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Wed, 21st July 2021
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LOT 3021
LOT 3021
POETRY. - John CLARE. Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820. Second edition, 12mo (163 x 90mm.) (Browning to title, occasional spotting, lacking half-title and the advertisements to the rear.) Near contemporary brown half calf over marble paper-covered boards, later red morocco lettering piece to spine (rebacked, endpapers replaced, light rubbing). Note: the author's first book, published in a run of 1000. Provenance: Francis Woodland Reader (bookplate to front pastedown).
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LOT 3022
LOT 3022
QUARLES, Francis. Emblems, Divine and Moral. London: John Bennet, 1839. New edition, 8vo (178 x 102mm.) Portrait frontispiece of Quarles, preface by John Ryland, 80 engraved plates. (Toning, spotting to plate margins.) Near contemporary half calf, green morocco lettering piece to the spine, blind-tooling to the spine (rubbing to extremities). - And a further three illustrated volumes (including 'Icones Veteris Testamenti' with illustrations after designs by Holbein, 1830, 8vo, and a book of 57 mounted woodcut illustrations from the scriptures) (4).
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LOT 3023
LOT 3023
BROWNE, Thomas. Posthumous Works of the Learned Sir Thomas Browne, Kt. M.D., Late of Norwich. London: E. Curll, 1712. 8vo (193 x 114mm.) 22 engraved plates, including 4 folding and 2 with colour. (Lacking the portrait frontispiece, browning, paper repair verso a folding plate, tear to the plate bound-in as frontispiece.) Near contemporary brown calf (rebacked, rubbing to all extremities). Provenance: George Brigstocke-Ryde (bookplate to front pastedown, name inscribed to title).
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LOT 3024
LOT 3024
[FLETCHER, Henry]. The Perfect Politician: or, A Full View of the Life and Actions (Military and Civil) of O. Cromwel. London: for J. Crumpe, 1681. Third edition, 8vo (158 x 98mm.) Title in red and black, engraved frontispiece cut and mounted verso the title, 7pp. 'Catalogue of honours conferr'd' and 13pp. near contemporary hand-written notes bound-in at rear. (Toning, lacking rear blank, front replaced.) 18th century brown calf bound by J. Clarke, brown and black morocco lettering pieces to the spine, g.e. (wear at spine ends, rubbing, endpapers replaced). Provenance: Henry B.H. Beaufoy (bookplate to the front pastedown).
Hammer Price: £240
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LOT 3025
LOT 3025
CHARLES I. England's black Tribunall. Set forth in the Triall of K. Charles, I. London: for J. Playford, 1660. First edition, 8vo (162 x 98mm.) In 2 parts. (Soiling throughout, numerous small paper repairs, larger repair to F4-F5 and Q2-Q3, lacking portrait frontispiece, lacking last leaf Q4, blanks replaced.) Near contemporary calf, later red morocco lettering piece to the spine (repair to spine ends, some loss to lower cover). Provenance: David Lidslew (name inscribed verso 'Table'); Philip Busnel (name inscribed to front pastedown); R.E. Ford (name inscribed to front pastedown). - And a further six related volumes (including William Henry Ireland's 'Confessions… containing the Particulars of his Fabrication of the Shakespeare Manuscripts', 1805, 8vo, and William Creech's 'An Account of the Trial of William Brodie and George Smith', 1788, 8vo) (7).
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LOT 3026
LOT 3026
RITSON, Joseph (editor). Robin Hood: a Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Now Extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme et al., 1820. 8vo (156 x 96mm.) Half title, wood-engraved vignette to title, 7pp. glossary to rear. (Minor soiling to half-title, slight damp-wrinkle to preliminaries, toning.) Near contemporary black morocco over marble paper-covered boards, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (rubbing to all extremities). - And a further two related volumes ('The Three Trials of William Hone for Publishing Three Parodies', 1818, 8vo, and Charles Johnson's 'The Lives and Actions of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Street-Robbers, Pirates, Etc, Etc.', [circa 1839], 8vo) (3).
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LOT 3027
LOT 3027
HASSELL, John. The Beauties of Antiquity, Remnants of Feudal Splendour and Monastic Times. London: W. Day, 1807. 8vo (234 x 130mm.) In 2 parts, 2 additional calligraphic titles with engraved vignettes, 47 engraved views. (Browning, occasional spotting, lacking 3 plates.) Contemporary half calf over marbled paper-covered boards (upper cover detached). Provenance: Henry Straitfield (bookplate to front pastedown); Michael Pepper (gift inscribed to on the title-page). - And a further five related volumes (including Richard Verstegan's [Rowland] 'A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities', 1655, 8vo) (6).
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LOT 3028
LOT 3028
BINDINGS. - William HAZLITT. Table-Talk: or, Original Essays. Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1825. 8vo (168 x 98mm.) (Moderate spotting throughout, sometimes heavy.) Near contemporary half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, maroon morocco lettering piece to the spine (rubbing to extremities, endpapers replaced). - And a further sixteen leather-bound literary volumes (including 'Sunday in London', illustrated by George Cruikshank, 1833, 8vo, and a copy of Thomas Browne's 'Religio Medici', 1923, 8vo, bound by Rivière) (17).
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LOT 3029
LOT 3029
POPE, Alexander. An Essay on Man… enlarged and improved… with the Notes of William, Lord Bishop of Gloucester. London: A. Strahan, 1786. 8vo (178 x 111mm.) Engraved frontispiece and engraved portrait to title, 1p. publisher's advertisement to rear. (Toning.) Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece to the spine, gilt tooling to spine (some repairs to spine, rubbing). Provenance: Henry Young (name inscribed to front-free endpaper); Sabine Anne Young (name inscribed to front-free endpaper). - And a further three literary volumes (including the eighth edition of 'Ovid's Epistles', 1712, 8vo) (4).
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LOT 3030
LOT 3030
BECKETT, Arthur à and Linley SAMBOURNE. The Modern Arabian Nights, a story of Obstruction and the Emerald Isle. London: Bradbury Agnew & Co., [1877.] 6 hand-coloured plates, 2 uncoloured, original upper cover bound-in, 1p. publisher's advertisements. (Toning, possibly lacking other advertisement leaves, advertisement leaf adhering to verso of tipped-in wrapper, later blanks.) Near contemporary black half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (wear to top of spine, rubbing, endpapers replaced). Provenance: John R. Anderson (bookplate to the front pastedown). - And a further thirty-four volumes, mainly comical or illustrated volumes (including Francis Grose's 'The Olio', 1796, 8vo, and 'The Green Bag', illustrated by George Cruikshank, 1820, 8vo) (35).
Hammer Price: £380
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LOT 3031
LOT 3031
THORNTON, Robert John. A Family Herbal: or Familiar Account of the Medical Properties of British and Foreign Plants. London: B. and R. Crosby, 1814. Second edition, 8vo (213 x 127mm.) Stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations by Henderson and engraved by Thomas Bewick. (Spotting to front and rear leaves, browning, text cracked at p.vi.) Near contemporary maroon diced morocco, black morocco lettering piece to the spine (rubbing to all extremities). Provenance: W.H. Hallelt (pencil inscribed to title). - And a further two volumes (including volume 2 of William Gilpin's 'Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views… of [the] New Forest in Hampshire', 1791, 8vo) (3).
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LOT 3032
LOT 3032
WALTON, Izaak and Charles COTTON. The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation. London: for Samuel Bagster, 1815. Second Bagster edition, 8vo (225 x 136mm.) Frontispiece, 12 engraved plates, 2 engraved plates of music, numerous woodcut illustrations. (Browning, light to moderate spotting throughout.) Later brown half calf over brown buckram-covered cloth (rubbing to extremities, endpapers replaced). - And a further ten volumes, mainly relating to sport (including Pierce Egan's 'Book of Sports and Mirror of Life', 1832, 8vo, and [J.March's] 'Jolly Angler or Waterside Companion', [1836], 8vo) (11).
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LOT 3033
LOT 3033
DOUCE, Francis. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject But More Particularly on those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein. London: William Pickering, 1833. First edition, 8vo (203 x 133mm.) Frontispiece, 49 plates after Holbein, 4 further plates. (Toning, spotting to endpapers.) Original dark green half morocco over boards (rubbing, discolouring to boards). - And a further four illustrated volumes (including 'The Celebrated Hans Holbein's Alphabet of Death' selected by Anatole de Montaiglon, 1856, 8vo, and [Charles Dickens's] 'Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi' edited by 'Boz', 1869, 8vo) (5).
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LOT 3034
LOT 3034
BINDING. - George CRUIKSHANK (illustrator) and Henry MAYHEW. 1851: or, The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, who came up to London to 'Enjoy Themselves' and see the Great Exhibition. London: David Bogue, [1851.] First edition in book form, 8vo (217 x 136mm.) Title, 10 etched plates by Cruikshank, 9 folding, original cloth covers bound-in at rear. (Toning, occasional light spotting.) Late 19th century Spanish calf bound by Tout, triple ruled borders with gilt corner-pieces, ochre and brown morocco lettering pieces to the second and third compartments of the spine, foliate motif within gilt tendrils to the rest, elaborate gilt turn-ins, t.e.g. (light rubbing). Provenance: Harry McCalmont (bookplate to the front pastedown); Harry Nathan (bookplate to the front-free endpaper).
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LOT 3035
LOT 3035
[GILPIN, William.] An Essay Upon Prints: Containing Remarks Upon the Principles of Picturesque Beauty. London: G. Scott for J. Robson, 1768. Second edition, 8vo (178 x 103mm.) (Spotting to front and rear leaves, toning.) 19th century blue half morocco over cloth-covered boards, green morocco lettering piece to the spine (spotting and fading to the cloth, light rubbing). Note: notable for introducing the idea of the 'picturesque' into 18th century art. Provenance: Minster Acres Library (bookplate to front pastedown). - And a further sixteen volumes on prints, books and art (including C.H. Hartshorne's 'The Book Rarities in the University of Cambridge', 1829, 8vo, and Joseph Cundall's 'A Brief History of Wood-Engraving', 1895, 8vo) (17).
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LOT 3036
LOT 3036
BINDINGS. Aphorisms, Opinions, and Reflections of the late Dr. Parr with a Sketch of his Life. London: J. Andrews, 1826. 8vo (160 x 92mm.) Portrait frontispiece, 5pp. handwritten notes on Dr. Parr by Charles Francis Bell bound-in. (Hand-written notes and a newspaper article relating to Dr. Parr mounted on front blank, spotting to title and frontispiece, small stain to fore-edge). Near contemporary calf bound by J. Clarke, gilt ruled, green morocco lettering piece, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (light rubbing). Provenance: Charles Drury Edward Fortnum (bookplate to front pastedown); Charles Francis Bell, Keeper of Fine Art at the Ashmolean (name-plate to front pastedown). - And a further nine leather-bound volumes, mainly poetry (including Thomas Gisborne's 'Walks in a Forest', 1797, 8vo) (10).
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LOT 3037
LOT 3037
BINDINGS. - William WORDSWORTH. The Prelude, or, Growth of a Poet's Mind. London: Edward Moxon, 1851. Second edition, 8vo (164 x 99mm.) (Spotting to front and rear leaves.) Later green morocco bound by Zaehnsdorf, gilt lettering to second compartment, foliate gilt with a small red morocco inlay to the rest, g.e. (sunning to spine). - And a further five leather-bound poetical volumes (including 'Poems by Mr. Gray', 1790, 8vo, and, bound by F. Bedford, Joseph Ritson's 'Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry', 1833, 8vo) (6).
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LOT 3038
LOT 3038
[BYRON, Gordon George Noel and Percy Bysshe SHELLEY and Leigh HUNT, et al]. The Liberal. Verse and Prose from the South. London: John Hunt, 1822-1823. 2 vols. in 1. First edition, 8vo (212 x 123mm.) 2 separate titles, second volume dated 1823, 2 contents leaves, with errata verso. (Browning, some corner creases, spotting to rear leaves, pencil annotation verso front-free endpaper.) Near contemporary calf, two morocco lettering pieces to the spine (rebacked, scuff marks, rubbing, hinges with tape repairs). Note: contains 3 parts, I-III, of the short-lived journal, lacking the final part IV. Provenance: Charles Rew (bookplate verso the front-free endpaper). - And a further three volumes by Lord Byron (including the first octavo edition of Cantos I and II of 'Don Juan', 1820, 8vo, and also 'English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers', 1810, 8vo) (4).
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LOT 3039
LOT 3039
PHAEDRUS. - Daniel BELLAMY (translator). Phaedri Fabulae Selectae, Latinè, Anglicè, Gallicè: Fifty Instructive and Entertaining Fables of Phaedrus, in Latin, French and English. Attempted after a New Method for the Speedy Improvement of Youth in Schools. London: J.J. and P. Knapton et al., 1734. Small 4to (197 x 116mm.) Engraved frontispiece 'Histrionem Agimus', tri-lingual text in three columns, numerous engraved illustrations. (Mild toning, blanks replaced.) Near contemporary brown calf, triple fillet borders, green morocco lettering piece to the spine, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (some discolouring to covers, upper cover loosening, endpapers replaced).
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LOT 3040
LOT 3040
AFRICA. - Optatus MILEVITANUS and Victor UTICENSUS. Delibatio Africanae Historiae Ecclesiasticae sive, Optati Mileuitani libri VII ad Parmenianum de Schismati Donatistarum. Victoris Vticensis libri III de Perfecutione Vandalica in Africa, cum annotationibus ex Fr. Balduni I. C. Commentaris rerum Ecclesiasticarum. Paris: Claude Fremy, 1569. 8vo (159 x 90mm.) Title, woodcut initials and headpieces, text in Latin, with the commentaries of Francois Balduin. (Stained throughout, damp-staining to front and rear leaves, ink annotations in a late 16th century hand, damp-damage to front endpaper and damp-staining to title and leaves ai-avii.) Early 18th century calf, black morocco lettering piece to the spine, armorial gilt to covers (some discolouring, later endpapers). Provenance: P. Leroy (ink inscribed to title); John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (coat-of-arms to covers).
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