8 December 2009 - Book Sale

#0198

Lot 937/0198

Armstrong (Rob. Bruce) The History of Liddesdale, Eskdale, Ewesdale, Wauchopedale, and the Debateable Land.” Lg. 4to Edin. 1883. FIRST EDN., LIM. EDN. 94 (105) Large Paper, hf. title, cold. frontis, 2 fold maps, 20 plts. (6 cold.) complete, 1 leaf mis-bound, recent calf backed marble boards. Good. (1)

Lot 938/0198

Genealogy: Turner (Rev. S. Blois) The Genealogy of the Family of Turner, Lg. 4to L. 1884. Privately Printed, port. frontis. cold. arms on title, 5 cold. chromo plts. & others, fac-similies, errata slip, uncut, orig. cloth.
* With orig. A.L.S. from Marian Turner to Emily Turner. V. good. (1)

Lot 939/0198

SOLD Hammer price €200

Leighton (John) Suggestions in Design, Lg. 4to L. n.d. frontis title, & 101 plts. cont. hf. mor. mor. label, good; = Davis (Owen W.) Art and Work, 4to L. 1885, 85 plts. lacks from loose blank & hf. title?, orig. cloth, gilt. (2)

Lot 940/0198

Billings (Rob. Wm.) Architectural Illustrations and Description of the Cathedral Church at Durham, 4to L. 1843, vign. title, & 75 plts. (includ. frontis), cont. cloth backed boards, good; = also Illustrations of the Architectural Antiquities of The County of Durham, 4to Durham 1846, frontis & engd. plts. some stains, bind. dam. (2)

Lot 941/0198

Brandon (R. & J. Arthur) The Open timber Roofs of The Middle Ages, … Best Varieties of Church Roofs; lg. 4to L. 1849. 43 plts. (5 cold.), cont. hf. mor. rubbed, otherwise good. (1)

Lot 942/0198

SOLD Hammer price €90

[Plunkett (St. Oliver)] Salmon – A New Abridgement and Critical Review of the State Trials, 2 vols. in one, folio D. 1737. Red & bl. titles, some damp stains, calf; = also A Complete Collection of the State Tryals of Parsons, Vol. II (only) folio D. 1737, calf. As a coll., w.a.f.
* First item contains report on Trial of Oliver Plunkett, also John Perrot, Ld. Deputy of Ireland & others. (2)

Lot 943/0198

SOLD Hammer price €1400

Nieuhoff (Jan) L’Ambassade de la Campagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l’Empereur de la Chine, ou Grand Cam de Tartarie. Folio Leiden 1665, Two parts in 1 vol. FIRST EDN IN FRENCH, engd. add. title, titlepage in red & bl. with vignette, dedit. to J.B. Colbert with engd. port., Part II sub-title Description Generale de l’Empire de la Chine, lg. fold. dbl. page map, 34 dbl. page plts., & approx. 110 fine engd. vignette views, some mis-pagination thro-out, a few minor tears at edges, a few plts. loose, but text very clean, orig. mottled calf, worn, spine dam., otherwise a good copy. (1)
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Lot 944/0198

SOLD Hammer price €800

Drummond (Alexander) Travels through different Cities of Germany, Italy, Greece and Several Parts of Asia, as far as The Banks of the Euphrates, Folio L. 1754. For the Author Private Printing. Lg. fold. allegorical frontis (with in margin), plt. of Greek alphabet, & 34 engd. plts. maps (some lg. fold), a few loose, some dust stains, marks, orig. calf, lacks label, worn at corners. Scarce. (1)
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Lot 945/0198

Fine Attractive Coloured Plates
Ackermann (Rudolph) The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter’s Westminster, 2 vols., lg. 4to, L. 1812, FIRST EDN., First Issue, hf. title, portrait & cold. frontis, list of subs., 81 cold. aquatints (complete), t.e.g., contemp. hf. mor., marbled boards, gilt decor spine. Good. (2)

Lot 946/0198

SOLD Hammer price €400

Blome (R.) The History of the Old and New Testament, 2 vols. in one, lg. folio L. 1701. SECOND EDN., 2 engd. frontis., red & bl. title Vol. I, 5 fold. engd. maps etc. (includ. Plan of Jerusalem), & approx. 238 full page engd. plts. a.e.f., full cont. dark blue mor., tooled gilt panel with corner & other decor., raised bands, profusely tooled gilt spine in panels, joints cracked. (1)
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Lot 947/0198

Limited Edition – Pitture di Antonio Allegri detto Il Correggio. Lg. folio Parma (Bodoni Press). 1978 Reprint, LIM. EDN. 61 (900), Signed by Editor Franco Maria Ricci. Full page plts., orig. cloth. (1)

Lot 948/0198

St. Thomas Aquinas – Summa Sacrae Theologiae in tres partes digesta. 5 vols., folio Antwerp 1612. Wd. cut device on title, wd.-cut heads & tails, later hf. calf, mor. labels; = also St. Ambrose – Opera, 5 vols. in 2, folio Leyden 1661. Lg. engd. port. frontis. Vol. I, cont. full calf, tooled gilt spines (dam.) As a coll of early printings, w.a.f. (7)

Lot 949/0198

One of 100 Copies
Facsimile: Ashmole (E.) The Institution Laws & Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Folio L. 1971. LIM. EDN. 24 (100), red & bl. title, port., cloth, & box. (1)

Lot 950/0198

SOLD Hammer price €320

One of 55 Copies Only
Arcadia Press: Illuminated Manuscript – The Rohan Book of Hours, Preface to this Edition by Duke of Rohan, & signed by him. Folio L. 1974. LIM. EDN. 33 (55), magnificent illus., a.e.g., full colour & gilt decorated pict. vellum, in orig. cloth box. (1)
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Lot 951/0198

“The Book of Job”
Blake (William) Illustrations of the Book of Job, folio possibly 1906 Edition, Engd. pict. title page & 21 full page plts. on heavy card pages, designed and engd. after Wm. Blake, each plate bears imprint ‘London Published as the Act directs March 8, 1825, by William Blake No. 3 Fountain Court Strand,’ & measure approx. 37cms x 26.5cms (14 1/2″ x 10 1/2″), end papers watermarked 1905, in fine full calf, tooled gilt panels, corner decorations, raised bands, & decorations in panels, by Bumpus, London. V. good copy. (1)
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Lot 952/0198

Genealogy: [Chichele (Th.)] Stemmata Chicheleana or a Genealogical Account of Some of the Families Derived from Thomas Chichele of Higham – Ferrers in the County of Northampton, lg. 4to, Oxford (The Clarendon Press) 1765, FIRST EDN., engd. frontis & 1 plate, various m/ss additional notes, bookplate for Sir Gore Ouseley, Baronet, contemp. calf, backed marble boards, some wear. Good. (1)

Lot 953/0198

SOLD Hammer price €3400

Fine Italian Sketch Book, c. 1864
Artists Sketch Book: An oblong folio artist Sketch Book, containing 31 orig. sepia sketches and watercolour drawings of various parts of Italy, including Carloforte, Isola Piana, Lucca, Cagliari, Iglesias, Monte Cane, San Benedesso, Monte San Giovanni, etc., each approx. 15cms x 23cms (5 3/4″ x 9″), all inscribed and mounted, and dated between 1864-1868, in cont. mor. backed Continental Album. All in fine clean cond. As an Album of drawings, w.a.f. (1)
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Lot 954/0198

SOLD Hammer price €300

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols. lg. folio L. (W. Strahan) 1773., 4th Edn., Revised by The Author, title in red & bl., cont. calf, joints worn, a few tears, raised bands, tooled gilt mor. labels. (2)

Lot 955/0198

SOLD Hammer price €260

Sloane (Wm. Milligan) Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 4 vols. 4to N.Y. 1906. Cold. frontis, fine cold. & other plts., maps etc., uncut, orig. vellum backed cloth boards. Fine Set. (4)

Lot 956/0198

Butler (A.G.) Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vols. lg. 4to L. [1907-08], 107 cold. chromo litho plts., (complete), contemp. hf. mor. cloth boards. (2)