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AUGUST 2019
The Naval and Military Exploits which havedistinguished the reign of George the Third.Accurately Described, and MethodicallyArranged.
London: printed for Samuel Leigh, 1820. 12mo (5 1/2 x 3 1/2inches). [viii], 784 pp. Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, 35hand-coloured aquatint medallion plates. Later red moroccogilt by Morell, spine gilt with raised bands, marbledendpapers, gilt edges. First edition of a scarce English colour plate book, completewith the two extra plates. (#36901) $ 3,000.
JEHOSHAPHAT ASPIN
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Bibliotheca Brandiana. A Catalogue of theUnique, Scarce, Rare, Curious, and NumerousCollection of Works... being the entire Libraryof the late Rev. John Brand, Fellow andSecretary of the Antiquarian Society, Author ofthe History of Newcastle, Popular Antiquities,&c. &c. which will be sold by auction, by orderof his executors, by Mr. Stewart, at his room,no. 194, Piccadilly, (opposite Albany,) onWednesday, May 6, 1807, and Thirty-Sixfollowing Days... [Part I].
London: 1807. 8vo. [4], 1-139, 137-346, 345-369 (errors inpagination as issued). Contemporary red half morocco. An auction catalogue containing nearly 9,000 lots for salefrom the estate of Reverend John Brand. (#36898) $ 1,850.
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Nouveaux voyages aux Indes occidentales;contenant une Relation des différens Peuplesqui habitent les environs du grand fleuveSaint-Louis, appelé vulgairement le Mississipi;leur religion; leur gouvernement; leurs moeurs;leurs guerres et leur commerce.
Paris: Le Jay, 1768. 2 volumes, 12mo. Half-titles. Fourengraved plates (including frontispieces in each vol.).Contemporary sprinkled calf, spines with raised bands,ruled on either side of each band, red morocco letteringpiece. Provenance: William McDowall, Castle Semple(armorial bookplate, covered by); Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet (armorial bookplate). Rare first edition of a noted mid-18th century account of theMississippi Valley. (#36888) $ 1,600.
JEAN BERNARDBOSSU
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[Manuscript herbarium].
[Great Britain]: [circa 1770]. Quarto (13 x 8 inches). 133watercolours, each within ink ruled border, each captionedin ink or pencil with common names. On 18th century laidpaper throughout, watermarked J.A.D. With an additionalwatercolour of a bat on the front pastedown. Contemporaryvellum-backed marbled paper covered boards. Housed in amodern green full morocco box. Eighteenth century manuscript herbarium. (#36686) $ 9,500.
BOTANICAL
WATERCOLOURS
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[Early English trade catalogue of brassfurniture hardware designs].
[Birmingham, England: late 18th century]. Oblong 4to (7 1/2x 11 inches). 113 engraved plates, on laid paper, pricedthroughout in manuscript. Later calf backed marbled papercovered boards, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt. A rarely encountered pattern book or trade catalogue of18th century English furniture hardware, including drawerpulls, keyholes, hinges, locks, castors, bolts and more. (#36596) $ 10,000.
BRASS FOUNDRY PATTERN
BOOK
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The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron(Commodore in a late expedition round theworld) Containing an account of the greatdistresses suffered by himself and his companionson the coast of Patagonia, from the year 1740, tilltheir arrival in England, 1746 ... [Bound with:]The Shipwreck and Adventures of MonsieurPierre Viaud, a native of Bordeaux, and Captainof a Ship...
London: for S. Baker [and others], 1768; London: for T.Davies, 1771. Two volumes in one, 8vo. [Byron:] [2], viii, 257,[1]pp. Engraved frontispiece. [Dubois-Fontanelle:] xii, 276pp.Half-title. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half calfand marbled paper covered boards, spine with raised bandsin six compartment, red morocco lettering piece.Provenance: Margaretta Pelham (early booklabel). A pair of important American shipwreck narratives. (#36883) $ 2,000.
JOHN BYRON
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Two Discourses. I. Concerning the DifferentWits of Men. II. Of the Mysterie of Vintners.
London: printed by R. W. for William Whitwood, 1669. Twoparts in one, as issued, 8vo (6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches). [2, blank],[14], 230, [2, blank]pp. Contemporary manuscript marginalia.Contemporary sheep. Provenance: Henry Osborne (earlysignature and inscription); Thomas Vernon MD (engravedarmorial bookplate). First edition. (#36871) $ 2,850.
WALTER CHARLETON
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The Elements of Clock and Watch-Work,adapted to Practice.
London: Printed for the author, 1766. 4to (10 x 8 1/4 inches).[8], 192, [16]pp. 16 engraved folding plates. Scattered minorfoxing. Errata leaf loosely inserted. Contemporary calf,spine with raised bands, red morocco lettering piece, neatrepairs to spine. An excellent treatise on clockwork, in two essays, firstedition. (#36887) $ 1,500.
ALEXANDER CUMMING
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Maison Rustique, Or, The Countrey Farme ...Now newly Reviewed, Corrected andAugmented, with divers large Additions.
London: Printed by Adam Islip for John Bull, 1616. Smallfolio, bound in sixes (10 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches). Woodcutillustrations in text, ornamental headpieces and woodcutinitials. [18], 732, [22]pp. Expertly bound to style to fullperiod calf, covers with central gilt device, spine with raisedbands in six compartments, lettered in gilt in the second,the others with a repeat decoration in gilt. Provenance:Bridgewater Library (armorial bookplate on frontendpaper). First edition of Markham's revised English translation ofCharles Estienne and Jean Liebault's important late 16thcentury work on husbandry, gardening and country living. (#36516) $ 7,500.
CHARLES ESTIENNEAND JEAN LIEBAULT
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The Husbandmans fruitfull Orchard ShewingDivers rare new secrets for the true Ordering ofall sortes of fruite in their due seasons. Alsohow your encrease and profite maie bee muchmore then heertofore, and yet your charge andlabour the same...
[London: [by R. Bradock] for Roger Jackson, 1609. Quarto (7x 5 inches). [4], 28pp. Single large woodcut initial, and singlewoodcut head-piece and tail-piece. Nineteenth centurystraight-grained green full morocco, by Riviere & Son,neatly rebacked with the original spine. Provenance:William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney(armorial bookplate). Rare early English work on the cultivation and care of fruittrees. (#36870) $ 12,000.
F . , N .
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Description des Experiences de la MachineAerostatique de MM. de Montgolfier ... SecondeEdition.
Paris: Cuchet, 1784. 8vo. xl, 302, [2]pp. 9 engraved plates,folding table. Contemporary tree calf, flat spine divided intosix compartments with gilt roll tool, black morocco letteringpiece. Provenance: Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 7thBaronet (armorial bookplate). "The first serious treatise on aerostation as a practicalpossibility" (PMM). (#36890) $ 1,750.
BARTHÉLEMY FAUJASDE SAINT -FOND
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Six New Designs for Convenient Farm-Houses,with their Proper Offices, etc. [Parts I-III] ...[Bound with:] Rural Architecture in theChinese Taste, being Designs Entirely New forthe Decoration of Gardens, Parks, Forrests,Insides of Houses, &c. ...
London: Robert Sayer, [1751-52]; 1752. Two works (in threeand four parts, respectively) in one volume, 8vo (8 x 5inches). [Farm Houses:] [2], 22; [2], 25-46; [2], 47-79, [1,blank]pp. 20 engraved folding plates. [Chinese Taste:] 8; 8; 8;[2], 2pp. Engraved title and 59 engraved plates (11 folding).Contemporary calf backed marbled paper covered boards.Provenance: Lord Cadogan (armorial bookplate); James Pain(19th century signature). Two important pattern books by Halfpenny, epitomizingmid-18th century English country architecture. (#36884) $ 7,500.
WILLIAM HALFPENNY
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The Compleat Planter & Cyderist. Or, ChoiceCollections and Observations for thePropagating all manner of Fruit-Trees, and themost Approved Ways and Methods yet knownfor the Making and Ordering of Cyder, andother English-Wines. By a Lover of Planting.
London: Thomas Basset, 1685. 8vo (6 3/4 x 4 inches). [16], 256,[8] pp. Two woodcut illustrations to text. Contemporarymottled sheep, neatly rebacked with morocco title label tospine. Provenance: G.B. Barton (signature dated 1749). First edition. (#36874) $ 6,750.
LOVER OF PLANTING
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The Country Gentleman's Architect, in a GreatVariety of New Designs; for cottages, farm-houses, country-houses, villas, lodges for parkor garden entrances, and ornamental woodengates; with plans of the offices belonging eachdesign, distributed with a strict attention toconvenience, elegance, and economy.
London: printed for I. and J. Taylor, at the ArchitecturalLibrary, 1793. Quarto (10 7/16 x 8 1/4 inches). Letterpress titleand explanatory leaves to plates 3-15 only, as issued. 32engraved plates. 4-page publisher's catalogue bound in atrear (folded). Bound to style in half calf and marbled papercovered boards, gilt morocco label to spine. 18th century English architectural pattern book. (#36893) $ 3,200.
JOHN MILLER
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[Sammelband of pamphlet poetry, includingepistles relating to the Mississippi Bubble andSouth Sea Company, as well as four poems byJohn Gay].
London: 1715-1721. Together, 9 works in one volume, 8vo.Collations as below. Contemporary panelled calf, spine withraised bands, red morocco lettering piece. Provenance:Nathaniel Thorn (engraved bookseller's label); RobertWarner (signature dated 1727). Sammelband of early 18th century English poetry, includingworks relating to the South Sea Company and theMississippi Bubble. (#36880) $ 7,500.
MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE
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The Jewish Manual; or, Practical Informationin Jewish and Modern Cookery ... Edited by aLady.
London: T. and W. Boone, 1846. 8vo. [2], xxi, [1], 244pp.Publisher's dark blue cloth, covers blocked in blind, flatspine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt, glazed yellowendpapers. Minor fading to spine. Housed in a blackmorocco box. First edition of the first Kosher cookbook in English. (#36655) $ 15,000.
JUDITH MONTEFIORE ;
LADY
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The Whole Art of Husbandry, Or, The Way ofManaging and Improving of Land ... By J.M.,Esq. F.R.S.
London: J. H. for H. Mortlock at the Phoenix, and J.Robinson at the Golden Lion, 1707. 8vo (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches).[16], 609, [31] pp. Woodcut illustrations. Publisher’sadvertisement on verso of final leaf. Contemporary panelledcalf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece. Provenance:Admiral George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk (armorialbookplate). First edition of an influential early 18th century work onhusbandry. (#36878) $ 1,850.
JOHN MORTIMER
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A Treatise of Tropical Diseases; and of theClimate of the West Indies
London: for T. Cadell, 1787. 8vo. [4], xix, [1], 544pp. Half-title. Errata slip pasted to contents leaf verso.Contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original gilt spine,black morocco lettering piece. Provenance: Chevalier Wolff(armorial bookplate). First edition of an early medical treatise devoted to the WestIndies. (#36891) $ 1,750.
BENJAMIN MOSELEY
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A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding:containing Full Instructions in the DifferentBranches of Forwarding, Gilding, andFinishing. Also, The Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper. The whole designed for thePractical Workman, the Amateur, and theBook-Collector.
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1856. Large 12mo. 318pp. 12lithographed plates (including frontispiece), sevenspecimens of marbled paper. Letterpress illustrations.Publisher's catalogue at rear. Publisher's blindstampedbrown cloth, gilt lettered spine. The first edition of the first major practical bookbindingmanual published in America. (#36905) $ 850.
JAMES B. NICHOLSON
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The History of the Conquest of China by theTartars. Together with an account of severalRemarkable Things, concerning the Religion,Manners and Customes of both Nations, butespecially of the Latter.
London: W. Godbid ... M. Pitt, 1671. 8vo (6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches).[24], 588, [4]pp. Advertisements in the rear. Early panelledcalf, rebacked, red morocco lettering piece. Provenance: K.Eyre (early Latin inscription on the title); John T. Beer(bookplate). First edition in English of an important early history ofChina. (#36872) $ 2,250.
JUAN DE PALAFOX YMENDOZA
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The Purchasers Pattern, much enlarged. TheFirst Part, shewing the True Value of Land orHouses, by Lease, or Otherwise ... The SecondPart, shews the Measuring of Land, Board,Timber ... with Tables of the Excise of Beer andAle ...
London: Ben Billingsley and Samuel Crouch, 1676. 12mo (43/4 x 2 3/4 inches). [36], 259, [11], 24, [6]pp. (errors inpagination as issued). Woodcut illustrations. Later mottledcalf gilt by Riviere & Son, spine gilt with raised bands,marbled endpapers, gilt edges. A guide to rebuilding the city of London after the Great Firein 1666. (#36873) $ 3,000.
HENRY PHILLIPPES
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All Sorts of Wheel-Carriage, Improved.Wherein it is plainly made appear, that a muchless than the usual Draught of Horses, &c. willbe requir'd, in Waggons, Carts, Coaches, andall other Wheel Vehicles, as likewise all Water-Mills, Wind-Mills and Horse-Mills...
London: Alexander Lyon, 1734. Quarto (9 x 7 1/4 inches). [4],38pp. Five folding engraved plates. Early marbled paperwrappers. The invention of frictionless carriage wheels. (#36881) $ 3,200.
JACOB ROWE
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Cistineae. The Natural Order of Cistus, orRock-Rose, Illustrated by Coloured Figures &Descriptions of all the Distinct Species, and themost Prominent Varieties, that could be atPresent Procured in the Gardens of GreatBritain; with the Best Directions for theirCultivation and Propagation.
London: James Ridgway, 1825-30. 8vo. 112 engraved plateswith contemporary hand-colouring, mostly after J. Hart, R.Ridgeway, M. Hart and Mrs Brown. Later endpapers, 20thcentury half calf gilt, spine in six compartments with raisedbands. First edition in the very rare original parts of Sweet's highlydecorative practical guide to the cultivation of the Rock-rose or Cistus: one of the most beautiful family of floweringplants then available. (#36903) $ 3,950.
ROBERT SWEET
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Arts Treasury: or, a Profitable and pleasingInvitation to the Lovers of Ingenuity.Contained in many extraordinaryExperiments, Rareties, and curious Inventions.In Two Parts ...
London: printed for W. Whitwood, 1688. 12mo (5 1/4 x 3 1/4inches). [12], 48, 47-154 pp. (errors in pagination as issued).With imprimatur leaf dated March 24, 1687/8. Contemporaryblind-ruled speckled sheep. Provenance: HumphreySenhouse, of Netherhall (inscription dated 1741/2). Scarce first edition. (#36875) $ 3,750.
JOHN WHITE
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Dictionarium Rusticum & Urbanicum: or, aDictionary of all Sorts of Country Affairs,Handicraft, Trading, and Merchandizing.Containing more particularly the Whole Art ofGardening, viz. Sowing, Setting, Grafting,Transplanting, Salleting, &c. with the Names,Descriptions, and Uses, of all kinds of Plants,Flowers, and Fruits. The Raising and Orderingof all manner of Forest and Fruit-Trees, andDwarfs....
London: J. Nicholson, 1704. 8vo (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches). [844]pp.Woodcut illustrations. Contemporary panelled calf, spinewith raised bands, green morocco lettering piece.Provenance: Joseph Murray (early signature); AlexanderMurray (early signature). Ablactation to Zachine: 18th century English country living,from A to Z. (#36877) $ 2,400.
JOHN WORLIDGE
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