Antiquarian and Collectors’ Books

SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE. – Catalogue of the Cabinet of Old Fans, the Property of Robert Walker, of Uffington, Berkshire. London: Dryden Press, 1882. Illustrated edition, 4to (245 x 177mm.) 52 autotype plates of fans, buyers and prices in manuscript ink to margins, auction total in pencil. (Toning, light spotting.) Contemporary green half calf, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (extremities rubbed). Provenance: George S. (pencil inscribed from ‘R.W.’ to front endpaper). – And a further volume (Percival Maciver’s ‘The Fan Book’, 1920, 8vo) (2).

TRADE CATALOGUES. – R. HOVENDEN & SONS (publisher). Revised and Illustrated Catalogue of Hairdressers’, Sundries, Fittings and Machinery, Perfumery, Combs, Brushes, Cutlery, Mirrors, and all Articles Pertaining to the Hairdressing, Chemists’, Tobacconists’ and Fancy Trades. London: R. Hovenden & Sons, 1892. 8vo (261 x 184mm.) Numerous illustrations. (Toning, occasional spotting.) Original printed wrappers (some soiling, creasing, wear to spine ends). – And a further three related trade catalogues (including another for ‘R. Hovenden & Sons, Ltd., Catalogue Containing a Full List of Hairdressers Sundries’, 1910, 8vo, and ‘Parton, Son & Co.’s, Illustrated Catalogue’, 1896, 8vo, and ‘Osborne Garrett & Co.’s Illustrated Price List of Hairdressers Sundries’, 1889, 8vo) (4).

TRADE CATALOGUES. – Alfred GOSLETT & CO. LTD. (publisher). Modern Furniture. London: Alfred Goslett & Co. Ltd., [circa 1935.] Oblong 4to (216 x 275mm.) Photographic illustrations. (Lacking title, toning.) Original cloth-backed boards (rubbing, fading, light staining, mounted label to upper cover). – And a further five trade catalogues (including ‘A Few Examples of Bedroom Furniture’, published by Maple & Co., [circa 1920], oblong 4to, and William Cooper’s ‘The Gardener’s and Poultry Keepers’ Guide and Illustrated Catalogue of Goods Manufactured and Supplied’, [circa 1910], 8vo, and ‘Catalogue of Live Stock, Poultry, Farm & Dairy Produce, Implements, & Other Exhibits at the Sixtieth Annual Exhibition at Maidstone, June 19th 1899’, 1899, 8vo, and also the ‘Catalogue of the Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Poultry, Butter, Cheese, etc… entered for the Fifty-Sixth Annual Exhibition at Darlington, June 24th 1895’, 1895, 8vo, and the ‘Catalogue of Live Stock, Poultry, Farm & Dairy Produce, Implements etc… at the Sixty-third Annual Exhibition at Carlisle, July 5th 1902’) (6).

MAWE, John. Familiar Lessons on Mineralogy and Geology. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme et al., 1826. Eighth edition, 12mo (173 x 99mm.) Half-title, 4 engraved hand-coloured plates. (Toning, minor spotting to rear leaves, illegible contemporary ink name to front pastedown.) Contemporary black half calf over marbled paper-covered boards (extremities rubbed). Note: scarce.

[RABAUT, Jean-Paul.] An Impartial History of the French Revolution. Perth: R. Morison Junior for R. Morison & Son, 1795. 2 vols., 12mo (151 x 85mm.) Folding engraved ‘New and Accurate Map of France’, 4 engraved portrait plates. (Heavy spotting Y1-Z2 in vol. 1, occasional browning.) Contemporary tree calf, red morocco lettering pieces to spines (lacking morocco number plate to vol. 1). Provenance: James McLaren (contemporary ink name verso front endpapers) (2).

RUSSIA. – John MOTTLEY. The History of the Life of Peter I. Emperor of Russia. London: J. Read, 1740. 3 vols., second edition, 12mo (162 x 93mm.) 10 engraved plates, including 7 folding, engraved dedications, errata, indices. (Lacking maps, intermittent browning.) Contemporary calf (extremities rubbed, scuffing, minor loss to spine ends). – And a further volume (‘The Scots Scourge: Being a Compleat Supplement to the British Antidote to Caledonian Poison’, [circa 1764], [23 plates, lacking covers], 8vo) (4).

CRIME. – A. NEIL (publisher). The Trial at Large of William Codlin, Captain of the Brig Adventure, John Read, Supercargo, W. MacFarlane and J. Easterby, Owners of the Said Brig… for feloniously destroying the above Vessel, by boring holes in her Bottom, With Intent to Defraud the Underwriters. [London:] A. Neil, [1802.] 12mo (186 x 113mm.) Title, 1p. publisher’s advertisements, original wrappers bound-in. (Browning.) Later half calf over marbled paper-covered boards.

CLAUDIAN. Cl. Claudianus Ex optimorum codicum fide. Amsterdam: Jan Janson, 1628. 32mo (108 x 52mm.) Engraved title, contemporary annotation in Latin to margins. (Worm-hole to margins from M3 to rear, browning.) Contemporary calf (some loss to spine ends and upper cover, brass clasps lacking). – And a further nineteen miscellaneous volumes (including ‘My Own Library, Tilts Hand-Books for Children’, 12 vols. in 6, [circa 1835-1841], 32mo, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra’s ‘The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha’, 2 vols., [circa 1774], 8vo, and Alain-René Lesage’s ‘Histoire de Gil Blas’, 4 vols., 1769, 16mo, and Thormanby [W. Willmott Dixon]’s ‘Kings of the Turf’, 1898, 8vo) (20).

LINDLEY, John and William HUTTON. The Fossil Flora of Great Britain; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Vegetable Remains Found in a Fossil State in this Country. London: James Ridgway, 1831-1837. 3 vols., 8vo (218 x 128mm.) 231 lithographed plates, tissue-guards, 1 double-paged, several folding. (Offsetting of plates.) Near contemporary brown full calf, gilt borders, two black morocco lettering pieces to the spines (lightly rubbed extremities, minor scuffing, vol. 1 rebacked with spine laid-down, vol. 2 with covers loosening). Provenance: William Taylor (armorial bookplate to vols. 1 and 2 front pastedowns). – And a further three volumes (Sylvanus Hanley’s ‘Index Testaceologicus, an Illustrated Catalogue of British and Foreign Shells’, 1856, 8vo, and Charles A. Hall’s ‘Plant-Life’, 1915, 8vo, and William Buchan’s ‘Domestic Medicine: or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases’, third edition, 1774, 8vo) (6).

USHER, James. An Answer to a Challenge Made by a Jesuite in Ireland. London: for Benjamin Tooke, 1686. Fourth edition, 4to (197 x 158mm.) In 3 parts, separate titles for ‘A Discourse of the Religion Anciently professed by the Irish and Brittish’ and ‘A Brief Declaration of the Universality of the Church of Christ’. (Browning, marginal wormhole through ‘A Discourse..’ and a small wormhole through most of ‘An Answer’, occasional spotting, minor soiling, imprimatur leaf partially excised, blue ink to front blank.) Contemporary calf (upper cover detached). – And a further volume (published by Edward Fowks, a Bible in Welsh, [lacking title, defective], 1664, 4to) (2).

WALES. – Angharad LLWYD. A History of the Island of Mona, or Anglesey. Ruthin: R. Jones, 1833. First edition, 4to (266 x 212mm.) Title, engraved plate, errata leaf to rear. (Occasional annotation in pencil and blue ink, minor spotting.) Original green cloth, black lettering piece (spine sunned, gilt faded). Provenance: Lucy Wynne Evans (bookplate to front pastedown and name inscribed to front blank).

JERSEY. [A Code of Laws for the Island of Jersey. St. Hélier: P.p.: 1771.] First edition, 8vo (177 x 116mm.) Text in French and English, 44pp. ‘Index’, folding table to rear. (Lacking title, table detached, lacking 4 leaves of ‘Index’.) Contemporary calf (hinges weakened, scuffed). – And a further twenty-three volumes related to the law and administration of Jersey (including a second edition of ‘A Code of Laws for the Island of Jersey’, 1860, 8vo, and ‘Lois et Réglemens des États de Jersey, qui ont Recu la Sanction Royale, Depuis 1771’, 1845, 8vo, and ‘Les Manuscrits de Philippe le Geyt, Ecuyer, Lieutenant-Bailli de L’ile de Jersey’, 4 vols., 1846-1847, 8vo, and Philip Falle’s ‘Caesarea; or, an Account of Jersey’, fourth edition, 1835, 8vo, and George S. Syvret’s ‘Chroniques de Jersey’, 1858, 8vo, and M. de la Croix’s ‘La Ville de St. Hélier, Épisode Historique d’ une Histoire Inédite de Jersey’, 1845, 8vo) (24).

STEAD, John (publisher). A Picture of Jersey; or, Stranger’s Companion Through that Island. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809. First edition, 8vo (182 x 114mm.) Engraved map frontispiece, 11 aquatint plates including a plan, folding plate of ‘Jersey Signals’ to rear, 1p. publisher’s advertisements. (Toning, marginal creasing and minor soiling to folding plate of ‘Signals’.) Later half calf (endpapers replaced). Provenance: Charlotte Dashwood (ink name to title). – And a further thirty volumes related to Jersey and The Channel Islands (including John Stead’s ‘Caesarea. General History and Description of the Island of Jersey’, [circa 1809], small 4to, and Philip Ouless’ ‘The Death of Major Frs. Peirson 6th January, 1781, Being an Account of the Battle of Jersey’, 1881, 4to, and two copies of J. and E. Harwood’s ‘Illustrations of Jersey’, [circa 1855], oblong 4to, and ‘The Morning Express General Almanac and Directory’, 1863, 8vo and ‘The British Press and Jersey Times Royal Almanac’, 1868, 8vo) (31).

GRAY, Andrew. The Plough-Wright’s Assistant; or, a Practical Treatise on Various Implements Employed in Agriculture. Edinburgh: for Archibald Constance & Co., 1808. First edition, 8vo (246 x 145mm.) Title, 16 engraved folding plates of implements. (Toning, offsetting of plates, enclosed hole to initial blank.) Original boards (stained, rubbed, inner hinge slightly weakened). – And a further volume (J. C. Curwen’s ‘Hints on the Economy of Feeding Stock, and Bettering the Condition of the Poor’, 1808, 8vo) (2).

PHAEDRUS. – David van HOOGSTRATEN (translator). Ezopische Fabelen van Fedrus. Amsterdam: Francois Halma, 1704. 4to (263 x 196mm.) Text in Dutch, title in red and black with engraved vignette, additional engraved title with medallion portrait of Ameila of Orange by P. Boutats after J. Goeree, 9 historiated initials, 10 large engraved illustrations, and numerous medallion engraved illustrations in the text by J. van Vianen. (Browning throughout, some moderate spotting, marginal chipping to a few leaves, marginal damp-stain to preliminaries and damp-staining to rear leaves, Y1 with tear, text affected.) 19th century red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards (wear to spine ends, extremities rubbed, faded, covers stained).

SEGG, J.P. & Co. (publisher). London and Fashionable Resorts, (Illustrated): A Complete Guide to the Places of Amusement, Objects of Interest, Parks, Clubs, Markets, Docks, Leading Hotels. London: J.P. Segg & Co., 1895. 4to (268 x 181mm.) Numerous advertisements, leaves with neo-classical borders blocked in gold. (Mild toning.) Original red cloth, decorative gilt, g.e. (slight staining to edges of upper cover, lightly rubbed). Note: at the considerable price of twenty-one shillings, this was an exclusive tourist guide.

ARCHITECTURE. – Augustine AGLIO. Architectural Ornaments; or, a Collection of Capitals, Friezes, Roses, Entablatures, Mouldings &c. Drawn on Stone from the Antique. London: Rodwell & Martin, 1820. Folio (358 x 256mm.) Title, 100 lithographed plates. (Occasional marginal spotting, title browned, a few plates with light spotting.) Contemporary calf, g.e. (insect damage to covers, scuffing, marks to lower cover). Note: rare. Only one copy in institutions.

TRADE CATALOGUE. – Baxendale & Co. Ltd. (publisher). Catalogue of Baths, Lavatories, Sinks, Sanitary Ware and Appliances for the Plumbing & Decorating Trades. Manchester & Edinburgh & Liverpool: Baxendale & Co., [1920.] Catalogue No. 3291, 4to (309 x 245mm.) Numerous illustrations, colour examples for ‘Arduro Water Paint’, sectional dividers. (Mild toning, lacking rear pocket supplement.) Original brown morocco, black lettering (marks to lower cover).

FASHION. – Joseph COUTS. A Practical Guide For the Tailor’s Cutting-Room; Being a Treatise on Measuring and Cutting Clothing in all Styles, and For Every Period of Life from Childhood to Old Age. Edinburgh and London: Blackie and Son, [1848]. 4to (277 x 210mm.) 27 lithographed plates, including 13 hand-coloured, a further 18 lithographed ‘diagram’ plates, including 1 double-paged. (Marginal damp-staining to the uncoloured plates, toning, front blank partially excised.) Contemporary half calf (loss to bottom of spine panel, extremities rubbed). [Tooley, 159.]