15 December 2015 - Rare Book Sale

#0237

Lot 742/0237

Goldmith (Oliver) A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 vols. roy 8vo Glasgow n.d. with hd. cold. plts., cont. hf. calf; Pratt (Anne) The Flowering Plants of Great Britain, 3 vols. L. n.d., numerous coloured plts. orig. cloth. (5)

Lot 743/0237

Illustrated Volumes: Walton (Izaak) The Complete Angler, 4to L. 1931. Cold. illus. etc. by Arthur Rackham, uncut, gilt decor. cloth; Don Quixote of the Mancha, Re-told by Judge Parry. Sm. 4to L. 1900. Illustrated cold. plts. & bl. & white illus. by Walter Crane, decor. cloth; Gray (Thos.) Elegy written in a Country Churchyard, 4to L. 1931. Illus. by Frank Admas, cloth. (3)

Lot 744/0237

Coin Catalogue: Montagu – Collection de Feu M. M. Montagu, F.S.A. – Monnaies D’Or Romaines & Byzantines, folio Paris 1896. 41 full page plts., unopened, uncut, orig. wrappers. Scarce. (1)

Lot 745/0237

Atlas: Butler (Samuel) A General Atlas of Antient and Modern Geography, 4to L. 1827 [1826] Engd. title & index, 21 + 22 full page maps, all hand coloured in outline, title stained and a few spots, generally v. clean, cont. hf. mor. worn. as an Atlas, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 746/0237

Atlas: Findlay (Alex G.) A Modern Atlas: Forming A Complete Compendium of Geography Sm. folio L. 1853. fifth, 32 hd. cold. dble page maps, orig. hf. mor. with orig. ptd. paper label. V. good. As an Altas, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 747/0237

Atlas: [Moll (Herman)] Geographia Classica: The Geography of the Ancients So far describ’d as it is contain’d in the Greek and Latin Classics in Twenty-nine Maps of the Old World… A Collection long wanted, and now Published for Use of Schools. oblong folio L. 1717. Second Edn., red & bl. title, IV + advert / contents leaf, 29 full page or fold. maps, cont. calf backed marble boards. As an atlas, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 748/0237

Engraved Plates: Wright (G.N.) Ireland Illustrated, 4to L. 1831. First Edn. engd. title & plts. cont. hf. mor.; Finden (W. & E.) Ports and Harbours of Great Britain, 4to L. 1836, engd. plts.; Swan’s Views from above The Falls of Clyde to Glasgow, sm. folio Glasgow n.d., engd. plts. orig. cloth, as a coll., w.a.f. (3)

Lot 749/0237

Illustrated Volumes: Celliez (Mme. A.) Les Reines de France, sm. folio Paris 1851, numerous port. plts., a.e.g. gilt decor. cloth; de Lansac (M.) La Vie de Jesus-Christ, roy 8vo Paris 1842, cold. illus. thro-out, a.e.g., cont. gilt block decorated mor.; Scenes Bibliques, oblong 8vo [Paris c. 1830] etched illustrations, cont. hf. mor.; de Tinseau (Leon) Ma Cousine Pot-au-Feu, sm. folio Paris 1893, illus. by Paul Destez, gilt decor. pict. cloth; 1 other. (5)

Lot 750/0237

Milner (John) The History Civil and Ecclesiastical of Winchester, 2 vols. 4to Winchester 1809. Second Edn., 2 engd. titles, lg. fold. plan, & 11 lg. plts. (some fold.), later tree calf, mor. labels. (2)

Lot 751/0237

Atlas: Hewitt (N.R.) The Edinburgh School Atlas, 4to Edin. (John Thomson & Co.) n.d. c. 1820. Engd. frontis & one plt., engd. title, & 36 full page maps, all hd. cold. in outline, cont. hf. calf, paper label on front cover. Good. (1)

Lot 752/0237

Travel: Rainsford (Marcus) An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti, Comprehending a View of The Principal Transactions in the Revolutions of Saint Domingo. 4to L. 1805. First Edn., engd. frontis, fold. map, fold. plan, fac-simile letter & 8 full page plts. (1 more than called for), cont. hf. calf, spine dam. Sabin 67531. (1)

Lot 753/0237

Hand-Coloured Plates: Prichard (J. Cowles) The Natural History of Man, 2 vols. roy 8vo L. 1855. Fourth, Ed. by Edwin Norris. 60 engd. plts. (mostly hand coloured), without portfolio of 6 maps, orig. cloth. Good. (2)

Lot 754/0237

Egypt: Klunzinger (G.B.) Upper Egypt: its People and its Products, L. 1878. First English, illus., decor. cloth; Capart (Jean) Primitive Art in Egypt, trans. by A.S. Griffith, roy 8vo L. 1905, profusely illustrated, gilt decor. cloth; Millais (J.G.) Far Away up The Nile, roy 8vo L. 1924, First, profusely illus. orig. cloth, stained. (3)

Lot 755/0237

Nansen (Fridtjof) In Northern Mists, Arctic Exploration in Early Times. 2 vols. lg. 4to L. 1911. First Edn., illus. thro-out, include. 2 cold. frontis uncut & unopened, orig. gilt decor. cloth, some stains. (2)

Lot 756/0237

Scottish interest: Leighton (J.M.)ed. Swans Views of The Lakes of Scotland, 4to Glasgow 1836. Litho title, and approx. 55 plts. (mostly v. clean), hf. mor.; also Sobieski (J.) & Stuart (C.E.) Lays of the Deer Forest, oblong folio 1985. Lim. Edn. 87 (350), Signed, cold. plts. by Ian Oates, hf. mor., slip case. (2)

Lot 757/0237

With Large Coloured Plates

Ross (Frederick) The Ruined Abbeys of Britain, Lg. folio L. n.d. Cold. frontis & 11 full page cold. plts. text illus. thro-out, a.e.g., orig. pict. gilt cloth. Good. (1)

Lot 758/0237

Photographs: Rome, lg. oblong folio album with approx. 40 full page photos, Edizione Inalterabile, in gilt decor. vellum album; another album with smaller views of Paris & the Continent, approx. 78 photos; & Stoddard’s Portfolio of Photographs, oblong folio Chicago c. 1895, cloth. As a lot, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 759/0237

Scrap Album: Two Victorian Scrap Albums containing original photographs, coloured and other illustrated cards, news cuttings, original pencil and watercolour sketches, attractive hand coloured engravings and caricatures, manuscript verse, some relating to the Plunkett Family and also to Louth Hall; also a larger similar ditto, with some later materials. As Albums, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 760/0237

Illustrated Volumes: Doyle (James E.) A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 – A.D. 485, 4to L. 1864, cold. illus. decor. cloth; Leech (John) Follies of the Year, oblong folio L. 1864, hand coloured illus., hf. mor. gilt; Doyle (Richard) Manners and Customes of Ye Englyshe, oblong folio L. 1849, illus., hf. mor.; Bowers (G.) Hollybush Hall, oblong folio L. 1871, illus. As a lot. (4)

Lot 761/0237

Coloured Plates: Morris (F.O.) The Ancestral Homes of Britain, lg. 4to L. 1868 cold. frontis & 39 other coloured plts. a.e.g., orig. decor. gilt cloth. Good. (1)