15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 682/0237

Winchester Printing: Cave (Jane) Poems on Various Subjects, Entertaining, Elegiac, and Religious, 8vo Winchester (J. Sadler) 1783. For The Author, Sole Edn.? 26pp list of subs., errata leaf at end, uncut, orig. cloth backed boards. Scarce. (1)

Lot 683/0237

Rare First Dublin Edition
By the Author of Frankenstein

Wollstonecraft (Mary) An Historical and moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution; and the Effect it has Produced in Europe. Vol. I [All Published] 12mo D. (For Pat Byrne .. John Milliken, George Folingsby) 1795. First Dublin Edn. XVI, 353pp top rt. corner of title with sm. piece torn away (not affecting text), also a worm hole through bottom rt. corner of title through pp.100, with some minor loss of text, later tree calf, mor. label. Good copy of a scarce item. (1)

Lot 684/0237

Early Printing
With Attractive Wood-Cuts

Swingeni (Henry) printer. Book of Hours, 16mo (sm. 8vo), Antwerp? c. 1594. Printed in Dutch B.L. with decorated borders thro-out & with approx. 60 wd. cut initials & illus., lacks title, dedit & Jan – May of Calendar, some damp stains, & corners frayed, in recent brown buckram, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 685/0237

English Guides etc: Phippen (James) Colbran’s New Guide for Tunbridge Wells, 1844. Second, frontis fold. map & plts.; Richardson (H.S.) Greenwich: its History, Antiquities, Improvements and Public Buildings, Greenwich 1834, frontis & plts., cloth; Jesse (Ed.) A Summer’s Day at Windsor, and A Visit to Eton, L. 1841, plts. & illus., cloth; Tugwell (Rev. Geo.) A Guide to the North of Devon, Ilfracombe n.d., engd. frontis & fold. map; White (J.T.) The History of Torquay, Torquay 1878. First Edn., frontis, fold. map & plt. orig. cloth, gilt; & 1 other. A lot, w.a.f. (6)

Lot 686/0237

Signed Presentation Copy

U.S.A.: Jones (Major E.R.) The Emigrants’ Friend: Containing Information and Advice for Persons intending to Emigrate to the United States. Sm. 8vo L. 1880. First Edn., lg. fold. map frontis (with straight tear) a lg. fold. table, adverts at end, orig. soft cloth, gilt decoration.
* Signed Presentation copy from author to his friend Mr. George Rutland, dated 9th Dec. 1880. Scarce. (1)

Lot 687/0237

Rembrant – Gersaint (E.F.)trans. A Catalogue and Description of the Etchings of Rembrandt Van-Rhyn, With Some Account of his Life. 12mo L. 1752. Engd. port. frontis, & another engd. port. loosely inserted; Yver (Pierre) Supplement au Catalogue Raisonne de M.M. Gersaint, Helle, & Glomy, de toutes les pieces qui ferment l’Oeuvre de Rembrandt, 12mo Amsterdam 1756. Both orig. calf, tooled gilt spines. Good. Scarce. (2)

Lot 688/0237

English Maps: Stanford’s Railway and Road Map of England and Wales, L. 1858, hd. cold. fold. linen backed map, approx. 98cms x 84cms (38 1/2″ x 33″), in orig. slipcase; Johnston (K.) Scotland, Edin & L.c. 1860, approx. 90cms x 62cms (35 1/2″ x 24 1/2″); Collins (A.G.) Norfolk, & Cambridgeshire, 2 hd. cold. fold. maps, L. c. 1840, each approx. 38cms x 49cms (15″ x 19 1/4″); also maps of Warwickshire, Yorkshire, & Exeter, together 7 items, as maps, w.a.f. (7)

Lot 689/0237

Golding (William) [Gekoski (R.A.) & Grogan (P.A.)] A Bibliography 1934 – 1993, 8vo L. 1994. First Edn., Lim. Edn. NO. 241 (1000), illus. cloth, & slip box. (1)

Lot 690/0237

Fine Printing: Virgil – Pine (J.) Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica et Georgica, 2 vols. in one 8vo L. 1774. Engd. frontis, title, dedit, head & tails, plts. thro-out etc. illus. by Rob. Edge Pine, later hf. mor. mor. label. V. good.
* Very attractive work. (1)

Lot 691/0237

Guest (Edwin) Origines Celticae (A Fragment) and Other Contributions to the History of Britain. 2 vols. L. 1883 First Edn., fold. maps; Schrader (Dr. D.) Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan Peoples, L. 1820 Trans by F.B. Jevons, all cloth. (3)

Lot 692/0237

European Maps: Cary (J.) A New Map of the United Netherlands, L. 1816, v. large hd. cold. fold. map, approx. 109cms x 113cms (43″ x 44 1/2″) orig. slip case; Goujon (A.) Carte Physique & Politique de l’Europe et du Bassin de la Mediterranee, Paris 1878, fold. linen backed hd. cold. map, in slipcase; Nichols (R.C.) The Alpine Club Map of Switzerland with Parts of the Neighbouring Countries, In 4 parts, published by Stanford, London 1876, lg. hd. cold. fold. maps, in mor. slipcase; Wyld (J.) Map of the Republic of Switzerland describing its Twenty-Two Cantons, L.c. 1860, hd. cold. fold. map,in slipcase; Smulders (J.) Het Koningrijk der Newerlandsen, Gravenhagec 1870?, hd. cold. fold. map. As a lot, good., w.a.f. (5)

Lot 693/0237

Continental Maps: Ziegler (J.M.) Dritte Karte der Schweiz 1830, approx. 73cms x 101cms (22″ x 40″); Mayr’s (G.) Karte Von Tyrol, c. 1880; Pinsard (C.) Carte die chemin de Fer D’Amiens a Boulogne, fold. linen backed map, engraved views & hd. cold. in outline, c. 1850; Mullhaupt (F.) Carte Relief de la Suisse Occidentale, c. 1840, hd. cold. fold. map; & 8 others, guide etc., as a lot, w.a.f. (12)

Lot 694/0237

The Alps: Whymper (Ed.) Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, roy 8vo L. 1871, frontis, plts. text illus., & 6 fold. plts. & maps at end, orig. cloth; [Dempster (C.L.H.)] The Maritime Alps and their Seaboard, L. 1885. FIRST EDN., frontis plts. & illus. cont. hf. blue mor. by Bayntun. (2)

Lot 695/0237

Gonzalez de Santalla (Thyrso) Manuductio ad Conversionem Mahumetanorum, in duas partes divisa. 4to Dilingae? 1689 First Edn. Engd. frontis red. & bl. title, 2 small oval L.S., orig. vellum. V. good. (1)

Lot 696/0237

Maps: Wyld (James) To the Secretary for the Colonies .. This Chart of New Zealand, lg. fold. hd. cold. linen backed map, c. 1850, approx. 86cms x 60cms (34″ x 23 1/2″), in cloth slipcase; Johnston (Keith) Dominion of Canada, Western & Eastern Sheets, 2 lg. fold. linen backed maps, c. 1870; Wyld (James) Map of the British Possessions on the Gold Coast and the Territories of Ashanti and Fante, L. 1873, fold. linen backed hand cold map; Picquet (Chas.) Carte du Theatre de la Guerre en Turquie, Paris 1828, hd. cold. folding linen backed map, slip case & 1 other, 5 items. As maps, w.a.f. (5)

Lot 697/0237

Maps of France: Andriveau (J.) Carte Generale des Routes de France, Paris 1840, New Edn., hd. cold. fold. linen backed map, approx. 64cms x 80cms (25″ x 31 1/2″) in slip case; de Simencourt – Carte Itineraire Complete de La France, Paris 1846, fold. linen backed map, hd. cold. in outline, approx. 66cms x 96cms (26″ x 38″), in slip case; Dumont (A.) Carte des Travaux Publics en France, …. des Chemins de Fer et l’ensemble des Voies Navigables,… Paris (E. Andrievau – Goujon) 1868. Lg. linen backed map, hd. cold., approx. 67cms x 82cms (26 1/2″ x 32 1/2″), slipcase; Coutaut (E.) Carte Routiere et Vinicole Department de la Gironde, Bordeaux 1876. lg. hd. cold. linen map, approx. 99cms x 77cms (39″ x 30 1/2″), cloth., together 4 maps, as a coll., w.a.f. Good. (4)

Lot 698/0237

Scandinavian Map: Busching (H.) & Kilinger (J.G.) Carte des Couronnes du Nord Comprenant La Suede, Le Danemarc, La Norvege La Prusse etc N Burember (J. Friedrich Frauenholz) 1789. In cont. hand colouring, linen backed, approx. 95cms x 68cms (37 1/2″ x 27″), v. good condition, with fine cartouche. As a map, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 699/0237

English Guides: Clark (C.)publ. An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster, 8vo Lancaster 1807, hf. title. Fold. plan frontis & 2 other fold. plans, & engd. plt., cloth backed boards; Jollie & Sons – Jollies Cumberland Guide and Directory, 8vo Carlisle 1811. First Edn. uncut, boards; Rowe (Sam.) A Perambulation of the Ancient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor, and the Vanville Precincts, 8vo Plymouth 1848. Litho frontis & title vignette, fold. map & 9 litho plts. complete, list of subs, cloth. (3)

Lot 700/0237

Engraved Maps: Controret (Kong Gen. Landrm. Karta ofver Langswagarner uti Sverige och Norrige, 1831 approx. 91cms x 63cms (36″ x 25″), hd. cold. linen backed folding map; Johnston (K.) Sweden and Norway (Scandinavia) fold. linen backed cold. map, Edinburgh c. 1850; Whitelock – Le Scandinevie, Lithograph au Bureau de l’etat major de l’Armee, hd. cold. & folding linen backed, 1837, approx. 94cms x 68cms (39″ x 27″), in slip case; Charot (Victor) Carte Generale d’Europe – Nouvelle Carte des Chemins de Fer de l’Europe, lg. folding linen backed map, hand coloured, Paris 1866, approx. 71cms x 98cmns (28″ x 38 1/2″), cloth folder. All good. As maps, w.a.f. (4)

Lot 701/0237

Rome: Monaldini (Ven.) Planta Della Citta di Roma con la Indiczione di tutte le Antichita e Nuevi Abbellimenti Rome 1843. Lg. engd. map / plan with 16 engd. inset views of principal buildings etc., approx. 76cms x 113cms (30″ x 44 12″), in orig. slipcase; Gell’s (Sir Wm.) Rome and its Environs from A Trigonometrical Survey, L. 1834, lg. fold. linen backed map, partly hd. cold., approx. 72cms x 98cms (28 1/2″ x 38 1/2″), cloth; Pianta della Citta di Roma, Rome (Libreria Spithover) 1876, hd. cold. fold. linen map, in slip case; & 1 other sim. (4)