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China.- Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, Atlas vol. only, 19 plates and maps only (of 44), [1797].

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Egypt.- Photograph album, 48 photographs mostly Egyptian antiquities, original cloth, album, photographs 200 x 267mm. & smaller, oblong 4to, [c. 1890].

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France.- Beaulieu (Sébastien Pontault de) 21 plates from 'Les glorieuses Conquêtes de Louis-le-Grand, Roy de France, et de Navarre', [1694].

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Greece.- War of Independence.- Reinagle (George Philip) [Illustrations of the Battle of Navarin], 1828.

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India, Ceylon & Kashmir.- Photograph album, c. 460 photographs of views including temples, elephants, Indian women, Europeans, street scenes, climbing the mountains etc., original boards, [c. 1910].

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India.- Deccan.- Indian School (mid 18th century) Vilaval Ragini, opaque pigments heightened with gold, [circa 1750].

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