24 April 2012 - Rare Book Sale

#0217

Lot 612/0217

Zenophon – Cyrus: Harpentier (F.) La Cyropaedie ou l’Histoire de Cyrus, Treduite du Grec de Xenophon. Sm. 12mo Paris 1661. First Edn.; Perrot (N.) La Retraite Dix Mille de Xenophon, ou L’Expedition de Cyrus Contre Artaxerxes. 12mo Paris 1695. New Edn.; Ramsay (A.) Les Voyaes de Cyrus, avec Un Discours sur la Mythologie. 2 vols. 12mo Paris 1727. First Edn., Signed by Author?, engd. frontis Vol. I; and A New Cyropaedia or The Travels of Cyrus, by Ramsay, New Edn. engd. frontis. hf. title, all orig. French mottled or sprinkled calf, raised bands profusely gilt in panels, mor. lables. V. good. (5)

Lot 613/0217

Dublin Printings etc: Denis (C.), Lloyd (R.) The Moral Tales of M. Marmontel, 2 vols. 12mo D. 1764, lacks front & end loose blanks; The Guardian, Vols. I & II, 2 vols., 12mo D. 1735; [Smollett (T.)] The Adventures of Roderick Random, 2 vols. 12mo D. 1748. First Dublin Edn. Vol. II damp dam., all orig. calf, raised bands, mostly with mor. labels. (6)

Lot 614/0217

[Johnson (Samuel)] The Prince of Abissinia, A Tale, 2 vols. in one, 12mo L. (for R. & J. Dodsley) 1759. Second Edn.; Pearch (G.) Publishers, A Collection of Poems, … By Several Hands, 2 vols. 12mo L. 1768. 2 hf. titles, engd. vign. titles & end. heads; Howard (C.) Thoughts, Essays and Maxims, Chiefly Religious & Political. 12mo L. 1768. All orig. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. (4)

Lot 615/0217

Dublin Printings: The North Briton Revised and Corrected by the Author. 2vols. in one 12mo D. 1764. Advert leaf at front, red & bl. title Vol. I; [Stearne (L.)] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, 2 vols. in one, 12mo D. 1768. Second Edn., 2 hf. titles,; Dodd (WM.) The Beauties of Shakespeare, 2 vols. 12mo D. 1773. Third; Millot (Abbe) Elements of the History of France, 2 vols. 12mo D. 1772. First Dublin Edn.? all cont. full calf, raised bands, mor. labels, some gilt decor. Good. (6)

Lot 616/0217

Rousseau – Oeuvres de M.Rousseau de Geneve, 12 vols. 12mo Amsterdam 1774 – 1777. New Edn., red & bl. titles, some hf. titles, 2 engd. frontis & 8 plts. only, cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. Good. (12)

Lot 617/0217

Gordon – The Comedies of Terence, 12mo L. 1752; Bourne (V.) Poematia, Latine partim reddita, Partim Scripta.. 12mo L. 1764. Fifth; [Burke (Ed.)] A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, 12mo Bewick (for R. & J. Taylor) 1772; Hoyle (E.) Hoyle’s Games, 12mo L. n.d. Signed by the Author, calf, gilt fillet borders. (4)

Lot 618/0217

Bindings: Poemes Dramatiques [et] Le Theatre de P. Corneille, 6 vols. 12mo Paris 1738. Red & bl. titles; also Oeuvres de Monsieur de Saint – Evremond, Vols. I – VII, 7 vols., 12mo Lond. 1725, all cont. sprinkled calf, raised bands, mor. labels, spines profusely gilt in panels. (13)

Lot 619/0217

Prayer Books: The Book of Common Prayer, 12mo D. (Geo. Grierson) 1750. A.e.g. cont. calf, gilt decor. panel; The Holy Bible, thick 12mo D. (Geo. Grierson) 1742, front leaves loose, cont. gilt panel mor.; Novum Testamentum [In Greek] Sm. 8vo Glasgow (R. Urie) 1750, cont. calf, mor. label; & 1 other sim. (4)

Lot 620/0217

Galland – Arabian Nights Entertainments, 4 vols. 12mo D. 1776. Tenth, some gatherings loose, cont. calf, mor. labels., w.a.f. (4)

Lot 621/0217

[D’Arblay] Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress, 5 vols., 12mo L. 1796. Seventh, tree calf, mor. labels; De Genlis (Madame) Tales of the Castle, trans. by T. Holcroft, 5 vols. 12mo L. 1806. Eight, 5 engd. frontis, tree calf, tooled gitl spine, mor.labels; Moore (J.) A View of Society and Manners in Italy, 3 vols. 12mo D. 1792. Fourth, tree calf, mor. labels. All v. good. (13)

Lot 622/0217

Rollin – Ancient History, 10 vols. 12mo Edin. 1768., 10 engd. frontis, attractive cont. full calf, raised bands mor. labels, gilt tooled spines in panels. V. good. (10)

Lot 623/0217

Noble (James) The Professional Practice of Architects, 8vo L. 1836. First Edn., engd. frontis cloth; Smith (Geo.) Essay on the Construction of Cottages, 8vo glasgow [1834], plts. cloth, dam.; & 1 other sim. (3)

Lot 624/0217

Horace – Dacier (M.) & Sanadon (P.) trans. Oeuvres D’Horace, 8vols. 12mo Amsterdam 1735. End. frontis port. Vol. I, red & bl. titles with vign. some engd. heads & 1 engd. plt. cont. calf, raised bands, mor. labels. V. good. (8)

Lot 625/0217

Dublin Printings; Hervey (J.) Meditations and Contemplations, 2 vols. in one, 12mo D. 1750; The Life of Petrarch, 2 vols. 12mo D. 1777, 1 hf. title; Lexiphanes A Dialogue, Imitated from Lucian and suited to the Present Times. 12mo D. 1774. Fourth; Dodd (Wm.) Reflections on Death,12mo D. 1763. First Dublin Edn., top of t.p. torn away (with loss), all cont. calf, mor. labels. (5)

Lot 626/0217

Dublin Printings: [Steel (Sir R.)] The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq., 4 vols. 12mo D. 1728, 2 vols. lacks front & end blanks; The Spectator, 8vols 12mo D. 1754, 8 engd. frontis mottled calf; Johnson (S.) & others, The Rambler, 4 vols. 12mo D. 1785. 4 engd. frontis, tree calf, all raised bands mor. lables, some gilt decor. (16)

Lot 627/0217

Loughcrew Copy of Swifts Works
in Fine Contemporary Bindings

Swift (Jonathan) The Works of Jonathan Swift, 20 vols. 8vo D. (Geo. Faulkner) 1742-1772. Engd. port. frontis Vol. I, 6 other frontis (4 ports.), 5 engd. maps, 2pp music & 8 engd. plts., cont. full catspaw calf, gilt fillet borders & central blind panels, raised bands, mor. labels, attractive tooled gilt spine in panels with urns & musical instruments. V. good.
* Bookplates in each of William Lenox Naper, Loughcrew. (20)

Lot 628/0217

Fishing & Sports: Francis (Francis) A Book of Angling, 8vo L. 1880. Engd. frontis & plts.; Hawker (Lt. Col. P.) Instructions to Young Sportsmen in … Guns and Shooting, 8vo L. 1825, frontis & plts., hf. mor. (2)

Lot 629/0217

Antonini (Abbe) Grammaire Italienne a l’usage des Dames, 12mo Paris 1731. New Edn., engd. frontis, mottled calf; also Dictionaire Italien, Latin, et Francois, 4to Paris 1739. End. frontis red & bl. title, mottled calf; Veneroni Le Maitre Italien ou La Grammaire Francoise et Italienne, sm. 8vo Lyons 1765, mottled calf, tooled gilt spines. (3)

Lot 630/0217

[Lever (Chas.)] Charles O’Malley, The Irish Dragoon, 2 vols. 8vo D. 1841. First Edn., 2 engd. frontis & add. engd. titles + 40 engd. plts., cont. hf. mor.; also Butt (Isaac) The Irish People and the Irish Land, A Letter to Lord Lifford, 8vo D. 1867, cloth. (3)

Lot 631/0217

Scott (J.) The Christian Life, 5 vols. L. 1739; Locke A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul, D. 1738; Paley (Wm.) The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, D. 1788; [Lyttleton (George Lord)] Dialogue of the Dead, L. 1765; 1 other. All calf. (9)