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Blackwell Rare BooksDirect Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 333555 Switchboard: +44 (0) 1865 792792Email: [email protected] Fax: +44 (0) 1865 794143www.blackwell.co.uk/rarebooks

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Blackwell Rare Books 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BQ

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Autumn 2008

Cover illustration: Item 82

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�.� (Africa.) BURTON�([Captain]�Sir�Richard�Francis) The�Memorial�Edition�of�the�Works�...�7�Vols.�Tylston�and�Edwards.��893/94,�colour�lithographed�and�wood-engraved�plates,�8vo.,�orig,�black�cloth,�backstrips�gilt�lettered�direct,�occasional�slight�rubbing�to�heads,�gilt�blocked�vignette�of�Arab�figure�and�short�Koranic�inscription�on�upper�boards,�black�chalked�endpapers,�t.e.r.,�good� £1,550.00

Four�works,�all�that�were�published,�are�included�in�this�edition.�They�are:�Pilgrimage�to�Al-Madinah�and�Meccah�(2�volumes);�A�Mission�to�Gelele�King�of�Dahome�(2�volumes);�Vikram�and�the�Vampire;�and�First�footsteps�in�East�Africa�(2�volumes).�

2.� (Africa.) JOHNSTON�(Sir�Harry)�The�Nile�Quest.�A�Record�of�the�Exploration�of�the�Nile�and�its�Basin.�Lawrence�and�Bullen,�Ltd.��903,�FIRST�EDITION,�frontispiece�with�tissue-guard,�73�plates,�and�large�folding�colour�map�(closed�marginal�tear�at�mount),�some�scattered�foxing,�pp.�xv,�[i],�34�,�[�],�8vo.,�orig.�green�cloth,�backstrip�lettered�in�gilt,�front�board�blocked�and�lettered�in�gilt,�joints�and�corners�scuffed,�head�and�tail�of�backstrip�bumped,�good�� £100.00

Sir�Henry�Hamilton�Johnson�(known�as�‘Harry’)�published�a�number�of�books�on�Africa,�based�on�his�experiences�of�travel�and�colonial�administration�there.�He�was�the�first�commissioner�of�the�British�Central�Africa�Protectorate�(a.k.a.�Nyasaland,�now�Malawi),�later�special�commissioner�of�Uganda,�and�it�was�his�expedition�that�first�acquired�physical�evidence�of�the�okapi,�leading�to�its�formal�classification�as�‘Okapia�johnstoni’.�This�book�is�a�history�of�earlier�explorations�of�the�Nile.�

3.� (Africa.) PARK�(Mungo) Travels�in�the�interior�districts�of�Africa.�Performed�under�the�direction�and�patronage�of�the�African�Association,�in�the�years��795,��796�and��797�...�with�an�appendix�containing�geographical�illustrations�of�Africa�by�Major�Rennell.�G.�and�W.�Nicol.��799,�FIRST�EDITION,�frontispiece�portrait�slightly�foxed,�pages�browned�towards�beginning�and�end�of�text,�3�folding�maps,�2�folding�and�3�full-page�plates,�pp.�xxviii,�372,�[92],�4to.,�contemp.�tree�calf,�rebacked�and�re-cornered,�smooth�backstrip�with�rope�roll�and�double�fillet�gilt�bands,�orig.�gilt�lettered�black�morocco�label�in�second�compartment�relaid,�sides�with�decorative�gilt�border,�ownership�signature�in�contemp.�hand�on�front�pastedown,�good�(Printing�and�the�Mind�of�Man�253;�Lowndes�p.�775)� £1,200.00

One�of�‘the�most�important�books�of�modern�times’.�Park�was�selected�at�the�age�of�24�by�the�African�Association,�through�the�influence�of�his�friend�Sir�Joseph�Banks,�to�lead�an�exploring�expedition�into�the�African�interior.�He�set�out�from�Senegal�and�was�the�first�European�to�reach�the�Niger.�He�wrote,�‘looking�forwards�I�saw�with�infinite�pleasure�the�great�object�of�my�mission�-�the�long�sought�for�majestic�Niger,�glittering�in�the�morning�sun,�as�broad�as�the�Thames�at�Westminster,�and�flowing�to�the�eastwards.�I�hastened�to�the�brink,�and�having�drank�the�water,�lifted�up�my�fervent�thanks�in�prayer�to�the�great�Ruler�of�all�things,�for�having�thus�far�crowned�my�endeavours�with�success.’�This�first�journey�revealed�many�secrets�of�the�Gambian�hinterland,�and�the�African�Association�were�so�grateful�for�his�work�that�they�published�his�account,�insisting�that�it�should�be�in�the�form�of�a�narrative,�for�his�benefit.�‘Until�the�publication�of�Park’s�[first]�book�in��799�hardly�anything�was�known�of�the�interior�of�Africa,�apart�from�the�north-east�region�and�the�coastal�areas.�Park’s�Travels�had�an�immediate�success�and�was�translated�into�

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most�European�languages.�It�has�become�a�classic�of�travel�literature,�and�its�scientific�observations�on�the�botany�and�meteorolgy�of�the�region,�and�on�the�social�and�domestic�life�of�the�negroes,�have�remained�of�lasting�value.’�(PMM).�

4.� (Alps.) FRESHFIELD�(Mrs.�Henry�[Jane]) A�Summer�Tour�in�the�Grisons�and�Italian�Valleys�of�the�Bernia.�Longman,�Green,�Longman,�and�Roberts.��862,�FIRST�EDITION,�2�coloured�folding�maps�and�4�coloured�lithographic�plates,�first�leaf�(blank)�and�last�two�leaves�(advertisements)�foxed,�pp.�[x],�292,�32,�8vo.,�orig.�dark�green�vertical-ribbed�cloth�with�binder’s�label�of�Edmonds�and�Remnants,�backstrip�lettered�in�gilt,�boards�with�a�decorative�blind�panel,�central�gilt�crest�to�front�board,�slightly�rubbed,�front�hinge�cracked�(but�sound),�upper�corners�and�spine�ends�bumped,�good,�(Neate�295;�ACLC�p.�2�;�Coolidge��95)� £650.00

Jane�Freshfield,�whose�son�Douglas�would�go�on�to�be�president�of�the�Royal�Geographical�Society�and�edit�the�Alpine�Journal,�was�herself�a�keen�mountaineer.�With�her�husband�Henry�she�travelled�extensively�in�the�Alps,�and�wrote�‘Alpine�Byways’�(�86�)�and�this�book,�which�was�largely�responsible�for�making�the�then-unknown�(in�Britain)�Grisons�and�Engadine�into�popular�travel�destinations.�

5.� (America.) DIXON�(William�Hepworth) New�America.�With�illustrations�from�original�photographs.�Complete�in�one�volume.�Third�edition.�Philadelphia:�Lippincott.��867,�frontispiece�engraving�(with�paper�guard),�title�trifle�foxed,�5�engraved�plates,�pp.�495,�[8](advertisements.),�8vo.,�modern�burgundy�linen,�gilt�lettered�morocco�label�on�smooth�backstrip,�cream�endpapers,�good�(Sabin�20373)� £45.00

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Dixon�was�editor�of�‘The�Athenaeum’�from��853-69,�and�wrote�several�works�on�travel.�The�present�work�was�preceded�by�‘The�Holy�Land’�(of��865);�he�subsequently�published�‘Free�Russia’�in��870.

6.� (America.) ROBERTSON�(William) The�History�of�America.�The�tenth�edition.�In�which�is�included�the�Posthumous�Volume,�containing�the�history�of�Virginia,�to�the�year��688;�and�of�New�England,�to�the�year��652.�[4�volumes.]�A.�Strahan.��803,�4�folding�maps�(one�map�from�vol.�i�bound�in�vol.�iii,�one�from�vol.�ii�bound�in�vol.�i)�and�one�plate�(bound�in�vol.�iii�instead�of�vol.�ii)�the�front�free�endpaper�and�half-title�of�vol.�i�neatly�removed,�some�light�foxing�and�browning,�ownership�inscription�of�Catherine�Huntingtower�to�half-titles�and�of�Frederick�James�Tollemache�to�front�endpapers,�pp.�[ii]-lii,�383;�[iv],�432;�[iv],�435;�[iv],�4�8,�[2],�8vo.,�contemp.�marbled�tan�calf,�backstrips�gilt�ruled�with�red�and�black�morocco�labels,�compartments�infilled�with�gilt�chain�patterns,�extremities�and�backstrips�rubbed,�heads�of�backstrips�worn,�leather�splitting�at�head�of�vol.�i�joints,�sound�(Sabin�7�976)� £100.00

The�copy�of�the�Hon.�Frederick�James�Tollemache�(�804-�888),�several�times�MP�for�Grantham�and�a�director�of�the�New�Zealand�Company.�It�also�belonged�to�his�mother,�Catherine�Grey�(his�father�being�styled�Lord�Huntingtower).�

7.� (America. Native Americans.) M’KENNEY�(Thomas�L[orraine]) Memoirs,�official�and�personal:�with�sketches�of�travels�among�the�northern�and�southern�Indians;�embracing�a�war�excursion,�and�descriptions�of�scenes�along�the�western�borders�...�Two�volumes�in�one.�Second�edition.�New�York:�Paine�and�Burgess.��846,�lithographed�portrait�frontispiece�to�vol.i,�colour�lithographed�frontispiece�in�vol.ii,�facsimile�letter,����wood-engraved�plates�(i.e.�one�extra�to�plate�list)�and�one�full-page�illustration�on�letterpress�(included�in�plate�list),�foxed,�pp.�[i]-xi,�[i](blank),�[i],�[i](blank),�[�5]-340;�[i]-ix,�[i](blank),�[9]-�36,�8vo.,�mid�twentieth-century�half�black�morocco,�backstrip�with�dot�roll�decorated�raised�bands,�gilt�panelled�compartments,�lettered�direct�in�second�and�third�compartments,�and�at�foot,�grey�cloth�sides,�marbled�endpapers,�a.e.g.,�good�(Sabin�43403)� £220.00

M’Kenney�was�U.S.�Government�Superintendent�of�Indian�Trade�from��8�6-22.�An�advocate�of�the�American�Indian�‘civilisation’�programme,�M’Kenney�was�to�become�an�avid�supporter�of�Indian�removal�west�of�the�Mississippi�River.�The�Graff�Collection�catalogue�calls�for�thirteen�illustrations;�Howes�says�‘�3�pls.[one�coloured],�facs’;�and�Clark�seems�to�call�for�fifteen�illustrations�in�addition�to�a�frontispiece�portrait�and�a�facsimile.�There�are�in�fact�fifteen�plates:�a�frontispiece�portrait�of�the�author�in�vol.�i,�and�one�(coloured)�of�Pocahontas�in�vol.�ii;�a�facsimile�of�a�letter�from�Dolley�Madison�to�the�author;�and�twelve�illustrations�by�F.O.C.�Darley.�Not�in�Wagner-Camp.

8.� (America. Pilgrims) THE�PILGRIM�FATHERS: a�Journal�of�their�Coming�in�the�Mayflower�to�New�England�and�their�Life�and�Adventures�there.�Edited,�with�Preface�and�Notes,�by�Theodore�Besterman.�Reprinted�from�the�Rare��622�Edition.�Golden�Cockerel�Press.��939,�90/300�COPIES�printed�on�Arnold�mouldmade�paper,�frontispiece�and�7�other�wood-engravings�by�Geoffrey�Wales,�pp.88,�roy.8vo.,�orig.�qtr.�black�

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morocco,�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�cream�linen�sides,�t.e.g.,�others�untrimmed,�very�good�(Pertelote��40)� £200.00

‘The�Pilgrim�Fathers�is�one�of�the�nicest�books�we�have�ever�made—agreeable�in�its�proportions,�tasteful�binding,�beautiful�paper,�elegant�typography,�and�exceptionally�pleasant�and�dextrous�engravings,�all�harmonizing�with�the�charming�content’�(Pertelote)�

9.� (Angling. Tasmania. New Zealand.) SENIOR�(William) Travel�and�Trout�in�the�Antipodes�An�angler’s�sketches�in�Tasmania�and�New�Zealand.�Chatto�and�Windus.��880,�FIRST�EDITION,�half-title�(with�ownership�inscription�at�head),�title-page�publisher�device,�pp.�xii,�3�5,�32�(publisher�advertisements�dated�October��879),�8vo.,�orig.�pale�blue�cloth,�gilt�lettered�backstrip�heavily�sunned�(with�only�modest�wear�at�head�and�tail),�front�board�with�decorative�green-stamped�titles,�brown�endpapers,�a�good�firm�copy�(Ferguson��5577;�Hocken�p.330)� £80.00

‘Describes�the�author’s�visit�and�fishing�in�various�New�Zealand�[and�Tasmanian]�rivers,�with�an�account�of�the�acclimatisation�in�Canterbury’�(Hocken).�A�reprint�was�issued�in��994.�

The Famous Antarctic Photographer�0.� (Antarctic.) PONTING�(Herbert�G.) The�Great�White�South.�Duckworth.��92�,�FIRST�

EDITION,�96�plates�(94�after�photographs,�2�after�drawings),�and�map�in�text,�a�touch�of�light�foxing�to�edges�and�some�leaves,�one�plate�with�margin�neatly�reinforced,�pp.�xxvi,�305,�[�],�8vo.,�orig.�blue�cloth,�title�and�Terra�Nova�crest�in�gilt�to�backstrip�and�front�board,�backstrip�sunned�and�bumped�at�head�and�tail,�small�closed�flaw�to�cloth�at�head�of�rear�joint,�good�� � � £250.00

‘Having�also�photographed�Swiss�and�French�mountains,�Ponting�was�regarded�as�the�best�outdoor�cameraman�in�the�world�when�in��909�Captain�Robert�Scott�invited�him�to�join�the�Antarctic�expedition�he�was�organizing’�(ODNB).�Ponting�also�learned�the�technique�of�shooting�motion�pictures�(with�a�cold-proofed�camera)�specifically�for�the�expedition.�This�is�his�‘long-awaited’�book�on�the�ill-fated�journey,�with�the�plates�consisting�mostly�of�his�photographs.�

‘Great God! This is an awful place and terrible enough for us to have laboured to it without the reward of priority.’

��.� (Antarctic.) SCOTT�(Captain�R.F.) Scott’s�last�expedition.�In�two�volumes.�Vol.I.�Being�the�journals�...�Vol.II.�Being�reports�of�the�journeys�&�the�scientific�work�undertaken�by�Dr.�E.A.Wilson�and�the�surviving�members�of�the�expedition.�Arranged�by�Leonard�Huxley�...�Smith,�Elder.��9�3,�FIRST�EDITION,�2�photogravure�frontispieces�(with�foxed�tissue-guards,�as�usual)�and�6�plates,��8�colour�plates,�5�folding�plates�(including�2�panoramas),�numerous�plates�(most�with�double�images),�8�folding�maps,�occasional�slight�foxing,�pp.�xxvi,�633,��]�blank),�[2];�xiv,�[ii],�534,�8vo.,�orig.�vertically-ribbed�blue�cloth,�backstrips�gilt�lettered�direct�on�backstrips�and�upper�sides,�and�slightly�bumped�at�head�and�foot,�t.e.g.�remainder�rough�trimmed,�fine�(Rosove�290.A�;�Spence��056;�Conrad�p.�88)� £1,200.00

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Scott’s�account,�from�his�meticulously�kept�journal,�of�one�of�the�greatest�tragedies�in�Polar�Exploration,�includes�all�the�details�of�the�Expedition’s�struggle,�and�eventual�failure,�to�survive.�There�were�difficulties�from�the�outset�and�when�they�finally�arrived�at�the�Discovery�hut�they�found�it�in�terrible�condition.�Scott�wrote:�‘To�camp�outside�and�feel�that�all�the�old�comfort�and�cheer�had�departed,�was�dreadfully�heartrending’.�They�reached�the�Pole�January��8,��9�2,�only�to�find�that�they�had�been�bested�23�days�earlier�by�Roald�Amundsen.�Weakened�by�their�appalling�circumstances,�the�party�continued�to�collect�invaluable�geological�specimens�right�up�to�the�end.�In�March�Oates�famously�walked�off�into�a�blizzard�to�save�resources�for�those�more�physically�fit.�It�was�to�no�avail.�On�November��2,��9�2,�a�search�party�found�the�tent,�the�bodies�of�Scott�and�the�others,�and�his�extraordinary�journals.�

�2.� (Antarctic. ‘Terra Australis.’) SHACKLETON�(Ernest�Henry) The�Heart�of�the�Antarctic.�Being�the�story�of�the�British�Antarctic�Expedition��907-�909.�With�an�introduction�by�Hugh�Robert�Mill,�D.Sc.�An�account�of�the�first�journey�to�the�south�magnetic�pole�by�Professor�T.W.�Edgeworth�David,�F.R.S.�2�Vols.�Heinemann.��909,�FIRST�EDITION,�2�frontispieces�and��2�colour�plates�(with�printed�tissue-guards),��94�plates,�diagrams�on�letterpress,�3�maps�and�2�panoramas�in�pocket�at�end�of�vol.ii,�errata-slip�in�vol.ii,�pp.�xlviii,�37�,�[�];�xv,�[i],�4�8,�[�],�roy.8vo.,�handsomely�bound�in�modern�half�dark�blue�morocco,�backstrips�with�raised�bands�between�blind�rules,�

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gilt�rules�at�head�and�foot,�gilt�lettered�white�vellum�label�in�second�compartments,�vol.�numbers�lettered�direct�in�third�compartments,�blue�canvas�sides,�hand-made�endpapers,�t.e.g.,�remainder�roughtrimmed,�very�good�� £800.00

Although�Shackleton�had�contributed�articles�and�papers�to�numerous�periodicals�since�his�early�expeditions�around�the�turn-of-the-century,�‘The�Heart�of�the�Antarctic’�was�his�first�book.�His�team’s�attempt�to�reach�the�south�pole�is�often�eclipsed�by�Scott’s��9�2�expedition,�but�his�four-man�shore�party�did�reach�the�south�magnetic�pole,�and�got�to�within�97�nautical�miles�of�the�true�pole.�Other�achievements�included�the�world’s�first�ascent�of�Mount�Erebus�(�2,448�ft.)�on�Ross�Island.�Throughout�the�expedition,�team�members�had�produced�copies�of�‘Aurora�Australis’�(a�printing�press�had�been�shipped�from�England).�An�exceedingly�rare�book,�the�first�to�be�printed�on�the�continent�of�Antarctica,�it�was�bound�in�the�boards�from�packing�cases�and�contained�accounts�of�Antarctic�life,�short�stories,�and�humorous�essays.�On�his�journey�home�from�New�Zealand�by�ocean�liner,�Shackleton�was�able�to�draw�on�‘Aurora�Australis’,�and,�with�the�help�of�literary�assistant�Edward�Saunders,�had�made�ready�for�publication�his�own�two-volume�account�of�events.�‘The�Heart�of�the�Antarctic’�went�to�press�in�October��909�and�was�immediately�praised�by�its�many�readers.�A�classic�of�the�genre.�

‘No�person�who�has�not�spent�a�period�of�his�life�in�those�“stark�and�sullen�solitudes�that�sentinel�the�Pole”�will�understand�fully�what�trees�and�flowers,�sun-flecked�turf�and�running�streams�mean�to�the�soul�of�a�man.’�

The first Vocabulary of the Lesser Antilles�3.� (Antilles.) [ROCHEFORT�(Charles�de),�Louis�

DE�POINCY�and�Raimond�BRETON.] Histoire�naturelle�et�morale�des�Iles�Antilles�de�l’Amerique.�[...]�Avec�un�Vocabulaire�Caraïbe.�A�Roterdam�[Rotterdam]:�Chez�Arnould�Leers.��658,�FIRST�EDITION,�issue�with�dedication�signed�‘L.D.P.’,�additional�engraved�title�and�portrait�of�dedicatee,�43�engravings�in�text,�woodcut�title�device�and�tail-pieces,�a�folding�map�(with�a�small�repair)�added�from�another�work,�a�little�light�foxing�and�marking,�two�small�intermittent�wormholes�(sometimes�touching�a�letter�but�not�affecting�legibility),�a�few�stamps�of�‘Sucrerie�Agricole�de�l’Union,�Ste�Lucie’,�pp.�[xviii],�527,�[�3],�map,�4to.,�contemp.�calf,�backstrip�with�five�raised�bands,�compartments�gilt,�red�label�in�second�compartment,�marbled�edges�and�endpapers,�old�chipping�to�leather,�neat�repairs�to�head�and�tail�of�joints�and�two�corners,�good�(Sabin�723�4;�Beinecke�Lesser�Antilles�46)� £2,000.00

The�first,�anonymously�published,�edition�of�this�important�natural�and�cultural�history�of�the�Antilles,�including�many�engravings�of�plants�and�animals.�At�the�end�is�a��3-page�topical�vocabulary�by�Father�Raymond�Breton�(�609-�679),�which�he�later�(�665-6)�expanded�into�an�alphabetical�dictionary,�and�which�is�the�first�such�work�on�any�native�language�of�the�Lesser�Antilles.�The�main�text�appears�to�have�been�compiled�by�Charles�

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de�Rochefort�(�605-�683)—not�his�contemporary�César�de�Rochefort�(vide�Sabin)—and�later�printings�and�translations�(of�which�there�were�several)�include�de�Rochefort’s�name;�he�most�likely�adapted�the�text�from�the�work�of�de�Poincy.�An�engraved�folding�map�of�America�(contemporary?)�after�N.�Sanson�has�been�added�between�the�two�parts,�taken�from�an�unknown�octavo�source�but�meant�to�be�bound�there�at�‘Tom�I.�Pag.�I’.�This�copy�bears�the�stamps�of�an�institution�on�the�island�of�Saint�Lucia,�one�of�the�Lesser�Antilles.�

�4.� (Arctic.) BACK�(Captain�George) Narrative�of�the�Arctic�Land�Expedition�to�the�Mouth�of�the�Great�Fish�River,�and�along�the�Shores�of�the�Arctic�Ocean,�in�the�Years��833,��834,�and��835.�John�Murray.��836,�FIRST�EDITION,��6�steel-engraved�plates,�large�folding�map,�offset,�occasional�foxing�to�the�plates,�inscribed�in�ink�as�an�Eton�prize�on�the�front�endpaper,�pp.�xii,�663,�8vo.,�slightly�later�dark�blue�polished�calf,�the�backstrip�elaborately�panelled�in�gilt,�red�morocco�label�with�gilt�lettering�in�the�second�compartment,�the�sides�with�double�gilt�fillets,�single�scratch�to�rear�cover,�marbled�edges�and�endpapers,�good�(Sabin�26�3)� £600.00

Back�had�previously�gained�considerable�experience�as�an�arctic�explorer�through�his�participation�in�the�Buchan�expedition�and�Franklin’s�two�overland�expeditions.�His�instructions,�for�this�expedition�were,�in�brief,�firstly�to�make�for�the�sea�by�the�river�and,�if�possible,�aid�Captain�Ross,�and,�secondly,�to�survey�the�coast�as�far�as�possible.�The�first�winter�he�spent�at�Fort�Reliance—a�house�that�he�constructed�near�the�Great�Slave�Lake,�when�himself�half-starved�and�amid�starving�Indians.�In�April�he�received�news�of�Captain�Ross’s�arrival�in�England,�but�he�was�ordered�to�push�on�to�the�river�and�survey�the�coast�from�there�to�Cape�Turnagain.�His�first�difficulty�was�to�discover�where�the�river�lay,�and�to�avoid�embarking�on�the�wrong�one.�The�name�of�it�was�Thlew-ee-choh-deeseth,�or�Great�Fish�River�(later�known�as�the�Back�River).�His�journey�down�it�is�vividly�recounted�in�this�Narrative,�illustrated�by�his�sketches.�‘The�ice�prevented�Back’s�proposed�survey�of�the�coast,�and�after�again�wintering�at�Fort�Reliance�he�reached�La�Chêne,�the�Hudson�Bay�station�where�he�had�started�over�two�years�before,�in�August��835,�having�travelled�7500�miles,�including��200�of�discovery.�Besides�his�discovery�of�a�river�over�440�miles�long,�he�had�made�important�observations�of�the�Aurora�Borealis,�and�had�given�the�name�of�Montreal�to�an�island�afterwards�sadly�familiar�in�connection�with�the�fate�of�Franklin’�(ODNB).

�Back�was�‘one�of�the�first�competent�artists�to�penetrate�into�the�Canadian�Arctic’;�the�many�water-colours�and�drawings�which�he�produced�and�which�enhance�his�narratives�and�those�of�Franklin�‘are�now�considered�an�invaluable�record�of�early�northern�history’�(DCB).�

�5.� (Arctic.) FIALA�(Anthony) Fighting�the�Polar�Ice.�With�...�Reports�by�William�J.�Peters,�Russell�W.�Porter�and�Oliver�S.�Fassig.�[Second�Edition].�New�York:�Doubleday,�Page.��907,�large�folding�coloured�map,�9�plates,�one�folding�and�8�of�them�coloured,�pp.�[iv],�xxii,�296,�[6],�large�8vo.,�orig.�green�vertical-ribbed�cloth,�the�backstrip�lettered�in�gilt�and�with�extremities�bumped,�the�upper�cover�embossed�with�an�image�of�a�sledge�in�blind,�good�� £250.00

Fiala�set�out�from�Norway�in��903,�commanding�the�second�Ziegler�expedition�to�the�North�Pole�(�903-5).�Although�it�failed�to�reach�the�North�Pole,�as�intended,�and�with�the�loss�of�the�expedition’s�ship�‘America’,�the�expedition�recorded�metereological�

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and�astronical�observations,�and�perhaps,�most�significantly�its�survey�work�led�to�improvements�in�maps�and�charts.�The�party�remained�stranded�for�two�years�because�of�severe�weather,�yet�all�but�one�member�survived,�and�were�rescued�by�the�‘Terra�Nova’.�

�6.� (Arctic.) HARRISON�(Alfred�H.) In�Search�of�a�Polar�Continent��905-�907.�Arnold.��908,�FIRST�EDITION,�33�plates�from�photographs,�folding�coloured�map�of�Arctic�America,�small�tear�neatly�repaired,�pp.�xvii,�292,�8vo.,�contemp.�red�half�calf,�the�backstrip�panelled�in�gilt�with�repeated�tools,�green�morocco�label�in�the�second�compartment�with�gilt�lettering,�the�upper�cover�with�a�medallion�of�Stonyhurst�College�(School�Prize�binding),�and�the�prize�label�inside�the�front�cover,�t.e.g.,�very�good�� £280.00

The�author�spent�two�winters�in�the�neighbourhood�of�the�Mackenzie�delta,�surveying�and�mapping�a�portion�of�the�Arctic�coast.�As�well�as�geographical�data�the�narrative�includes�interesting�and�valuable�information�on�the�Eskimos.�He�was�educated�at�Stonyhurst�College.�

�7.� (Arctic.) NANSEN�(Fridtjof) ‘Farthest�North’�being�the�Record�of�a�Voyage�of�Exploration�of�the�Ship�‘Fram’�893-96�and�of�a�fifteen�month’s�sleigh�Journey.�...�[Two�Volumes].�Archibald�Constable.��897,�FIRST�ENGLISH�EDITION,�engraved�frontispieces,��36�plates,��6�in�colour,�numerous�illustrations�on�the�letterpress�mainly�taken�from�photographs,�4�large�folding�colour�lithographed�maps,�occasional�light�foxing,�pp.�xiii,�[ii],�5�0;�xiii,�67�,�8vo.,�orig.�ribbed�green�cloth�with�minor�stains,�extremities�rubbed,�backstrip�and�frontcover�gilt�lettered�direct�with�author�and�title,�gilt�blocked�illustration�on�upper�sides�(the�‘Fram’�on�vol.i,�dog�sleigh�on�vol.ii),�hinges�cracked,�roughtrimmed,�sound�� £350.00

The�first�edition�to�appear�in�English,�this�production�has�a�larger�complement�of�plates�than�the�later�and�more�common��898�Newnes�edition.�Nansen’s�own�account�of�his�highly�successful�expedition�to�the�Arctic�which�proved�his�theory�that�the�Arctic�could�be�traversed�on�revolutionary�lines.�Through�his�early�whaling�experience�and�the��888/89�Greenland�expedition,�Nansen�became�convinced�of�a�regular�ice-drift�from�Alaska�to�Greenland.�Defying�accepted�opinion�Nansen’s�audacious�plan�was�to�allow�his�ship�to�be�frozen�in�the�ice-pack,�then�drift�in�the�ice�across�the�Arctic.�In�a�vessel�of�his�own�design,�weighing�400�tons�and�strong�enough�to�withstand�the�crushing�ice,�the�expedition�sailed�from�Norway�in�June��893,�the�‘Fram’�successfully�returning�to�Norway�in�August��896.�In�a�second�element�to�Nansen’s�expedition,�he�and�the�Stoker�Johanssen�struck�out�from�the�‘Fram’�in�March��895�with�Huskies�and�sledges�across�the�ice�to�reach�the�pole.�Within�a�few�weeks�they�had�reached�the�farthest�northern�latitude�then�attained�by�man�(86�degrees��4’)�however,�the�deteriorating�condition�of�his�dogs�forced�Nansen�to�turn�back.�On�his�return�Nansen�recieved�worldwide�acclaim,�gaining�recognition�for�his�efforts�through�honours�from�the�Royal�Geographical�Society�and�Oxford�and�Cambridge�universities,�among�other�accolades.�

�8.� (Arctic.) PEARY�(Robert�E.) The�North�Pole.�With�an�introduction�by�Theodore�Roosevelt.�Hodder�and�Stoughton.��9�0,�FIRST�ENGLISH�EDITION,�photogravure�frontispiece�with�tissue-guard,�3�other�photogravure�plates,���2�photographic�

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illustrations�on�64�plates,�and�a�colour�folding�map�(small�reinforcement�at�mount),�light�foxing�to�page�edges�and�endpapers,�prize�bookplate�to�front�pastedown,�pp.�xii,�326,�4to.,�orig.�greenish-blue�cloth,�front�board�and�backstrip�lettered�in�gilt�and�bordered�in�a�double�white�rule,�polar�bear�blocked�in�white�to�backstrip�and�rear�board,�front�board�with�gilt�medallion,�just�a�touch�scuffed�at�extremities,�very�good�� £225.00

‘My�dream�and�goal�for�twenty�years...�It�seems�all�so�simple�and�commonplace.’�The�words�of�Robert�Peary,�who�has�been�described�by�Fergus�Fleming�as�‘undoubtedly�the�most�driven,�possibly�the�most�successful�and�probably�the�most�unpleasant�man�in�the�annals�of�polar�exploration’�(Ninety�Degrees�North).�Whether�one�believes�Peary�made�it�to�the�Pole�and�back�at�the�breakneck�speeds�indicated�in�this�book,�or�not,�the�work�still�remains�a�classic�in�Polar�literature.�

�9.� (Asia.) HEDIN�(Sven) Through�Asia.�[Two�volumes].�Methuen.��898,�FIRST�ENGLISH�EDITION,�2�folding�coloured�maps,�photogravure�forntispieces�and�nearly�300�plates�and�illustrations,�from�photographs�or�drawings,�6�coloured,�small�ownership�labels�to�half-titles,�and�a�gift�inscription�on�the�half-title�of�vol.i,�endpapers�foxed,�pp.�xx,�663;�xii,�[665]-�278,�8vo.,�orig.�dark�green�cloth,�the�backstrips�lettered�in�gilt,�upper�covers�with�pictorial�desert�scene�blocked�in�gilt,�t.e.g.,�others�uncut,�cocked,�labels�inside�front�covers,�good�� £350.00

20.� (Atlas.) OGILBY�(John);�OWEN�(John);�BOWEN�(Emanuel,�Engraver) Britannia�Depicta:�or�Ogilby�Improved.�Being�an�actual�survey�of�all�the�direct�and�principal�cross�roads�of�England�and�Wales;�[...]�To�which�is�added,�An�accurate�Historical�and�Topographical�Description�of�all�the�Cities,�Boroughs,�Towns�Corporate,�and�other�Places�of�Note.�[...]�The�Whole�illustrated�with�Maps�of�all�the�Counties�of�South�

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Britain,�and�a�summary�Description�of�each.�Carington�Bowles.��764,�200�engraved�strip�road�maps,�54�county�or�part�county�maps,�2�plates�of�College�arms,�first��2�pages�letterpress,�the�remainder�wholly�engraved,�first�25�and�last��0�leaves�with�corner�repairs�(all�clear�of�text�and�image),�some�spotting�and�slight�rumpling�to�edges,�title�browned,�contemp.�ownership�inscription�of�Jacob�Yallowley�to�title,�pp.��2,�273,�[�],�4to.,�modern�blind-ruled�calf,�backstrip�with�four�raised�bands,�red�label�in�second�compartment,�new�endpapers,�good�(ESTC�T�34053;�Chubb�CLVI�p.��24)� £1,200.00

There�was�great�demand�for�this�‘road�book’.�Our�copy�is�the�last�edition�of�the�popular�smaller�version�of�John�Ogilby’s�famous�road�maps�of�England,�which�were�originally�published�in�folio�in��675.�Ogilby’s�survey�was�perhaps�the�most�accurate�to�date.�He�used�the�new�distance�of��,760�yards�to�a�mile�instead�of�the�old�standard�of�2,428�yards�and�calculated�distances�methodically�by�foot.�In�this�edition,�the�title-page�is�no�longer�engraved�as�before,�but�following�it�‘are�five�leaves�with�pagination�3-�2�containing�Index�of�Cities,�Tables�of�Cross�Roads,�etc.,�which�are�entirely�reset’�(Chubb).�

2�.� (Atlas.) PATERSON�(Daniel) Paterson’s�British�Itinerary.�Being�a�new�and�accurate�delineation�and�description�of�the�direct�and�principal�cross�roads�of�Great�Britain.�In�two�volumes.�Printed�for�and�sold�by�the�Proprietor�Carington�Bowles.��785,�FIRST�EDITION,�hand-coloured�double-page�frontispiece�map,�engraved�title-page�and�dedication�leaf�in�vol.�i,�engraved�title�in�vol.�ii,�most�pages�being�engraved�

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strip�maps�numbered�in�columns,�pp.�x,�xxix,�columns��88,�pp.��89-228;�columns��42,�pp.��43-�67,�[2],�columns�30,�pp.�3�-�2�,�[�]�8vo.,�contemp.�marbled�calf,�backstrips�ruled�in�gilt,�red�morocco�label�in�second�compartments,�circular�green�label�in�third,�boards�with�a�single�fillet�gilt�border,�hinges�cracking�(but�sound)�good�(ESTC�T93554)� £800.00

Daniel�Paterson�(�738-�825)�published�‘A�New�and�Accurate�Description�of�All�the�Direct�and�Principal�Cross�Roads�in�Great�Britain’�in��77�,�and�it�went�on�to�become�a�standard�reference�in�more�than�a�dozen�editions,�with�Paterson’s�name�understood�as�a�byword�for�accuracy�and�reliability.�However,�Paterson�himself�had�ceased�to�contribute�to�the�‘Description’�by��785,�and�in�that�year�he�produced�this,�the�first�edition�of�the�‘British�Itinerary’�(with�its�confusingly�similar�subtitle),�distinguishing�it�from�his�earlier�work�by�including�strip�maps�similar�to�John�Ogilby’s.�Although�not�innovative�in�content,�Paterson’s�work�surpassed�the�other�road�cartographers�of�the�time�in�presentation�and�detail.�

22.� (Australasia.) COATS�(Joseph) Notes�on�sea�and�land:�Diary�of�a�Journey�to�New�Zealand,�Australia,�Ceylon�and�Egypt�(October��897,�‘til�April��898)�Glasgow:�Printed�for�private�circulation�at�the�University�Press.��898,�SOLE�EDITION,�half-title,�title-page�vignette,�9�illustrations�from�photographs,�pp.�xi,�345,�sm.8vo.,�orig.�blue�cloth,�gilt,�minor�spotting�to�upper�joint,�front�free�endpaper�neatly�(almost�imperceptibly)�removed,�very�good�(Ferguson�8393)� £180.00

Seemingly�rare.�Not�in�Hocken.�Ferguson�points�out�that�‘Experiences�in�Australia�are�described�in�pp.�43-82.�He�records�his�views�upon�Australian�Federation,�pp.�77-82.’�Few�copies�held�institutionally.�

23.� (Australia. New Zealand.) W.�SILVER�&�CO.’S Handbook�for�Australia�and�New�Zealand�(including�also�the�Fiji�Islands)�With�new�map�of�the�Colonies.�Third�edition.�Silver�and�Co.��880,�hand-coloured�folding�map�as�frontispiece,�numerous�tables,�charts,�etc.,�pp.�2,�(advertisements.),�x,�449,�30�(Silver�and�Co.’s�advertiser,�lacks�last�4�leaves),�sm.8vo.,�orig.�russet�cloth,�smooth�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�front�board�with�gilt�titles�centrally�placed,�advertisements�on�yellow�chalked�endpapers,�hinges�strained,�but�a�sound�copy�� £35.00

24.� (Australia. Western.) FREMANTLE�(C[harles]�H[owe]) Diary�&�Letters�of�Admiral�Sir�C.�H.�Fremantle,�G.C.B.�Relating�to�the�Founding�of�the�Colony�of�Western�Australia,��829.�Edited�by�Lord�Cottesloe,�C.B.�London�&�Aylesbury:�Printed�for�private�circulation.��928,�FIRST�EDITION,�half-title�present,�frontispiece�portrait,�map,�pp.�94,�8vo.,�orig.�olive-green�buckram,�spine�(sunned)�longitudinally�gilt�lettered,�minor�flecking�on�sides,�front�board�with�lightly�rubbed�title-label,�with�printed�ticket�‘With�Lord�Cottesloe’s�compliments’�on�front�pastedown,�related�newspaper�cuttings�loosely�inserted,�good�� £75.00

Relatively�few�institution-held�examples�are�located�by�COPAC.�A�facsimile�edition�appeared�on�the�occasion�of�the��50th�Anniversary�in��979.

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25.� (Australia.) FLINDERS�(Matthew) Narrative�of�his�Voyage�in�the�Schooner�Francis:��798,�Preceded�and�Followed�by�Notes�on�Flinders,�Bass,�the�Wreck�of�the�Sidney�Cove,�&c,�by�Geoffrey�Rawson.�Golden�Cockerel�Press.��946,�FIRST�EDITION,�68/�00�

COPIES�(of�an�edition�of�750�copies)�printed�on�Arnold�pale�grey�mouldmade�paper,�wood-engraved�frontispiece,�6�large�head-pieces,�a�title-vignette�and�a�full-page�map�all�by�John�Buckland�Wright�and�printed�in�dark�green,�large�initial�letter�to�each�chapter�also�printed�in�green,�pp.��00,�[2],�sm.folio,�orig.�dark�green�morocco,�lettering�on�faded�backstrip�and�Buckland�Wright�design�on�front�cover�all�gilt�blocked,�gilt�chain-link�rule�to�cover�edges,�single�gilt�rule�border�to�turn-ins,�bookplate,�t.e.g.,�others�untrimmed,�very�good�(Cockalorum��70:�Reid�A�Checklist�of�the�Book�Illustrations�of�John�Buckland�Wright�A45b)� £700.00

26.� (Australia.) WESTGARTH�(William) Australia�felix,�or,�a�historical�and�descriptive�account�of�the�settlement�of�Port�Phillip,�New�South�Wales:�including�full�particulars�of�the�manners�and�condition�of�the�aboriginal�natives:�with�observations�on�emigration,�on�the�system�of�transportation�and�on�colonial�policy.�Illustrated�with�drawings�of�the�natives,�and�a�large�and�beautifully�engraved�map,�coloured,�exhibiting�the�pastoral�or�squatting�stations�of�the�settlers.�Edinburgh:�Oliver�&�Boyd.��848,�FIRST�EDITION,�folding�hand-coloured�map,�2�plates�(including�frontispiece�portrait�of�Aboriginal�couple�with�tissue-guard),�preface�title-page,�half-title,�main�text�title,�pp.�47�(Preface�to�the�German�translation)�xliv,�440,�8vo.,�orig.�net-grain�green�cloth,�gilt�lettered�blind�decorated�backstrip�faded�to�brown�with�loss�at�head,�sides�sharp-cornered�with�blindstamped�foliate�designs,�yellow�chalked�endpapers,�bookplate�of�M.A.�Broadwood,�good�(Edwards’�Australasian�Catalogue�2599)� £95.00

Not�mentioned�by�Ferguson.�

27.� (Baedeker handbook. France.) BAEDEKER�(Karl) Northern�France�from�Belgium�and�the�English�Channel�to�the�Loire�excluding�Paris�and�its�environs.�Fourth�edition.�Leipzig:�Karl�Baedeker.��905,��3�maps�and�40�plans�(many�folding),�pp.�xxxvi,�423,�8vo.,�orig.�sand-grain�red�cloth,�backstrip�lettered�gilt�with�blindstamped�rules,�front�board�gilt�lettered,�good�� £20.00

28.� (Baedeker handbook. Germany.) BAEDEKER�(Karl) Northern�Germany�excluding�the�Rhineland.�Seventeenth�revised�edition.�Leipzig:�Karl�Baedeker.��925,��65�maps�and�plans,�(many�folding),�pp.�xlviii,�406,�8vo.,�orig.�sand-grain�red�cloth,�backstrip�(lightly�sunned)�lettered�gilt�with�blindstamped�rules,�front�board�gilt�lettered,�good�� £20.00

29.� (Baedeker handbook. Germany.) BAEDEKER�(Karl) Southern�Germany�(Wurtemburg�and�Bavaria).�Handbook�for�travellers.�Eleventh�revised�edition.�Leipzig:�Karl�Baedeker.��9�0,�36�maps,�45�plans,�pp.364,��6mo.,�orig.�sand-grain�red�cloth,�backstrip�lettered�gilt�with�blindstamped�rules,�front�board�gilt�lettered,�good�� £20.00

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30.� (Baedeker handbook. Low countries) BAEDEKER�(Karl) Belgien�und�Holland�nebst�Luxembourg�...�Vierundzwanzigste�Auflage.�Leipzig:�Karl�Baedeker.��9�0,�maps,�plans�(some�folding),�pp.�l,�496,�8vo.,�orig.�sand-grain�red�cloth,�backstrip�lettered�gilt�with�blindstamped�rules,�front�board�gilt�lettered,�good�� £20.00

3�.� (Baedeker handbook. Switzerland.) BAEDEKER�(Karl) Die�Schweiz�nebst�den�angrenzenden�Theilen�Oberitalien,�Savoyen�und�Tirol.�Handbuch�für�Reisende.�Achzehnte�neu�bearbeitete�Auflage.[�8th�corrected�edition.]�Leipzig:�Karl�Baedeker.��879,�half-title,�24�maps,��0�plans,�9�panoramas�(many�folding),�pp.�lii,�460,�8vo.,�orig.�sand-grain�red�cloth,�backstrip�lettered�gilt�with�blindstamped�rules,�front�board�gilt�lettered,�publisher�ads.�on�yellow�chalked�front�endpaper,�map�as�rear�endpaper,�marbled�edges,�ribbon-marker,�good�� £50.00

32.� (Baedeker handbook. Switzerland.) BAEDEKER�(Karl)�Switzerland�and�the�adjacent�portions�of�Italy,�Savoy,�and�Tyrol.�...�Sixteenth�edition.�Leipzig:�Karl�Baedeker.��895,�47�maps,��2�plans,�and��2�panoramas,�pp.�500,�8vo.,�orig.�sand-grain�red�cloth,�backstrip�lettered�gilt�with�blindstamped�rules,�front�board�gilt�lettered,�sound�� £20.00

‘With the author’s compliments.’33.� (Balkans. Archæaology.) MUNRO�(Robert) Rambles�and�studies�in�Bosnia-

Herzegovina�and�Dalmatia�with�an�account�of�the�proceedings�of�the�congress�of�archaeologists�and�anthropologists�held�at�Sarajevo,�August��894.�Edinburgh;�London:�W.�Blackwood.��895,�FIRST�EDITION,�half-title�with�authorial�inscription�at�head�‘with�the�author’s�compts.’,�frontispiece�(with�tissue-guard),�and�32�plates,�4�sketch�maps,�text�illustrations,�pp.�xx,�395,�[3]�(advertisements),�8vo.,�orig.�deep�green�cloth,�backstrip�and�front�board�gilt�lettered,�purple�endpapers,�very�good�� £175.00

Born�in�Ross-shire�in��835,�Munro�worked�as�a�physician�in�the�Kilmarnock�region�until�the�mid-�880s,�after�which�time�he�turned�his�whole�attention�to�archæological�researches.�Works�preceding�this�study�were�concerned�with�the�study�of�Scottish�and�Continental�crannogs�and�lake�dwellings.�He�later�founded�a�lectureship�in�anthropology�and�Prehistoric�archaeology�at�Edinburgh�University.�

34.� (Berkshire.) HUGHES�(Thomas) The�Scouring�of�the�White�Horse;�or,�the�Long�Vacation�Ramble�of�a�London�Clerk.�Cambridge:�Macmillan�and�Co.��859,�FIRST�

EDITION,�with��6pp.�publishers’�catalogue�dated��858�at�rear,�double-page�engraved�pictorial�additional�title,�several�engraved�vignettes�in�text,�pp.�xv,�[�],��7-244,��6,�8vo.,�dark�olive-green�morocco�by�Zaehnsdorf�(with�their�stamp),�backstrip�with�five�raised�bands,�second�compartment�gilt�lettered�direct,�the�rest�with�central�and�corner�volutés,�boards�with�a�gilt�triple�fillet�border,�original�blue�cloth�sides�and�spine�bound�in,�bookplate�of�H.W.�Search�to�front�pastedown,�backstrip�just�slightly�faded�and�with�a�tiny�spot�of�damage�to�one�band,�very�good,�(Wolff�3330)� £200.00

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Though�most�famous�for�‘Tom�Brown’s�Schooldays’,�Hughes�wrote�very�little�fiction—only�the�two�Tom�Brown�books�(themselves�‘lightly�fictionalized’�from�his�and�his�brother’s�experiences),�and�this.�Ostensibly�a�novel,�it�is�more�truly�an�account�of�the�local�customs�of�his�home�county�of�Berkshire,�focusing�on�the�regular�games�and�festivities�surrounding�the�maintenance�of�the�White�Horse�of�Uffington.�

35.� (Berkshire.) HUMPHREYS�(Arthur�L.) East�Hendred�a�Berkshire�Parish�historically�treated.�A�Suggestion�for�a�compete�Parochial�Survey�of�the�Kingdom.�Hatchards.��923,�large�folding�map�at�the�end,�photogravure�frontispiece�of�Hendred�House,�title�printed�in�black�and�red,�scattered�small�foxmarks,�pp.�xv,�446,�thick�4to.,�orig.�qtr.�light�grey�buckram,�red�boards,�backstrip�with�printed�label,�a�little�rubbed�and�darkened,�the�upper�cover�with�printed�label,�corners�bumped,�untrimmed,�good�� £130.00

Reveals�the�richness�of�the�history�of�a�village�close�to�the�great�monastic�establishment�in�Abingdon.�

36.� (Berkshire.) LOWSLEY�(Major�B.) A�glossary�of�Berkshire�words�and�phrases.�Published�for�the�English�Dialect�Society�by�Trübner�and�Co.��888,�half-title,�pp.��99,�[�](imprint),�8vo.

� � [bound�with]� (Hampshire.)�COPE�(Rev’d.�Sir�William�H.�Compiler�and�Editor)�A�glossary�of�

Hampshire�words�and�phrases.�Published�for�the�English�Dialect�Society�by�Trübner�and�Co.��883,�pp.�xiv,��04,�half-title,�scant�manuscript�marginalia,�8vo.

� � [and]� (Isle�of�Wight.)�SMITH�(Major�Henry)�...�;�Series�C.�Original�Glossaries.�XXIII.�

Isle�of�Wight�words:�XXIV.�Oxfordshire�Words�(supplementary)�by�Mrs.�Parker;�XXV.�Cumberland�words�(second�supplement);�by�W.�Dickinson;�XXVI.�North�Lincolnshire�Words;�by�E.�Sutton.;�XXVI.�Radnorshire�words;�by�the�Rev.�W.E.T.�Morgan.�Published�for�the�English�Dialect�Society�by�Trübner�and�Co.��88�,�half-title,�pp.�xii,�64,�8vo.,�later�dark�blue�buckram�(gilt),�lightly�rubbed,�the�orig.�deep�blue�printed�pamphlet�wrappers�bound�in�at�the�front�and�rear�of�each�of�the�issues,�good�� £45.00

The�title�of�the�third�part�indicates�inclusion�of�several�other�county�glossaries�in�that�section,�but�only�the�Isle�of�Wight�glossary�is�bound�in�to�this�volume.�Others�may�well�have�been�included�in�an�accompanying�volume,�which�is�sadly�missing.�

37.� (Canada.) [WARBURTON�(George�Drought)] The�Conquest�of�Canada.�By�the�Author�of�‘Hochelaga’.�In�Two�volumes.�Richard�Bentley.��849,�FIRST�EDITION,�engraved�frontispiece�portraits�slightly�foxed,�half-titles�discarded,�both�volumes�inscribed�on�the�endpapers�as�leaving�presents�from�Eton,�errata-slip�present,�pp.�xxxi,�432;�508,�8vo.,�slightly�later�damson�polished�calf,�the�backstrips�decoratively�panelled�in�gilt�and�with�tan�morocco�labels�lettered�in�gilt,�the�sides�with�double�gilt�fillets,�marbled�edges,�good�(Sabin��0�274)� £200.00

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Warburton�‘provided�a�good�narrative�history�and�showed�an�awareness�that�the�basic�difference�between�the�British�and�French�colonial�systems�was�an�important�factor�in�the�struggle�for�control�of�the�continent’.�The�Conquest�of�Canada�passed�through�several�editions�and�was�widely�read�for�its�mixture�of�careful�research,�exotic�descriptions,�and�lively�style�(ODNB).�

38.� (Cavalry. Military strategy.) HUGO�(Hermannus) De�militia�equestri�antiqua�et�noua�ad�regem�Philippvm�IV.�Libri�quinque�auctore�Hermanno�Hugone,�Societ.�Iesu.�Antwerp:�Ex�officina�Plantiniana�Balthasaris�Moreti.��630,�FIRST�EDITION,�engraved�title-page�by�C.�Galle�(neatly�folded�at�foot)�depicting�an�elephant,�winged�horse,�camel,�horses,�and�centaur,�6�double-page�engraved�plates�and�29�engravings�in�the�text�(including�3�full-page),�all�in�the�style�of�Jacques�Callot�(who�provided�maps�for�Hugo’s�earlier�work�on�the�Siege�of�Breda),�woodcut�initial�letters,�head�and�tail-pieces,�2�faint�stamps�of�Lt.-Colonel�A.�Gerhardt’s�Bibliotheque�de�Boisnoir�on�first�page�of�dedication,�woodcut�printer’s�device�with�motto�“Labore�et�constantia”�on�verso�of�final�leaf�Xx5,�text�in�Roman�and�Gothic�type,�pp.�[8],�344,�[�2],�[Signatures:�*4�A-Vv4�Xx6�(Xx6�blank)],�folio,�contemp.�tan�speckled�sheep,�backstrip�(retained�and�laid�down)�divided�into�six�compartments�by�gilt-decorated�raised�bands�between�gilt�and�dot�rolls,�gilt�lettered�leather�title-piece�in�second,�remainder�with�gilt�tool�at�centres�and�volute�gilt�cornerpieces,�gilt�foliate�decoration�on�board�edges,�upper�joint�tender,�sides�with�ornate�gilt�stamped�coat�of�arms�(possibly�those�of�the�Schoenborn�family),�marbled�front�and�rear�pastedowns,�red�and�blue�speckled�edges,�inscription�on�recto�of�front�free�endpaper�(see�note),�housed�in�a�modern�quarter�calf�clamshell�box,�very�good�(Brunet�III,�col.�367;�Ebert�II��0358;�Graesse�III�p.�387)� £1,250.00

The�learned�Jesuit�Herman�Hugo�(�588-�629)�published�the�posthumously-�issued�present�work�in��630,�in�folio,�at�Antwerp;�it�was�reprinted�from�the�same�place�in��642.�The�title�appears�on�the�front�of�the�howdah�of�a�caparisoned�elephant�which�forms�the�centre�of�the�finely�engraved�title-page�signed�‘Corn.Galleus�sculpsit.’�Six�double-page�engraved�illustrations,�in�addition�to�many�in�the�text,�illustrate�the�cavalry�tactics�of�the�periods.

The�work,�in�Latin,�is�a�history�of�Cavalry�from�the�earliest�times.�Amongst�the�latter�authorities�quoted�by�the�Jesuit�are�Justus�Lipsius,�Lodovico�Melzo,�Giorgio�Basta,�Carlo�Della�Croce,�and�Johann�Jacobi,�of�Wallhausen.

This�copy�bears�an�interesting�late�eighteenth-�or�early�nineteenth-century�inscription�(possibly�by�a�bookseller�or�auctioneer)�that�reads:�‘49,60�doubl�-�Als�Doublette�aus�der�gräfl.�von�Schönbornschen�Bibliothek�Pommersfelden�verkauft.’�Beneath�this,�a�scrawled�signature.�Translated�this�reads�‘Sold�for�49,60�as�a�doublette�from�the�library�of�the�counts�of�Schoenborn�in�Pommersfelden.’�

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39.� (Ceylon map.) TIRION�(Isaac) Nvoua�Carta�dell’�Isola�Ceilon�fatta�in�Amsterdam�per�Isaac�Tirion.�Amsterdam:�[Tirion]�[c.��734],�engraved�map,�showing�mountains�and�forests,�293�x�374mm.,�unframed,�good�� £120.00

Tirion�(�705-69)�was�a�prolific�Amsterdam�based�publisher�during�the�mid�eighteenth-century.�His�output�includes�a�number�of�atlases�with�maps�usually�based�on�those�of�G.�Delisle,�which�were�finely�engraved,�and�he�also�produced�extensive�volumes�of�Dutch�town�plans.�

40.� (Cheshire.) DARLINGTON�(Thomas) The�folk-speech�of�South�Cheshire.�Published�for�the�English�Dialect�Society�by�Trübner�and�Co.��887,�half-title,�pp.vii,�45�,�8vo.,�later�blue�buckram,�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�very�good�� £45.00

4�.� (Chester.) HOLLAND�(Robert) A�glossary�of�words�used�in�the�county�of�Chester.�Published�for�the�English�Dialect�Society�by�Kegan�Paul,�Trench,�Trübner,�&�Co.��886,�half-title,�pp.vii,�5�3,�[�](errata.),�8vo.,�later�blue�buckram,�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�very�good�� £45.00

With�contributions�such�as�‘Dialect�story’�by�J.�C.�Clough,�and�‘A�Cheshire�Rundle’�by�John�Hoole.�Issued�separately�as�volume��6�in�the�E.D.S.�

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China through Western eyes...42.� (China.) GROSIER�(J[ean]-B[aptiste]�G[abriel]�A[lexandre]) A�general�description�

of�China:�containing�the�topography�of�the�fifteen�provinces�which�compose�this�vast�empire;�that�of�Tartary,�the�isles�and�other�tributary�countries:�the�number�and�situation�of�its�cities,�the�state�of�its�population,�the�natural�history�of�its�animals,�vegetables�and�minerals.�Together�with�the�latest�accounts�that�have�reached�Europe,�of�the�government,�religion,�manners,�customs,�arts�and�sciences�of�the�Chinese�Translated�from�the�French.�[2�volumes].�Printed�for�G.G.J.�and�J.�Robinson.��788,�FIRST�EDITION�IN�ENGLISH,�both�half-titles�are�binder’s�discards,�hand-coloured�engraved�folding�map�of�China�(vol.�i),��5�engraved�plates�(one�folding,�one�cut�a�little�short�at�fore�edge)�pp.vii,�xvi,�582;�viii,�524,�8vo.,�mid�nineteenth-century�qtr.�calf,�sometime�completely�rebacked,�smooth�backstrips�divided�by�gilt�lozenge�designs�into�six�compartments,�gilt�lettered�direct�in�second,�gilt�vol.�nos.�within�gilt�dotted�ovals�in�fourth,�remainder�with�gilt�flowerhead�device�at�centres,�original�slightly�rubbed�blue-patterned�marbled�sides�retained�with�cornertips�in�vellum�(gently�knocked),�endpapers�lightly�foxed,�ink�ownership�inscription�of�Paul�Ourry�Treby�(see�note)�dated�April�2nd��846�on�front�pastedown�of�vol.�i,�very�good�(Lust�32;�Cordier�62;�Morrison�I,�3�8;�ESTC�T�32�87;�Lowndes�II,�p.949)� £1,000.00

‘A�compilation�from�the�accounts�furnished�by�the�missionaries’�(Lowndes).�Abbot�Grosier�successfully�completed�his��2�volume�history�of�China�in��785.�In��786,�he�added�a�supplement�(intended�as�the�thirteenth�volume)�to�the�work:�‘Description�général�de�la�Chine,�contenant,�I.�la�description�topographique�des�quinze�provinces�qui�forment�cet�empire,�celle�de�la�Tartarie,�des�isles,�&�autres�pays�tributaires�...�les�productions�variées�de�son�sol,�&�les�principaux�détails�de�son�histoire�naturelle:�II.�un�précis�des�connoissances�...�sur�le�gouvernement,�la�religion,�les�moeurs�&�les�usages,�les�arts�&�les�sciences�des�Chinois’,�published�in�Paris�in�quarto.

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This�early�travel�account�of�a�largely�unknown�country�was�considered�a�triumph,�with�five�editions�appearing�in�England,�France,�and�Germany�by��820.�John�Lust�considers�the�work�‘very�rich�in�the�observation�and�detail�amassed�by�the�Jesuits.�A�picture�of�an�attractive�country�before�semi-colonisation�set�in.’

This�set�was�once�in�the�ownership�of�Mr.�Paul-Ourry�Treby�(�786-�862)�of�Goodamor�and�Plympton�House,�Devon.�Treby�was�a�well-known�and�deeply�respected�sportsman,�and�one�of�the�four�rangers�of�Dartmoor.

43.� (Cornwall.)�TREGARTHEN�(Enys)�North�Cornwall�Fairies�and�Legends.�Wells�Gardner,�Darnton�&�Co.��906,�FIRST�EDITION,�frontispiece�and�9�full-page�illustrations,�other�illustrations�in�text,�title�slightly�spotted,�first�(blank)�and�last�(notes)�leaf�browned,�pp.�xiv,��9�,�[�],�8vo.,�orig.�red�cloth,�backstrip�and�front�board�blocked�in�gilt,�t.e.g.,�slightly�darkened�at�extremities�with�small�watermark�to�rear�board,�good�� £50.00

With the Dustjacket44.� (Cornwall.) TREGARTHEN�(Enys) The�Piskey�Purse.�Legends�and�Tales�of�North�

Cornwall.�Wells�Gardner,�Darnton�&�Co.��905,�FIRST�EDITION,�frontispiece�and�7�full-page�illustrations,�other�illustrations�in�text,�pp.�xvi,�207,�[�],�8vo.,�orig.�red�cloth,�backstrip�and�front�board�blocked�in�gilt,�t.e.g.,�orig.�red�dustjacket,�blocked�in�black�to�match�binding,�top�edge�somewhat�chipped,�spine�faded,�very�good�� £100.00

Tregarthen�(real�name�Nellie�Sloggett)�wrote�a�number�of�books�under�her�pseudonyms�‘Enys�Tregarthen’�and�‘Nellie�Cornwall’,�most�of�which�are�now�scarce,�especially�with�the�dustjacket�present.

45.� (Crete.) MOSSO�(Angelo) The�Palaces�of�Crete�and�their�Builders.�Fisher�Unwin.��907,�FIRST�EDITION,�2�double-page�plans�of�the�Palace�of�Knossos�and�numerous�photographic�illustrations,�many�full-page,�pp.�348,�8vo.,�orig.�dark�blue�cloth,�gilt�lettering�to�the�backstrip,�front�cover�also�lettered�in�gilt�and�with�inset�panel�showing�a�part�of�a�palace�in�gilt,�extremities�a�little�knocked,�very�good�� £280.00

Records�the�author’s�personal�excavations�of�the�Palaces�and�includes�chapters�on�women�and�female�worship,�and�cookery.

46.� (Denmark.) LAING�(Samuel) Observations�on�the�social�and�political�State�of�Denmark,�and�the�Duchies�of�Sleswick�and�Holstein�in��85�.�Longman,�Brown,�Green�and�Longmans.��852,�ink�presentation�inscription�on�the�front�free�endpaper,�endpapers�spotted,�pp.�xvi,�446,�8vo.,�contemp.�polished�calf,�the�backstrip�elaborately�panelled�in�gilt,�black�morocco�label�with�gilt�lettering�and�slightly�faded,�the�sides�with�double�gilt�fillet�borders,�marbled�edges,�very�good�� £180.00

‘Laing’s�work�commands�interest�for�its�views�of�Scandinavian�society�in�general,�and�in�particular�of�peasant�proprietorship�and�its�relation�to�population�growth�and�to�the�

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distribution�and�increase�of�wealth’�(ODNB).�His�widely�read�accounts�of�his�journeys�were�less�travel�books�than�works�of�political�economy�and�attracted�notices�comparing�him�to�Arthur�Young�and�von�Humboldt.�

47.� (East Indies.) HAMILTON�(Alexander) A�New�Account�of�the�East�Indies.�With�Numerous�maps�&�illustrations.�Now�Edited�with�Introduction�and�Notes�by�Sir�William�Foster.�In�Two�Volumes.�Argonaut�Press.��930,�3�/975�COPIES,�printed�on�Japon�vellum,�frontispiece�in�vol.�i,�8�folding�maps,�pp.�xxxvii,�[i],�259;�vi,�225,�[3],�4to.,�orig.�qtr.�vellum,�green�cloth�sides�with�gilt�medallion�to�front�boards,�backstrips�lettered�in�gilt,�edges�untrimmed�and�unopened,�green�cloth�slipcase�(somewhat�faded),�fine�� £350.00

‘The�importance�of�Hamilton’s�account�of�his�experiences�in�the�East�(�688-�723)�is�shown�by�the�fact�that�one�can�scarcely�find�a�modern�work�dealing�with�the�history�or�geography�of�Asia�for�that�period�which�does�not�contain�references�to�his�book;�and�it�may�appear�strange�that,�since�the�reprint�of��744,�no�attempt�should�have�been�made...to�place�so�valuable�a�work�at�the�disposal�of�a�wider�circle�of�readers’�(Preface).�

48.� (East Indies. Map.) KITCHIN�(Thomas) The�East�Indies�including�more�particularly�the�British�Dominions�on�the�Continent�of�India.�By�the�Revd.�John�Blair.�NP.�July��st,��773,�hand-coloured�copper-engraved�map,�coloured�by�a�contemporary�hand,�region�by�region,�one�clean�crease,�a�few�faint�spots�in�the�ocean,�475�x�600mm.,�unframed,�good�� £130.00

An�attractive�map�of�the�Indian�sub-continent.

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49.� (East Indies. Map.) [KITCHIN�(Thomas)] A�Map�of�the�East�Indies�from�the�latest�Authorities�and�Observations�by�John�Blair.�NP.�[c.�773],�hand-coloured�copper-engraved�map,�coloured�by�a�contemporary�hand,�small�stain�at�the�fold�of�the�cartouche,�inset�map�of�the�Philippine�Islands,�474�x�595mm.,�unframed,�good�� £120.00

A�map�of�the�continent�and�surrounding�islands�including�part�of�Sumatra�and�Borneo.�

With the Holland House Bookplate50.� (Egypt.) LEGH�(Thomas) Narrative�of�a�Journey�in�Egypt�and�the�country�beyond�the�

cataracts.�John�Murray.��8�6,�FIRST�EDITION,�folding�map,�plate,�pp.�viii,��57,�4to.,�orig.�dark�grey�paper�boards,�minor�(expertly�carried-out)�repairs�to�backstrip,�paper�spine�label,�engraved�bookplate�of�Holland�House�pasted�to�upper�side,�corners�rubbed,�Holland�House�bookplate�also�on�front�pastedown,�good�(Abbey�‘Travel’�267;�Weber�I�49;�Blackmer�999)� £500.00

On�publication�in��8�6,�the�work�attracted�many�favourable�reviews,�including�that�in�‘The�Quarterly�Review’�which�noted�that:�‘It�is�rather�a�phenomenon,�in�these�days�of�bookish�luxury,�to�encounter�a�volume,�and�more�particularly�a�volume�of�Travels,�destitute�of�the�usual�garniture�of�fine�prints�or�aquatinta�sketches,�without�a�single�head�or�tail-piece,�vignette�or�even�portrait�of�the�author,�but�sent�naked�into�the�world�with�no�other�embellishment�or�illustration�than�a�fair�type,�excellent�paper,�and�a�style�as�plain�and�free�from�tawdriness,�as�the�sheets�on�which�it�was�written.’�The�book�must�also�have�appealed�to�the�keepers�of�Lord�Holland’s�library,�where�the�book�was�no�doubt�housed�up�until�the�events�of�September��940.�The�Holland�House�library�had�been�collected�by�

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generations�of�the�Fox�family,�but�was�sold�off�after�German�bombs�destroyed�most�of�the�great�house�during�the�Blitz.�A�famous�photograph�exists�of�the�bombed-out�library�with�the�treasures�still�on�the�shelves,�being�picked�over�by�booksellers.�These�remains�of�the�collection�were�sold�on�behalf�of�the�family,�by�the�Earl�of�Ilchester,�a�leading�British�twentieth-century�aristocratic�bibliophile.

5�.� (Egypt.) WILSON�(Robert�Thomas) History�of�the�British�Expedition�to�Egypt;�to�which�is�subjoined,�a�Sketch�of�the�present�State�of�that�Country�and�its�Means�of�Defence.�...�Second�Edition.�T.�Egerton.��803,�engraved�frontispiece�portrait�of�Sir�Ralph�Abercrombie�after�I.�Hoppner,�4�folding�maps�including�a�large�map�of�the�Western�branch�of�the�Nile�and�one�of�Cairo,�and�2�folding�tables,�half-title�discarded,�light�spotting�to�the�title,�pp.�xxi,�387,�4to.,�contemp.�half�russia,�smooth�backstrip�with�gilt�fillet�panels�and�lettering�in�the�second�compartment,�neatly�repaired,�marbled�boards,�the�upper�cover�with�a�central�red�morocco�gilt�ownership�label,�the�marbled�boards�with�faint�traces�of�newsprint,�engraved�bookplate�with�cypher,�good�(Atabey��346)� £700.00

On�28�June��800�Wilson�purchased�a�majority�in�Hompesch’s�mounted�riflemen,�then�serving�under�Sir�Ralph�Abercrombie�in�the�Mediterranean,�and�in�the�autumn�he�travelled�across�the�continent�to�Vienna�on�a�mission�to�Lord�Minto,�by�whom�he�was�sent�to�the�Austrian�army�in�Italy.�He�then�went�to�join�Abercrombie,�landing�at�Abu�Qir�Bay�on�7�March��80�,�and�taking�part�in�the�action�of�the��3th�and�in�the�battle�of�Alexandria�on�the�2�st.�Upon�Abercrombie’s�death�Major-General�(later�Lord)�Hutchinson�succeeded�him�and�employed�Wilson�on�several�missions.�In�July�Wilson�entered�Cairo�with�Hutchinson,�and�was�at�the�siege�of�Alexandria�in�August�and�its�capitulation�on�the�25th.�For�his�services�in�Egypt�he�was�made�a�knight�of�the�order�of�the�Crescent�of�Turkey.

This�work�went�through�several�editions�and�derived�especial�popularity�from�its�charges�of�cruelty�against�Napoleon,�towards�both�his�prisoners�at�Jaffa�and�his�own�soldiers�at�Cairo.�

52.� (Egyptian hieroglyphics.) CHAMPOLLION�(M.�[Jean-Francois],�le�jeune) Précis�du�système�hiéroglyphique�des�anciens�Égyptiens�...�Second�édition�...�Avec�un�volume�de�planches.�[Paris]:�Imprimérie�Royale.��828-[�827],�20�plates�(8�folding),�+�2��+A-K[i.e.���plates�of�alphabets],�extensive�contemporary�pencil�annotations,�slightly�dustsoiled,�pp.�xxiv,�465,�[4];�48,�8vo.,�bound�together�in�mid�nineteenth-century�half�calf,�smooth�backstrip�darkened,�divided�into�compartments�by�wide�gilt�triple�rules,�black�leather�labels�in�second�and�third�compartments,�marbled�sides,�College�library�bookplate,�r.e.,�good�� £1,000.00

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Sometimes�referred�to�as�‘the�best�edition’.�Champollion�had�been�working�on�translating�Egyptian�hieroglyphics�for�many�years,�but�was�aided�by�the�work�of�Thomas�Young�who�as�a�result�of�the�discovery�of�the�Rosetta�stone�had�established�equivalence�of�some�demotic�and�hieroglyphic�symbols�and�had�managed�to�identify�some�of�the�names�in�the�papyri�on�which�he�was�working.�He�published�the�results�of�his�research�in�a�supplement�to�the�Encyclopedia�Britannica�in��8�9.

This�work�enabled�Champollion�to�identify�many�other�individuals�in�Egyptian�inscriptions,�and�eventually�to�formulate�a�system�for�understanding�Egyptian�grammar�and�a�method�of�deciphering�hieroglyphics.�His�‘Lettre�a�M.�Dacier’,�secretary�of�the�Academie�Royale�des�Inscriptions,�is�regarded�as�the�definitive�document�by�which�hieroglyphs�could�be�translated,�and�the�present�book,�the�‘Précis’,�as�the�full�exposition�of�his�research.

53.� (Europe: Continent.) MURRAY�(John,�publisher)�Handbook�for�travellers�on�the�Continent:�being�a�guide�to�Holland,�Belgium,�Prussia,�Northern�Germany,�and�the�Rhine�from�Holland�to�Switzerland.�With�map�and�plans.�Thirteenth�edition,�corrected.�John�Murray.��860,�half-title,�main�body�of�text�in�double-column,��0�text�plans�(including�folding�maps�of�Berlin,�Amsterdam,�etc.),�folding�travelling�map�of�Germany�dated��859,�pp.�xl,�58�,�54�(Handbook�Advertiser��862,�printed�on�pale�yellow�paper),��2mo.,�orig.�embossed�linen-grain�red�cloth�(now�faded),�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�gilt�titles�on�front�board,�publisher�advertisements�(dated�June��862)�printed�on�pale�brown�chalked�endpapers,�red�speckled�edges,�good�� £100.00

Italian Manuscript on Fortifications54.� (Europe. Fortifications) Alcune�Regole�delle�Fortificationi�moderne,�...�loro�mesure�

Reali�et�non�Reali.�[Transcript�of�Giovanni�Battista�Antonelli’s�text]�[Early��7th�Century],�written�in�sepia�ink�in�a�neat�humanist�cursive�script,��8�neatly-executed�plans�of�fortifications�in�ink,�the�text�circa�20�lines�to�the�page�within�ruled�borders,�beginning�with�a�dedication�to�the�King,�ascribed�to�Antonelli�at�the�foot,�later�manuscript�signature�of�‘Wm.�Mathew’�dated��730,�with�the�price�of�purchase,�a�few�small�minor�stains�to�the�edges,�45�leaves,�including�one�blank�contemp.�vellum,�flat�backstrip�with�a�(later)�paper�label�and�the�title�in�ink,�the�sides�with�double�gilt�rules,�a�little�soiled,�the�front�hinge�weak,�(overall���8�x�87�mm.),�good�� £800.00

An�elegantly�scribed�transcript�of�Antonelli’s�treatise�on�Fortifications�with�neatly�drawn�examples�of�various�embattlements,�and�means�of�defence�including�those�for�fortifying�a�castled�city.�Giovanni�Battista�Antonelli�(�527-�588)�was�the�founder�member�of�the�famous�Italian�family�of�military�engineers,�whose�dynasty�spanned�three�generations.�He�designed�and�built�numerous�strongholds�and�military�fortifications�in�Europe�for�the�

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Spanish�crown�during�the�second�half�of�the�sixteenth�century.�These�include�the�Castle�of�Santa�Barbara�in�Alicante�in��562,�the�construction�of�the�Castillio�de�Benidorm,�the�tower�of�Vigia�Santa�in�Alicante,�the�walls�of�Peñíscola�(the�Templar�Castle),�walls�and�fortifications�of�Cartagena�de�Indias,�and�the�bastion�of�Saint�Domingo.�

55.� (Europe. Fourteenth Century.) FROISSART�(Jean)�Chronicles�of�England,�France,�Spain,�and�the�adjoining�countries,�from�the�latter�part�of�the�reign�of�Edward�II.�to�the�coronation�of�Henry�IV.�Translated�from�the�French�editions,�with�variations�and�additions�from�many�celebrated�mss.�by�Thomas�Johnes,�Esq.�...�In�two�volumes.�William�Smith.��839,�colour�lithographed�additional�title-page�(foxed),�wood-engraved�illustrations�on�letterpress,�pp.�xlvii,�[i],�768;�xiv,�733,�lge.8vo.,�contemp.�mid�brown�calf,�extremities�rubbed,�backstrips�with�gilt�dot�roll�decorated�raised�

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bands,�gilt�lettered�red�leather�title�and�blue�vol.�and�author�labels�in�second�and�third�compartments�respectively,�remainder�gilt�panelled�and�semé�dots,�roundels,�stars,�etc.;�sides�with�gilt�double�fillet�and�narrow�blind�roll�border,�marbled�endpapers,�modern�bookplates,�red�sprinkled�and�polished�edges,�good�� £250.00

Johnes�remains�the�only�man�to�have�undertaken�the�formidable�task�of�translating�the�‘Chronicles’�in�their�entirety,�and�the�appearance�of�subsequent�editions�(until��906)�testifies�to�their�worth.�Masson�notes�that�‘in�point�of�style�and�brilliant�colouring,�Shakespeare�alone�can�be�placed�on�the�same�line�as�Froissart.’�

The First Printed Account of Cook’s First Voyage56.� (Exploration.) [COOK�(Captain�James)�First�Voyage]:�HAWKESWORTH�(John) An�

Account�of�the�Voyages�undertaken�by�the�Order�of�His�Present�Majesty�for�making�Discoveries�in�the�Southern�Hemisphere,�and�successively�performed�by�Commodore�Byron,�Captain�Wallis,�Captain�Carteret�and�Captain�Cook�in�the�‘Dolphin’�the�‘Swallow’�and�the�‘Endeavour’.�Drawn�up�from�the�journals�which�were�kept�by�the�several�Commanders,�and�from�the�Papers�of�J.�Banks�...�in�Three�volumes.�W.�Strahan�&�T.�Cadell.��773,�FIRST�EDITION,�52�engraved�maps,�charts�and�plates,�including�the�large�folding�map�of�the�Magellan�Straight�(not�always�present),�page��39�in�vol.�i.�misnumbered�as�usual,�the�first�chart,�of�the�South�Seas,�creased,�a�few�closed�tears�to�folding�charts�at�folds�and�mounts,�occasional�minor�browning�and�spotting,�one�or�two�edges�in�vol.i�dampstained,�pp.�[xii],�xxxvi,�670;�xvi,�4�0;�[vi],�4��-7�0,�4to.,�modern�imitation�morocco,�backstrips�with�gilt�ruled�raised�bands�and�contemp.�black�and�red�morocco�labels�with�gilt�lettering�laid-down,�good�(Mitchell�648;�Hill��39;�Sabin�30934;�PMM�223)� £5,500.00

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‘Cook�did�more�to�clarify�the�geographical�knowledge�of�the�southern�hemisphere�than�all�his�predecessors�had�done�together.�He�was�really�the�first�scientific�navigator�and�his�voyages�made�great�contributions�to�many�fields�of�knowledge’�(Hill).�Cook’s�first�voyage�included�visits�to�Tahiti�and�New�Zealand,�and�the�tracing�of�the�east�coast�of�Australia�was�one�of�the�most�perilous�feats�of�navigation�in�the�whole�recorded�history�of�exploration.�

Cook’s Third Voyage (1776-1780) by the Surgeon’s Mate57.� (Exploration.) [COOK�(Captain�James)�Third�Voyage]:�ELLIS�(William) An�Authentic�

Narrative�of�a�Voyage�performed�by�Captain�Cook�and�Captain�Clerke,�in�His�Majesty’s�Ships�Resolution�and�Discovery�during�the�Years��776,��777,��778,��779,�and��780;�In�Search�of�a�North-West�Passage�between�the�Continents�of�Asia�and�America.�Including�a�faithful�Account�of�all�their�Discoveries,�and�the�unfortunate�Death�of�Captain�Cook.�[Two�volumes�in�one].�For�G.�Robinson.��782,�FIRST�EDITION,�engraved�folding�chart�showing�the�discoveries�in�the�Pacific�Ocean,�torn�and�repaired�at�lower�fold,�and�2��engraved�plates,�with�‘Directions�to�the�Binders’�leaf,�half-titles�discarded,�tear�to�N3,�repaired,�pp.�[viii],�358,�[2];�[vi],�347,�8vo.,�modern�mottled�calf,�the�backstrip�panelled�in�gilt,�with�four�raised�bands,�and�red�morocco�label�with�gilt�lettering�in�the�second�compartment,�good�(Hill�95;�Sabin�22333;�Holmes�42)� £6,000.00

This�account,�whose�fine�plates�are�among�the�earliest�published�on�the�subject�of�the�Hawaiian�Islands,�Alaska,�and�the�Northwest,�was�published�two�years�before�the�official�account.�Ellis�was�a�surgeon’s�mate�during�Cook’s�third�voyage,�first�on�the�‘Discovery’�and�later�on�the�‘Resolution’,�and�a�skillful�amateur�artist.�The�plates�are�after�his�original�drawings.�Cook’s�third�voyage�began�in�July��776�and�concentrated�on�the�North�Pacific.�His�death�on��4th�February,��779,�of�which�this�is�the�first�account,�overshadowed�the�two�most�important�achievements�of�the�voyage:�the�discovery�of�Hawaii,�which�Cook�considered�to�be�his�greatest�feat,�and�the�disproval�of�the�theory�of�a�North�East�passage.�With�him�travelled�George�Vancouver�who�later�charted�the�North�West�Coast�of�America�and�also�the�artist�John�Webber�who�provided�Europe�with�many�of�the�popular�contemporary�images�of�the�Pacific.�

The Author’s First Work - with hand-coloured Aquatints58.� (France.) STOTHARD�(Mrs.�Charles�[Kempe,�Anna�Eliza]) Letters�written�during�a�

tour�through�Normandy,�Britanny,�and�other�parts�of�France,�including�local�and�historical�descriptions;�with�remarks�on�the�manners�and�character�of�the�people.With�numerous�engravings,�after�drawings�by�Charles�Stothard,�F.S.A.�Longman�[et�al.].��820,�FIRST�EDITION,�frontispiece�and�2��aquatint�plates�(5�beautifully�hand�coloured),�hand�coloured�line�engraving,�all�after�drawings�by�Charles�Stothard,�some�offsetting�and�slight�foxing�to�text,�small�hole�in�text�to�RR2,�pp.�[iv],�322,�4to.,�modern�half�tan�calf,�backstrip�with�raised�bands�between�gilt�rules,�gilt�lettered�dark�red�leather�label,�brown�cloth�sides,�new�cream�endpapers,�bookplate�of�Reginald�James�Mure,�good�(Abbey�‘Travel’�88;�Prideaux�p.353)� £350.00

Charles�Stothard,�the�antiquarian,�married�Anna�Eliza�Kempe�in��8�8.�The�young�couple�travelled�to�France�that�same�year�where�Anna�wrote�letters�to�her�family�describing�the�beauties�and�antiquities�of�the�countryside�through�which�they�were�passing.�These�letters�

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were�collected�in�the�present�work,�their�first�publication,�with�illustrations�provided�by�her�husband.�Tragedy�was�to�befall�the�family�however:�whilst�sketching�the�ceiling�of�a�village�church�in�Devon�in��82�,�Charles�Stothard�slipped�from�the�ladder�high�in�the�roof�and�fell,�fatally�striking�his�head�on�a�pew�below.�

59.� (French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleonic Wars.) JAMES�(William) The�naval�history�of�Great�Britain,�from�the�declaration�of�war�by�France�in��793,�to�the�accession�of�George�IV.�A�new�edition,�with�additions�and�notes,�and�an�account�of�the�Burmese�War�and�the�battle�of�Navarino,�by�Captain�Chambers,�R.N.�In�six�volumes.�Richard�Bentley.��837,�2�portrait�frontispieces,��2�portraits,�3��folding�tables,�plans�and�figures�in�letterpress,�8vo.,�late�nineteenth-century�half�russet�calf,�extremities�rubbed,�head�and�foot�of�vol.i�backstrip�worn,�backstrips�faded,�with�dot�roll�decorated�raised�bands,�gilt�lettered�direct�in�second�and�third�compartments,�remainder�panelled�with�double�line�gilt�border,�marbled�sides,�edges,�and�endpapers,�good�(Lowndes�II,�p.��89)� £200.00

Lowndes�points�out�that�‘these�books�are�valuable�as�materials�for�the�future�historian�of�the�war.’�

60.� (Geography.) CLUVERII�[Clüver]�(Philippi�[Philipp])�and�Josephus�VORSTIUS�(Editor). Introductionis�in�Universam�Geographiam,�tam�veterem�quam�novam�libri�VI.�[Second�edition].�Leiden:�apud�Elzevirios.��629,�engraved�title,�woodcut�initial�letters,�3�engraved�folding�plates,�pp.�252[i.e.�352],�[8],�24mo.,�contemp.�vellum,�smooth�backstrip�with�somewhat�later�gilt�lettered�brown�morocco�label,�marbled�endpapers,�remnants�of�silk-ties,�red�speckled�and�polished�edges,�very�good�(Willems�309;�Sabin��3805�[for�ed.�list])� £350.00

First�published�by�Elsevier�in��624�at�Leiden�(see�Willems�and�Sabin),�the�present�work�follows�this�format�with�three�folding�plates.�It�would�be�reissued�once�more�at�Leiden�in��64�,�before�Elsevier’s�production�transferred�to�Amsterdam.�Clüver�(who�Latinized�his�name�as�Philippus�Cluverianus,�as�was�the�fashion�of�the�time)�was�appointed�geographer�to�Leiden�University.�He�also�fulfilled�the�role�of�librarian.�His�life’s�project,�however,�was�the�study�of�the�geography�of�Antiquity�and�he�is�widely�cited�as�the�founder�of�historical�geography.

The�present�work,�though�issued�posthumously,�represents�a�period�when�Clüver�was�at�the�height�of�his�powers�and�follows�several�significant�publications:�the�author’s�first,�of��6��,�concerning�the�lower�reaches�of�the�Rhine�and�its�tribal�inhabitants�in�Roman�times�entitled�‘Commentarius�de�tribus�Rheni�alveis,�et�ostiis;�item.�De�Quinque�populis�quondam�accolis;�scilicet�de�Toxandris,�Batavis,�Caninefatibus,�Frisiis,�ac�Marsacis’;�‘Germaniae�antiquae�libri�tres’�(Leiden,��6�6)�depends�on�Tacitus�and�other�Latin�authors.�A�volume�on�the�antiquities�of�Sicily,�with�notes�on�Sardinia�and�Corsica�(‘Sicilia�Antiqua�cum�minoribus�insulis�ei�adjacentibus�item�Sardinia�et�Corsica’),�was�again�published�at�Leiden�by�Louis�Elsevier�in��6�9;�it�contained�maps�that�were�often�detached�and�sold�to�map�collectors.

‘Introductionis�in�Universam�Geographiam’,�seen�here�in�its�second�edition,�would�become�a�standard�geographical�textbook.�

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6�.� (Gloucestershire.) MARSHALL�(William) The�rural�Economy�of�Glocestershire;�including�its�Diary:�together�with�the�Dairy�Management�of�North�Wiltshire;�and�the�Managment�of�Orchards�and�Fruit�Liquor,�in�Herefordshire.�In�two�volumes.�Glocester:�By�R.�Raikes�for�G.�Nicol.��789,�FIRST�EDITION,�folding�engraved�map�including�the�neighbouring�counties,�pp.�xxviii,�332,�[4];�iv,�40��[��],�8vo.,�contemp.�half�calf,�the�smooth�backstrips�panelled�with�gilt�fillets�and�chain�tools,�red�morocco�labels�with�gilt�lettering�in�the�second�compartments,�marbled�boards,�armorial�bookplates�of�Charles�Acton,�fine�(ESTC�T94236;�Austin��884;�Fussell�p.���8)� £550.00

According�to�his�own�account�Marshall�could�trace�his�blood�through�the�veins�of�agriculturists�for�upwards�of�four�hundred�years.�He�was�to�leave�his�mark�on�the�subject.�Modern�agricultural�historians�have�generally�held�that�his�works�on�English�farming�are�superior�to�those�of�his�rival,�Arthur�Young,�as�they�are�more�systematically�arranged�and�based�on�a�more�thorough�knowledge�of�a�district�by�personal�residence�there.�In�addition,�in�his�‘Rural�Economy�of�the�midland�counties’�Marshall�proposed�the�establishment�of�a�board�of�agriculture,�a�suggestion�which�the�influential�Sir�John�Sinclair�(�754–�835)�persuaded�Pitt�to�adopt�in��793�(ODNB).�

62.� (Gloucestershire. Worcestershire.) DRUMMOND�ROBERTSON�(J[ohn]) A�glossary�of�dialect�and�archaic�words�used�in�the�County�of�Gloucester�...�Published�for�the�English�Dialect�Society�by�Kegan�Paul,�Trench,�Trübner,�&�Co.��890,�half-title,�frontispiece�map,�pp.�2,�x,�2�6,�[2],�8vo.,

� � [bound�with]� (Worcestershire.)�CHAMBERLAIN�(Mrs.)�A�glossary�of�West�Worcestershire�Words�...�

with�glossic�notes�by�Thomas�Hallam.�Published�for�the�English�Dialect�Society�by�Kegan�Paul,�Trench,�Trübner,�&�Co.��882,�pp.�xxvii,�40,�8vo.,

� � [and]� (Worcestershire.)�SALISBURY�(Jesse)�A�glossary�of�words�and�phrases�used�in�S.E.�

Worcestershire�together�with�some�of�the�sayings,�customs,�superstitions,�charms,�&c.�common�in�that�district.�J.�Salisbury.��893,�pp.�xii,�92,�8vo.,

� � [and]� (Worcestershire.)�LAWSON�(Robert)�Upton-on-Severn�words�and�phrases.�Published�

for�the�English�Dialect�Society�by�Trübner,�&�Co.��884,�pp.40,�8vo.,�later�blue�buckram,�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�very�good�� £45.00

A�society�for�the�study�of�dialect�in�England,�the�E.D.S,�was�formed�in��873�and�dissolved�in��896.�Its�founder�was�Walter�W.�Skeat,�Professor�of�Anglo-Saxon�at�Cambridge,�who�became�its�secretary�and�then�its�director.�It�published�80�works,�mostly�glossaries�and�grammars�such�as�the�present�volume,�and�collected�material�for�a�dialect�dictionary�to�complement�the�pronunciation�work�of�A.J.�Ellis.�In��886,�Skeat�launched�a�fund�for�such�a�dictionary,�contributing�a�great�deal�of�money�himself�to�the�project.�In��889,�Joseph�Wright�began�to�edit�the�first�collection�for�this�work�and�appealed�through�newspapers�and�libraries�for�additional�data.�Over�600�people�read�material�and�collected�and�

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checked�information.�Helped�by�subscriptions,�donations,�and�accommodation�provided�by�Oxford�University�Press,�Wright�began�in��898�to�publish�in�parts�what�later�became�the�‘English�Dialect�Dictionary’.�When�the�Society’s�aims�had�been�achieved,�it�was�dissolved.�

63.� (Gloucestershire. Worcestershire. Herefordshire.) MURRAY�(John,�publisher) A�handbook�for�travellers�in�Gloucestershire,�Worcestershire,�and�Herefordshire.�Third�edition�revised.�John�Murray.��884,�ink�name�at�head�of�title,�text�in�double-column,�3�plans,�folding�counties�map�in�rear�pocket,�pp.�xxxix,�350,�64(Handbook�Advertiser��884/85),�8vo.,�orig.�embossed�linen-grain�red�cloth,�laid�down�gilt�lettered�backstrip�(darkened),�gilt�titles�on�front�board,�endpapers�sometime�replaced,�red�speckled�edge�(top�edge�darkened),�good�� £45.00

An Interesting Association Copy64.� (Great Britain.) [AIKIN�(John)] England�delineated,�or,�A�geographical�description�

of�every�county�in�England�and�Wales:�with�a�concise�account�of�its�most�important�products,�natural�and�artificial:�for�the�use�of�young�persons:�with�outline�maps�of�all�the�counties.�Third�edition,�considerably�improved.�Printed�for�J.�Johnson,�St.�Paul’s�Church-Yard.��795,�engraved�folding�map�as�frontispiece,�42�engraved�maps�in�outline,�showing�only�towns�and�rivers,�without�scales,�borders,�or�any�other�information,�pp.vi-x�not�included�by�binder�(or�a�printer’s�error),�pp.�v,���-396,�[4](index),�8vo.,�contemp.�tree�calf,�slight�loss�at�head�of�smooth�backstrip�(divided�into�six�compartments�by�decorative�gilt�rules),�gilt�lettered�red�morocco�label�in�second,�remainder�with�stylised�flowerhead�devices�at�centres�surrounded�by�foliate�cornerpieces,�sides�with�single�gilt�fillet�as�border�(front�board�starting�at�head�and�foot),�scrolling�gilt�foliate�designs�as�inner�border,�board�edges�gilt�hatched,�engraved�armorial�bookplate�of�the�Micklethwaite�family,�marbled�endpapers,�yellow�tinted�edges,�presentation�inscription�(see�note),�good�(ESTC�T84686;�Lowndes�I,�p.22;�Chubb�p.223;�Whitaker��03)� £220.00

The�first�edition�of��788�was�issued�without�maps.�This�copy�bears�a�presentation�inscription�on�a�blank�preceding�the�frontispiece�‘Adjudged�to�Nathaniel�Micklethwaite�for�his�superior�and�successful�diligence,�from�Midsummer�to�Christmas��797—by�his�affectionate�friend�and�tutor�Robert�Forby’.�Forby,�a�Norfolk�philologist�and�teacher,�presented�the�work�to�the�thirteen-year-old�Nathaniel�Micklethwaite,�presumably�at�the�family�home�in�Beeston.�The�day�after�his�twentieth�birthday�on�27th�January��804,�Micklethwaite�married�the�only�daughter�of�George,�4th�Earl�Waldegrave,�Maria-Wilhemina�Waldegrave.�In�February�the�following�year�a�son�was�born�to�the�couple.�Tragically,�Lady�Maria�died�of�an�‘inflammation’,�six�days�after�the�child’s�birth,�having�just�completed�her�2�st�year.�

Voice of the Picturesque65.� (Great Britain.) GILPIN�(William)�[A�collection�of�nine�titles�in�various�editions,�

uniformly�bound�in�twelve�volumes].�T.�Cadell�and�W.�Davies.��800-09,�plates,�mostly�sepia�aquatints�and�with�maps�(see�note),�8vo.,�bound�in�half�green�morocco,�backstrips�darkened,�with�raised�bands�between�blind�rules,�gilt�lettered�direct�in�

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second�and�fourth�compartments,�marbled�sides�and�endpapers,�modern�owner’s�small�bookticket,�t.e.g.,�remainder�roughtrimmed,�good�� £800.00

The�existence�of�other�‘sets’�of�Gilpin�consisting�of�exactly�the�same�editions�as�in�this�present�collection,�leads�one�to�assume�that�they�must�have�been�issued�as�a�‘set’.

�.�Observations�on�the�River�Wye�...�Fifth�edition.�Two�volumes.��800.2.�An�essay�on�prints.�The�fifth�edition.��802,�(unillustrated).3.�Observations�on�the�coasts�of�Hampshire,�Sussex,�and�Kent�...��804,�FIRST�EDITION.4.�Observations�on�...�the�high-lands�of�Scotland.�The�Third�edition,�in�Two�volumes.��808.5.�Three�essays:�on�picturesque�beauty�...�Third�edition.��808.6.�Observations�on�the�western�parts�of�England�...�The�second�edition.��808.7.�Remarks�on�forest�scenery�...�illustrated�by�the�scenes�of�New�Forest�in�Hampshire.�The�third�edition,�in�Two�volumes.��808.8.�Observations�on�several�parts�of�England,�particularly�...�of�Cumberland�and�Westmoreland�...�The�third�edition,�in�Two�volumes.��808.9.�Observations�on�several�parts�of�the�counties�of�Cambridge,�Norfolk,�Suffolk,�and�Essex�...��809,�FIRST�EDITION.

The�nature�of�Gilpin’s�illustrations,�and�the�very�coarse�paper�on�which�his�work�appeared,�produced�a�reaction�in�the�public�which�was�not�entirely�favourable.�He�had�definite�ideas�on�what�he�called�the�‘principles�of�picturesque�beauty’�and�his�sketches�were�intended�to�illustrate�the�compositional�possibilities�of�stratified�rocks,�river�scenery�and�ruins�in�a�very�free�fashion.�His�nephew,�William�Sawrey�Gilpin,�who�made�the�plates,�employed�an�experimental�mixture�of�etching,�aquatint�and�hand�applied�washes�which�added�to�their�unconventional�appearance.�They�were�not�intended�to�illustrate�a�scene�precisely,�but�an�ideal,�with�all�inessentials�eliminated.�Even�their�colour,�a�tinted�ground,�generally�yellow�ochre,�was�chosen�by�Gilpin,�who�considered�that�it�added�a�‘degree�of�harmony�to�the�rawness�of�black�and�white’.�His�readership�was�used�to�more�precise�topographical�drawing.�The�plates�were�misunderstood,�even�by�commentators�as�late�as�Prideaux,�who�described�them�as�‘poor�in�character’.

Our�ideas�of�the�picturesque�are�largely�formed�by�Gilpin.�He�believed�that�nature�could�do�no�wrong,�was�the�source�of�all�beauty�and�emotion,�and�the�ideal�which�only�man�could�deform.�In�fact�precisely�the�opposite�view�to�that�taken�by�previously�pre-eminent�classical�writers.�Naturally�the�risible�side�of�Gilpin’s�attempt�to�reduce�what�he�admitted�to�be�vast�beyond�comprehension�to�his�rules�of�the�picturesque,�was�not�lost�on�his�contemporaries.�His�tours�were�the�subject�of�ridicule�in�some�quarters,�notably�in�William�Combe’s�‘Tours�of�Dr.�Syntax’�(so�memorably�illustrated�by�Rowlandson),�and�much�of�him�is�to�be�found�in�Peacock’s�‘Rev.�Doctor�Folliott’�and�the�‘Rev.�Doctor�Opimian’.�In�spite�of�the�popularity�of�the�satirists’�view,�Gilpin’s�series�of�‘Picturesque�Tours’�nevertheless�earned�him�a�reputation�as�the�‘high�priest�of�the�picturesque’�(Hussey).

66.� (Great Britain. Agricultural Buildings.) DEAN�(George�Alfred) Essays�on�the�Construction�of�Farm�Buildings�and�Labourers’�Cottages.�Stratford,�Essex:�S.�Morris;�London:�Simpkin,�Marshall�and�Co.��849,��6�lithographed�plates�of�designs�for�farm�buildings,�including�the�tinted�frontispiece�of�cottages,�8�of�them�folding,�one�with�

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small�tear�at�fold,�subscribers’�list,�pp.�[viii],�viii,�32,��4,�xiv,�4to.,�orig.�dark�green�vertical-ribbed�cloth,�the�extremities�of�the�backstrip�bumped�and�with�small�tear�at�head,�the�sides�with�wide�blind�trellis�borders,�the�upper�cover�lettered�in�gilt,�the�lower�with�a�central�blind�cottage,�hinges�repaired,�good�� £400.00

Dean’s�pre-eminence�as�an�agricultural�architect�was�established�in�the��840s.�when�he�helped�Prince�Albert�to�develop�a�model�farm�at�Osborne.�This�work,�dedicated�to�Prince�Albert,�also�acknowledges�the�encouragment�Dean�received�from�the�Royal�Agricultural�Society�of�England�in�his�aim�of�promoting�efficient�and�economical�farm�buildings.�

67.� (Greece.) WORDSWORTH�(Christopher)�Greece:�pictorial,�descriptive,�and�historical.�William�S.�Orr.��839,�FIRST�EDITION,�additional�engraved�title�with�vignette,�engraved�frontispiece�and�24�engraved�plates,�2�maps�and�over�350�engraved�illustrations,�frontispiece�foxed,�occasional�foxing,�mostly�to�the�edges�of�the�plates,�ownership�signature�on�front�free�endpaper,�pp.�xxvii,�356,�8vo.,�orig.�dark�green�morocco-grain�roan,�the�backstrip�with�four�low�raised�bands�tooled�in�gilt,�gilt�lettering�in�the�second�and�fourth�compartments,�the�sides�with�blind�panels,�large�gilt�cornerpieces�and�blind�centrepieces,�a.e.g.,�slightly�rubbed,�upper�joint�repaired,�yellow�endpapers,�good�� £400.00

68.� (Greenland. Whale-fishing.) SCORESBY�(William) Journal�of�a�Voyage�to�the�Northern�Whale-Fishery;�including�Researches�and�Discoveries�on�the�Eastern�Coast�of�West�Greenland,�made�in�the�Summer�of��822,�in�the�ship�Baffin�of�

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Liverpool.�Edinburgh:�Archibald�Constable.��823,�FIRST�EDITION,�2�folding�engraved�maps�and�6�engraved�plates,�2�of�those�also�folding,�one�map�with�repaired�tear,�the�other�with�a�short�tear,�half-title�discarded,�some�offsetting,�occasional�foxing,�pp.�xliii,�472,�8vo.,�half�calf�antique,�the�backstrips�with�raised�bands�and�gilt�lettering,�marbled�boards,�sound�(Sabin�78�7�;�Hill�p.�270)� £700.00

An�account�of�Scoresby’s��822�voyage,�which�combined�several�weeks�of�whaling�with�the�exploration�of�the�Scoresby�Sound�region�(on�this�voyage�Scoresby�named�Scoresby�land�and�Scoresby�Sound)�and�approximately�800�miles�of�the�East�Greenland�coast,�in�search�of�Eskimo�settlements,�and�in�quest�of�magnetic�and�other�scientific�observations.�The�work�also�includes�an�annotated�list�of�45�species�of�plants�by�Sir�W.�J.�Hooker�and�journals�of�two�other�whaling�voyages,�the�‘Hercules’�of�Aberdeen�under�Captain�Thomas�Fairburn,�and�the�‘Trafalgar’,�a�Hull�based�whaler�under�Captain�Lloyd.�

The Himalayas Explored69.� (Himalayas.) HOOKER�(Joseph�Dalton)

Himalayan�Journals;�or,�Notes�of�a�Naturalist�in�Bengal,�the�Sikkim�and�Nepal�Himalayas,�the�Khasia�Mountains,�&c.�In�two�volumes.�John�Murray.��854,�FIRST�EDITION,��2�coloured�and�tinted�lithographed�plates,�one�folding�and�skillfully�repaired�at�the�fold,�80�engraved�illustrations,�tear�to�the�list�of�illustrations�in�vol.ii�neatly�repaired,�occasional�light�foxing,�pp.�xxvii,�408;�x,�487,�8vo.,�orig.�maroon�cloth,�the�backstrips�blind�stamped�and�lettered�in�gilt�(sunned�at�usual),�the�sides�with�outer�blind�borders�and�central�gilt�scene�on�upper�covers,�corners�knocked,�good�(Abbey�‘Travel’�502)� £2,200.00

On����November��847�Hooker�left�England�for�his�three�year�long�Himalayan�expedition;�he�would�be�the�first�European�to�collect�plants�in�the�Himalayas.�He�received�free�passage�on�HMS.�Sidon,�to�the�Nile�and�then�travelled�overland�to�Suez�where�he�boarded�a�ship�to�India.�He�arrived�in�Calcutta�on��2�January��848,�then�travelled�by�elephant�to�Mirzapur,�up�the�Ganges�by�boat�to�Siliguri�and�overland�to�Darjeeling,�arriving�on��6�April��848.�He�explored�Sikkim,�and�also�surveyed�parts�of�eastern�Nepal.�The�accuracy�of�his�record�of�the�passes�into�Tibet�was�commended�by�Younghusband’s�expedition�fifty�years�later.�His�observations�on�the�geology�and�meteorology�of�Sikkim�remain�fundamental,�as�does�his�explanation�of�the�terracing�of�mountain�valleys�by�the�formation�of�glacial�lakes.�His�overiding�passion�for�botanical�research�(inherited�from�his�father)�led�to�the�collection�of�seven�thousand�species�in�India�and�Nepal.�It�is�that,�and�his�close�friendship�with�Darwin,�with�whom�he�had�a�lifelong�correspondence,�for�which�he�will�perhaps�be�best�remembered.�He�began�the�craze�for�rhododendrons,�adding�twenty-five�new�species�to�those�known,�and�was�successful�in�introducing�the�splendid�rhododendrons�of�Sikkim�into�cultivation.�

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70.� (Hindu Law.) HALHED�(Nathaniel�B.,�Translator)�A�Code�of�Gentoo�Laws,�or,�Ordinations�of�the�Pundits.�From�a�Persian�translation,�made�from�the�original,�written�in�the�Shanscrit�language.�[NP.]��78�,�8�engraved�plates�of�Sanskrit,�Persian,�and�Bengal�alphabets�and�text,�faint�foxing�at�beginning�and�end,�light�offsetting�from�plates,�pp.�cxx,�284,�8vo.,�contemp.�half�tan�calf�with�sprinkled�boards,�backstrip�ruled�in�gilt�with�red�label�in�second�compartment,�a�little�scuffed,�corners�worn,�slight�cracking�to�backstrip,�good�(ESTC�T�67��7)� £200.00

The�third�edition�of�this�translated�compilation�of�Hindu�laws�produced�by�order�of�Warren�Hastings;�the�ODNB�reports�that�‘Halhed’s�translation�of�a�Persian�abstract�of�the�Sanskrit�text�was�rushed�to�London�in�instalments�to�stave�off�the�feared�imposition�of�British�laws�on�the�[East�India]�company’s�Indian�subjects.’�Nathaniel�Brassey�Halhed�(�75�–�830)�also�wrote�the�first�English�grammar�of�Bengali�and�was�among�the�first�to�consider�the�relationship�between�Sanskrit�and�Greek�and�Latin�made�explicit�by�Sir�William�Jones.�

7�.� (Hungary.) [LE�CLERC�(Jean)] Memoirs�of�Emeric�Count�Teckely.�In�Four�Books.�Wherein�are�related�...�Transactions�in�Hungary�and�the�Ottoman�Empire,�from�...��656,�till�...��69�.�Tim.�Goodwin.��693,�engraved�frontispiece�portrait�by�P.�Bouche,�fore-edge�shaved,�title�printed�in�red�and�black,�imprimatur�leaf�at�the�beginning,�pp.�xii,��75,�84,�67,�[�6],��2mo.,�contemp.�speckled�calf,�backstrip�with�four�raised�bands,�decorated�in�blind,�red�morocco�label�with�gilt�lettering�in�the�second�compartment,�rebacked�and�repaired,�good�(ESTC�R39725;�Wing�L822)� £700.00

The�first�English�edition�of�the�most�detailed�contemporary�biography�of�Imre�Teckely�(Tokoly)�translated�from�the�French�of�Jean�Le�Clerc.�It�also�charts�the�history�of�Ottoman�Hungary�during�this�very�dynamic�period.�Under�Ottoman�rule,�peace�was�fragile:�the�Habsburgs�pursued�plans�to�liberate�the�land�from�the�Muslim�invaders,�and�to�promote�the�Counter�reformation�with�the�help�of�agents.�Using�Ottoman�Hungary�as�their�base,�the�Ottomans�attempted�to�use�this�religious�division�of�their�Christian�opponents�in��683�when�they�laid�siege�to�Vienna�for�the�second�time.�Under�the�terms�of�the�Treaty�of�Karlowitz,�which�ended�the�Great�Turkish�War�in��699,�the�Ottomans�ceded�nearly�all�the�territory�they�had�taken�from�the�Kingdom�of�Hungary.�

72.� (Iceland.) GRIEVE�(Symington) The�great�Auk,�or�garefowl�(Alca�impennis,�Linn.)�its�history,�archæology,�and�remains.�Thomas�C.�Jack.��885,�FIRST�EDITION,�frontispiece,�preliminary�and�final�leaves�foxed�(with�sporadic�foxing�to�page�block,�as�usual),�wood-engraved�text�illustrations,�lithographed�plate,�2�colour�printed�plates,�folding�colour�printed�map,�pp.x,�[�],��4�,�[�],�58,�(appendices),�4to.,�beautiful�contemp.�deep�brown�crushed�and�polished�morocco,�backstrip�divided�by�gilt�raised�bands�into�six�compartments,�gilt�lettered�direct�in�second,�remainder�with�volute�cornerpieces�and�centrally�placed�floral�devices�in�gilt,�sides�with�triple�gilt�fillet�roll�and�gilt�foliate�roll�as�border�(slight�rub�on�cornertips),�gilt�decorated�turn-ins,�marbled�endpapers,�small�bookplates�of�the�late�Bent�Juel-Jensen�(and�that�of�A.A.�Kisby)�on�front�pastedown,�t.e.g.,�very�good� £450.00

The�classic�monograph�on�the�species.�Grieve�gives�exhaustive�details�on�the�incredible�history�of�the�Great�Auk:�much�of�the�information�presented�here�remains�unavailable�elsewhere,�even��20�years�after�publication.�Of�particular�interest�must�be�the�passage�

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on�the�species’�grim�demise.�The�last�confirmed�sighting�was�on�the�island�of�Eldey�(off�Iceland)�in�Summer��844.�Two�older�birds,�nursing�their�egg�were�spotted�nesting�high�on�a�precarious�ledge.�The�birds�were�promptly�shot�by�‘scientists’,�their�remains�preserved,�and�the�egg�destroyed.�Grieve�mentions�numerous�other�more�recent�alleged�encounters,�including�one�on�the�Isle�of�Skye.�

73.� (India.) HOLWELL�(John�Zephaniah) Interesting�historical�Events�relative�to�the�Provinces�of�Bengal�and�the�Empire�of�Indostan.�With�a�seasonable�Hint�and�Perswasive[sic]�to�the�...�East�India�Company.�As�also�the�Mythology�and�Cosmology,�Fast�and�Festvals�of�the�Gentoos,�followers�of�Shastah.�...�[Three�volumes�in�one]�T.�Becket�and�P.�A.�de�Hondt.��765-7�,�FIRST�EDITIONS,�5�folding�engraved�plates�in�vol.ii,�errata-slip,�half-title�in�Part�ii�discarded,�pp.�[iv],�2�0,�[4];�[vi],��52;�[iv],�227,�8vo.,�contemp.�polished�sprinkled�calf,�rebacked�preserving�the�original�backstrip�ruled�in�gilt�and�with�red�morocco�label,�gilt�arms�on�the�upper�cover,�slightly�stained,�armorial�bookplate�of�Lord�Gower,�good�(ESTC�T�042;�T�40043;�T�40042)� £600.00

Holwell�(�7��-�798)�was�one�of�the�first�Europeans�to�study�Indian�antiquities�and�this�work�is�a�valuable�source�of�information�on�the�Mogul�Empire,�Hinduism�and�customs.�It�was�translated�into�German�and�French�and�earned�him�praise�from�Voltaire.�Holwell�gained�employment�as�a�surgeon�in�the�English�East�India�Company�and�was�sent�to�India�in��732,�serving�in�this�capacity�until��749.�He�was�a�member�of�the�Council�of�Fort�William�(Calcutta)�and�defended�the�settlement�against�Siraj�Ud�Daulah�in��756.

The�bookplate�relates�to�the�Duke�of�Sutherland,�created�Earl�Gower�in��746,�from�one�of�the�richest�landowning�families�in�the�United�Kingdom.�

74.� (India.) RUSSELL�(William�Howard) My�Diary�in�India,�in�the�Year��858-9.�In�two�volumes.�Routledge,�Warne,�and�Routledge.��860,�FIRST�EDITION,��2�tinted�lithographed�plates,�folding�map,�inscribed�on�the�front�free�endpapers�as�a�leaving-gift�from�Eton,�some�spotting�to�the�plates�(as�usual),�pp.�xv,�408;�xi,�420,�8vo.,�slightly�later�polished�calf,�the�backstrips�panelled�in�gilt,�red�and�black�morocco�labels�with�gilt�lettering,�double�gilt�borders�on�sides,�marbled�edges,�very�good�(Abbey�‘Travel’�49�)� £550.00

Russell�was�a�famous�war�correspondent�who�made�his�reputation�by�his�despatches�for�‘The�Times’�from�the�Crimea.�His�reports�had�a�great�impact�on�the�British�public�and�politicians.�In�December��857.�‘The�Times’�sent�Russell�to�India�to�report�on�the�mutiny�and�investigate�rebel�atrocities,�reaching�Calcutta�in�January��858.�He�accompanied�Sir�Colin�Campbell�(Lord�Clyde),�who�welcomed�and�assisted�him,�on�the��858�campaign,�and�narrowly�escaped�being�killed�by�a�rebel.�Russell�criticized�British�snobbery�as�well�as�attitudes�to�and�treatment�of�Indians,�and�advocated�leniency�and�conciliation.�His�‘Times’�articles�were�attacked�by�the�Anglo-Indian�press.�Delane�attributed�the�cessation�of�indiscriminate�executions�to�Russell’s�first�report�from�Cawnpore.�He�left�India�in�March��859�to�return�home.�He�was�knighted�in��895�(ODNB).�

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75.� (India.) SLEEMAN�(Major-General,�Sir�W.J.) A�Journey�through�the�Kingdom�of�Oude,�in��849-�850;�By�direction�of�the�Right�Hon.�the�Earl�of�Dalhousie,�Governor-General.�In�Two�Volumes.�Richard�Bentley.��858,�FIRST�EDITION,�folding�map�frontispiece�in�vol.�i�(offset�to�title),�faint�toning�and�spotting,�Bath�Public�Reference�Library�bookplate�and�inked�shelfmark�to�front�pastedowns,�their�blind-stamp�to�a�few�leaves,�contemp.�gift�inscription�to�titles,�pp.�lxxx,�337,�[�];�vi,�424,�8vo.,�orig.�pebbled�red�cloth�by�Westleys�(with�their�label),�backstrips�lettered�and�blocked�in�gilt,�boards�with�large�floral�pattern�in�blind,�slightly�scuffed,�very�good�� £450.00

William�Henry�Sleeman’s�most�notable�achievement�as�a�colonial�administrator�was�his�prosecution�of�the�‘Thugs’,�organised�groups�of�outlaws�who�robbed�and�murdered�travellers,�which�virtually�ended�the�practice�by��848.�These�posthumously-published�reports�on�Oudh�advised�that�the�kingdom,�then�suffering�from�political�strife,�could�be�refomed�under�indigenous�rule.�However,�Sleeman’s�descriptions�of�the�troubles�were�heard�more�clearly�than�his�advice,�and�Oudh�was�annexed�not�longer�after�his�visit�in��856.�

76.� (Indo-China.) COLQUHOUN�(Archibald�Ross) Amongst�the�Shans.�With�[...]�an�historical�sketch�of�the�Shans�by�Holt.�S.�Hallett,�preceded�by�an�introduction�on�the�cradle�of�the�Shan�race�by�Terrien�de�Lacouperie.�Field�&�Tuer.��885,�FIRST�

EDITION,�frontispiece�with�tissue-guard,�folding�coloured�map,�54�full-page�illustrations�and�a�vignette,�a�little�spotting�and�fingersoiling,�pp.�lv,�392,�4�(advertisements),�24�(advertisements),�8vo.,�orig.�green�cloth�by�Westley’s�(with�their�label),�backstrip�and�front�board�lettered�in�gilt,�head�and�tail�of�backstrip�bumped,�untrimmed,�very�good�(Cordier�‘Indosinica’�629)� £900.00

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The�second�book�on�the�territory�of�the�Shan�by�Colquhoun,�who�had�been�employed�to�explore�the�possibility�of�railway�routes�in�the�region.�He�would�go�on�to�travel�and�publish�widely—undertaking�‘several�tours�of�Siberia,�China,�Japan,�the�Philippines,�the�Dutch�East�Indies,�southern�Africa,�North�and�South�America,�and�the�Habsburg�empire’�(ODNB)—but�it�was�with�these�early�books�on�the�Shan�that�he�emerged�from�the�obscurity�of�the�Indian�Public�Works�surveying�department.�His�focus�is�still�on�the�railway�potential,�arguing�for�a�connection�between�the�British�Burma�system�and�Bangkok,�across�the�Shan�territory,�but�along�the�way�he�includes�observations�on�the�culture,�customs�and�geography�of�the�area.�‘The�introduction...is�a�paper�of�great�ethnological�importance,�as�it�traces�the�Shan�back�to�their�original�seat�in�China�Proper’�(Proc.�R.G.S.�July��885,�p.�483).�

‘Isfahan is half the world.’77.� (Iran.) CHARDIN�(John) The�travels�of�Sir�John�

Chardin�into�Persia�and�the�East-Indies,�the�first�volume,�containing�the�author’s�voyage�from�Paris�to�Ispahan:�to�which�is�added,�The�coronation�of�this�present�King�of�Persia,�Solyman�the�Third.�Printed�for�Moses�Pitt�in�Duke-Street�Westminster.��686,�FIRST�ENGLISH�EDITION,�engraved�frontispiece�portrait�of�Chardin�by�Loggan�(laid-down),�engraved�title-page,�printed�title�and�engraved�vignette�within�woodcut�border�(unobtrusive�waterstain�to�fore�margin�and�chipped�loss�at�lower�fore�corner),�engraved�chapterheads,�initial�letters,�and�tail-pieces,�folding�map�(laid�on�linen),��4�engraved�plates�(some�folding,�some�laid�on�linen,�closely�cropped�and�with�old�paper�repairs),�one�inch�tear�to�bottom�edges�of�pp.402[399]-399[402],�some�occasional�spotting�pp.[�4],�264,�33�-4�7,�[9],��54,�[6],�folio,�orig.�dark�‘Cambridge-pane’calf,�sometime�neatly�rebacked�to�match,�backstrip�divided�into�seven�compartments�by�raised�bands�between�blind�rules,�gilt�lettered�direct�in�second�and�fourth,�remainder�empty,�gilt�dated�at�foot,�sides�expertly�recornered,�ownership�inscription�on�recto�of�blank�preceding�portrait,�cream�endpapers,�red�speckled�edges�(somewhat�dustdimmed),�good�(Wing�C2043;�Lowndes�I,�p.4�2;�ESTC�R�2885)� £1,550.00

‘The�reader�follows�him�in�his�business�interests,�accompanies�him�round�the�city�of�Isfahan,�which�so�greatly�impressed�him,�district�by�district�in�and�out�of�the�bazaars,�round�the�Meidan-e�Shah,�into�the�mosques�and�shrines.�He�was�present�at�Court�ceremonies�and�banquets,�mingled�with�the�crowds�at�festivals,�visited�courtiers�and�officials,�and�whilst�travelling�around�gathered�his�information...’�(from�Ferrier,�‘A�Journey�to�Persia’).�The�young�French�jeweller�had�accompanied�a�business�associate�of�his�father’s�to�Persia�as�early�as��665,�aged�just�2�.�There�he�secured�a�series�of�lucrative�commissions�and�was�called�upon�to�travel�further�east�to�India�in�search�of�diamonds,�thus�establishing�his�links�with�the�East�Indies�trade.�On�his�return�to�France,�Chardin�was�approached�by�the�English�envoy�Henry�Saville�who�encouraged�the�merchant�traveller�to�emigrate�to�England,�which�he�duly�did�in�the�spring�of��68�.�The�entrepreneurial�Parisian�was�appointed�to�the�East�India�Company�two�years�after�his�arrival;�he�subsequently�

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worked�on�publication�of�his�memoirs,�in�which�he�was�ably�assisted�by�John�Evelyn.�The�present�work�was�simultaneously�issued�in�French�as�‘Voyages�du�chevalier�Jean�Chardin�en�Perse�et�autres�lieux�de�l’Orient.’�Three�other�volumes,�with�the�general�title-page�‘Voyages�de�Mons.�le�Chevalier�Chardin’,�were�published�in�Amsterdam�in��7��.�The�last�volume,�announced�by�Chardin�in�his�preface�to�this�edition,�was�never�published.�

The Prophet of Islam78.� (Islam.) BOULAINVILLIERS�(Count�[Henri]�de)�The�life�of�Mahomet.�Translated�from�

the�French�original...�W.�Hinchcliffe.��73�,�FIRST�ENGLISH�EDITION,�unobtrusive�worming�at�tail�of�first�five�leaves�expertly�repaired,�occasional�light�soiling,�pp.�[viii],�viii,�400,�8vo.,�modern�sprinkled�calf,�backstrip�with�raised�bands�between�gilt�rules,�gilt�lettered�red�morocco�label�in�second�compartment,�double�gilt�fillet�border�on�sides,�sprinkled�edges,�good�� £220.00

One�of�the�earliest�biographies�of�the�Prophet�Mohamed�written�in�Western�Europe.�Boulainvilliers�compared�Mohamed�with�Alexander�the�Great�and�Julius�Caesar�for�the�civilised�nature�of�his�conduct�and�the�greatness�of�his�vision.�

Steel Engraved Views of Italy79.� (Italy.) BATTY�(Miss�[Elizabeth�Frances])�Italian�scenery.�From�drawings�made�in��8�7.�

Rodwell�&�Martin.��820,�SOLE�EDITION,�large�paper,�engraved�vignette�title-page�and��6�plates,�fly-title�discarded,�foxed,�pp.�[vi],��95,�[�],�imp.8vo.

� � [Bound�with]� Cockburn�(Major�[James])�Swiss�scenery�from�drawings�...�Rodwell�&�Martin.��820,�

LARGE�PAPER,�engraved�vignette�title-page�and�60�plates,�foxed,�pp.�vii,�[i],�200,�imp.8vo.

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� � [and]� Batty�(Captain�[Robert]�European�scenery�from�drawings�made�in��8�9�...�Rodwell�

&�Martin.��822,�LARGE�PAPER,�engraved�title-page�(foxed)�and�64�plates,�one�other�vignette�(browned),�occasional�foxing,�pp.�[viii],�[plates�each�with�leaf�of�text],�imp.8vo.

� � [and]� Light�(Major�[Henry])�Sicilian�scenery�from�drawings�by�P.�De�Wint.�The�original�

sketches�by�Major�Light.�Rodwell�&�Martin.�[�822,]�LARGE�PAPER,�engraved�vignette�title-page�and�60�plates,�one�other�vignette,�light�foxing,�offsetting,�pp.[iv],�[plates�each�with�leaf�of�text],�imp.8vo.

� � [and]� Batty�(Captain�[Robert])�German�scenery.�From�drawings�made�in��820�...�Rodwell�

&�Martin.��823,�LARGE�PAPER,�engraved�vignette�title-page�and�60�plates,�one�other�vignette,�light�foxing,�pp.�[viii],�[plates�each�with�leaf�of�text],�imp.8vo.

� Five�vols.�uniformly�bound�in�contemp.�Russia,�rubbed,�corners�worn,�rebacked�in�lighter�calf,�backstrips�with�raised�bands�between�gilt�rules,�gilt�lettered�direct;�sides�with�wide�gilt�roll�outer�border,�inner�panel�with�blind�fillet�border�and�gilt�cornerpieces,�marbled�endpapers�and�edges,�bookplates�of�Sir�Thomas�Baring,�Bart.,�sound�(Universal�Catalogue�of�Books�on�Art,�vol.I,�p.76)� £2,500.00

A�total�of�260�highly�accomplished�plates�depicting�Italian�scenes.�Elizabeth�Frances�Batty�(active�from�c.�809)�was�the�brother�of�army�officer�and�artist�Robert�Batty�(�788-�848).�Though,�like�her�sibling,�she�was�a�member�of�the�Royal�Academy,�little�is�known�of�her�biographically.�M.�Bryan,�in�his�‘Biographical�and�critical�dictionary�of�painters�and�engravers’,�2�vols.(�8�6)�states�that�she�enjoyed�a�reputation�for�‘eminent�…�topographical�taste’,�and�it�is�known�that�she�married�one�Philip�Martineau�(�79�-�860).�

80.� (Italy.) LEAR�(Edward) Journals�of�a�landscape�painter�in�southern�Calabria,�&c.�Richard�Bentley.��852,�FIRST�EDITION,�2�maps,�20�tinted�lithographs�(5�somewhat�foxed,�remainder�with�foxing�to�edges),�half-title�present,�preliminary�and�final�leaves�foxed,�pp.�xx,�[iv],�284,�[4],�lge.8vo.,�orig.�morocco-grain�blue�cloth�by�Edmonds�&�Remnants�(ticket�on�rear�pastedown),�expertly�repaired�at�head�and�tail�of�gilt�blocked,�titled�and�decorated�backstrip,�sides�blind-panelled,�yellow�chalked�endpapers,�hinges�strengthened,�inscription�on�upper�free�endpaper�(see�note),�light�manuscript�annotation�on�rear�pastedown,�very�good�� £800.00

Inscribed�to�the�historian�‘George�Macaulay�Trevelyan�from�Thomas�Abbey�February��7th,��9�0’�on�the�upper�free�endpaper.�A�short�letter�is�also�loosely�inserted�addressed�to�‘Dear�George’�[presumably�Trevelyan]�thanking�him�for�the�loan�of�the�book,�from�H.F.�Newall.

Lear�produced�a�number�of�similar�albums�from�the��850s.�onwards,�the�item�here�described�being�the�second�in�a�series�that�included�works�on�Greece,�Corsica,�Albania,�and�the�Ionian�Islands,�the�last�issued�in��870.�The�albums�were�sold�on�a�subscription�basis,�but�though�his�style�seems�marvellously�fresh�and�expressive�by�anyone’s�standards,�Lear�could�not�make�a�livelihood�from�his�art.�He�graduated�to�oils�(with�the�encouragement�of�Holman�Hunt)�but�subsequently�moved�on�to�other�projects.�An�attractive�and�collectable�book.�

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8�.� (Italy.) SCHOTTUS�(Andreas�[i.e.�Franciscus]) Itinerarium�Italiae.�Amstelodami�[Amsterdam]:�Apud�Iodocum�Ianssonium.��655,�engraved�title�and�20�folding�chorographical�maps/views,�dampstain�to�lower�corners,�a�little�light�toning,�bookplate�of�George�A.�Crawford,�Esq.,�to�upper�pastedown,�pp.�606,�[�2],��2mo.,�contemp.�vellum�boards�a�little�dustsoiled,�title�inked�to�spine,�long�edges�overlapping,�repeated�elephant-head�gilt�stamp�to�backstrip�(faded),�slightly�cocked,�good�� £750.00

First�published�in��600,�Schott’s�Itinerarium�Italiae—mostly�by�Francis�Schott,�though�later�editions�often�had�his�brother�Andreas’s�name�on�the�title�page—could�be�said�to�have�started�the�field�of�country-specific�travel�guides.�It�saw�nearly�a�dozen�further�editions�during�the�seventeenth-century,�and�was�an�important�reference�for�early�partakers�of�the�Grand�Tour,�with�Thomas�Coryat�specifically�drawing�on�it�extensively�for�his�own�writings.�This�pocket�Elzevir-style�edition�has�20�small�but�attractive�folding�engraved�chorographical�views�of�Italian�cities.�

Explorations in the little known Eastern Seas82.� (Korea.) HALL�(Captain�Basil) Account�of�a�Voyage�of�

Discovery�to�the�West�Coast�of�Corea,�and�the�Great�Loo-Choo�Island;�with�an�Appendix,�containing�Charts,�and�various�hydrographical�and�scientific�Notices.�...�And�a�Vocabulary�of�the�Loo-Choo�Language�by�H.�J.�Clifford.�John�Murray.��8�8,�FIRST�

EDITION,�tipped-in�presentation�inscription�‘From�the�Author’�on�the�cut-down�half-title,�and�above�that�‘Eliz.th�Place��825’,�9�aquatint�plates�of�local�scenes,�costume�etc.�by�Robert�Havell�after�William�Havell,�all�but�one�hand�coloured,�5�engraved�maps,�one�

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folding,�engraved�plate,�offsetting,�pp.�xvi,�222,�cxxx,�4to.,�contemp.�half�calf,�neatly�rebacked�to�style,�corners�repaired,�good�(Abbey�‘Travel’�538:�Hill��,��34;�Cordier�‘Sinica’�3009;�‘Japonica’�469)� � � £3,000.00

Hall’s�work�is�the�account�of�a�journey�of�exploration�along�the�coast�of�Korea,�the�Ryukyu�Archipelago,�and�the�Yellow�Seas,�about�which�virtually�no�information�was�available�at�the�time.�The�voyage,�conducted�in�the�sloops�‘Alceste’�and�‘Lyra’,�provides�the�most�reliable�and�accurate�account�of�the�islands�of�Corea�to�date,�examining�the�coasts�of�the�little�known�island�group,�of�which�it�produced�the�first�detailed�and�accurate�hydrographic�information.�‘Korea�had�been�sketchily�explored�by�the�Europeans,�but�it�was�not�until�the�Alceste�and�Lyra�expedition�in��8�6-�7,�under�Captains�Murray�Maxwell�and�Basil�Hall,�that�detailed�information�was�obtained�about�the�Ryukyus.�On�the�homeward�passage,�the�‘Alceste’�was�wrecked�in�Gaspar�Strait�off�Sumatra’�(Hill),�the�brig�‘Lyra’�(�0�guns)�ordered�to�China�in�company�with�the�frigate�‘Alceste’.�

83.� (London.) PENNANT�(Thomas)�The�Journey�from�Chester�to�London.�With�notes.�Wilkie�and�Robinson.��8��,�half-title�present,�engraved�frontispiece�and�5�engraved�plates,�pp.viii,�622,�4to.,�contemp.�calf�rebacked,�backstrip�with�gilt�decorated�raised�bands�between�blind�rules,�gilt�lettered�brown�morocco�label�in�second�compartment,�remainder�with�blind�massed�volutes;�sides�panelled,�outer�border�consisting�of�gilt�double�fillet�and�blind�foliate�volute�roll,�inner�border�consisting�of�blind�fleuron,�tulip�head,�and�open�dot�twist�rolls,�with�blind�radiating�volute�design�at�centre,�narrow�gilt�roll�on�turn-ins,�marbled�endpapers�and�edges,�bookplates�of�Ethel�Mary�Portal,�Thomas�Munyard�and�John�Amery,�very�good�(Ebert�III�p.��303;�Lowndes�III,�p.�428�(�834�ed.);�Upcott�Vol.I,�pp.7�/72)� £180.00

Pennant�is�largely�remembered�for�his�works�on�British�zoology;�he�expanded�into�travel�writing�and�local�history�towards�the�end�of�his�life�and�first�published�the�present�work�in��782.�The�account�is�made�up�from�notes�and�observations�taken�on�various�trips�to�London�and�includes�information�on�history,�soil,�commerce�and�antiquities.�At�the�time�of�his�death�in��798�Pennant�was�engaged�on�an�extensive�work�entitled�‘Outlines�of�the�Globe’.�

84.� (Low Countries.) MURRAY�(John,�publisher) A�handbook�for�travellers�in�Holland�and�Belgium.�Nineteenth�edition.�With�maps�and�plans.�John�Murray.��876,�half-title,�8�maps�and�plans�(some�folding),�pp.�xxxvi,�220,�76(advertisements),��2mo.,�orig.�rib-grain�red�cloth,�backstrip�and�upper�side�gilt�lettered,�publisher�advertisements�(dated�May��878)�printed�on�buff�chalked�endpapers,�red�speckled�edges,�very�good�� £50.00

‘Handbook�advertiser,��878-9’�bound�in�at�end.�

85.� (Mexico.) PRESCOTT�(William�H.) History�of�the�Conquest�of�Mexico,�with�a�preliminary�view�of�the�ancient�Mexican�civilization,�and�the�life�of�the�conqueror,�Hernando�Cortés.�Second�edition.�In�Three�volumes.�Richard�Bentley��844,�engraved�frontispiece�portraits�to�each�vol.�foxed,�2�engraved�maps,�one�folding,�one�

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double-page,�one�engraved�plate,�pp.�xxx,�442�;�xvi,�439;�xvi,�455,�8vo.,�slightly�later�polished�calf,�the�backstrips�panelled�and�elaborately�tooled�in�gilt,�russet�and�olive�morocco�labels�with�gilt�lettering,�sides�with�triple�gilt�fillet�borders,�marbled�edges,�bookplate,�very�slightly�rubbed,�very�good�(Sabin�65262)� £320.00

A�popular�history�of�Cortes’s�conquest�of�Mexico,�first�published�in��843�and�still�reprinted�today.�

‘the greatest British commander in history’86.� (Military Campaigns.) COXE�(William)�Memoirs�of�John�Duke�of�Marlborough,�with�

his�original�Correspondence:�Collected�from�the�Family�Records�at�Blenheim,�and�other�authentic�Sources.�Second�Edition.�In�six�volumes�[of�text,�and�the�separate�atlas]�Longman,�Hurst,�Rees,�Orme�and�Brown.��820,�6�engraved�portrait�frontispieces,�engraved�plate�of�a�facsimile�letter,�in�the�text�vols.;�the�atlas�vol.�with��5�engraved�maps�of�military�positions�etc.,����of�them�folding,�including�one�with�2�overslips,�touches�of�hand-colouring,�and�5�engraved�plates,�the�portraits�with�imprints�cropped,�tissue-guards,�offset,�and�foxed,�pp.�lii,�429;�vii,�408;�viii,�405;�vii,�4�5;�vii,�432;�viii,�445,�8vo.,�(+�atlas),�4to.,�the�text�in�contemp.�half�russia,�the�backstrips�panelled�in�blind�with�raised�bands�and�gilt�lettering,�marbled�edges�and�boards,�headbands�and�corners�knocked,�one�or�two�chips,�vol.�v�with�the�headband�torn�and�upper�joint�cracked,�but�still�strong;�the�atlas�in�the�original�grey�boards,�slightly�chipped,�paper�label�to�the�upper�cover,�bookplates�of�C.�R.�Rich,�good�� £550.00

Winston�Churchill,�of�his�eminent�forbear,�John�Churchill,�the�first�duke�of�Marlborough�(�650–�722),�army�officer�and�politician,�declared:�‘He�commanded�the�armies�of�Europe�against�France�for�ten�campaigns.�He�fought�four�great�battles�and�many�important�actions�…�He�never�fought�a�battle�that�he�did�not�win,�nor�besieged�a�fortress�that�he�did�not�take�…�He�quitted�war�invincible.�No�other�British�soldier�has�ever�carried�so�great�a�weight�and�variety�of�responsibility.’�(Churchill,�‘Marlborough’.)

It�is�unusual�to�find�the�text�and�atlas�volumes�together.

87.� (Morocco.) RIPPERDA�(Jan�Willem,�Duke) Memoirs�of�the�Duke�of�Ripperda:�first�Embassador�from�the�States-General�to�his�most�Catholick�Majesty,�then�Duke�and�Grandee�of�Spain;�and�afterwards�Bashaw�and�Prime�Minister�to�Muly�Abdalla,�Emperor�of�Fez�and�Morocco�...�[Translated�by�John�Campbell.]�John�Stagg�...�and�Daniel�Browne.��740,�FIRST�ENGLISH�EDITION,�half-title�present,�preliminary�and�final�leaves�a�little�foxed,�pp.�xv,�[i],�344,�[8]�(index),�8vo.,�contemp.�sprinkled�calf,�rebacked,�with�raised�bands�between�double�gilt�rules,�gilt�lettered�leather�label�in�second�compartment,�endpapers�browned,�and�stained�by�turn-ins,�hinges�split�but�firm,�bookplate�of�W.E.�Hope�Vere,�Craigie�Hall,�with�Craigie�Hall�shelf�label,�good�(Cox�I,�p.�28;�ESTC�T63900;�Sabin,�7�537�[the�2nd�Edition];�Playfair�I,�363;�Lowndes�III,�p.2097)� £140.00

This�account�is�the�only�source�for�the�Moroccan�period�of�Ripperda’s�life.�It�is�almost�certainly�a�hack’s�fabrication.�All�that�is�known�is�that�the�extraordinary�adventurer�did�go�to�Morocco�and�died�in�Tetuan�in��737.�

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‘... the power of the once invincible Bonaparte is no more.’88.� (Napoleonic Wars. Military.) HEATH�(William,�illustrator) The�martial�achievements�

of�Great�Britain�and�her�allies,�from��799�to��8�5.�Printed�for�Js.�Jenkins�...�by�L.�Harrison�&�J.C.�Leigh.�[�8�4/�5,]�the�early�issue�(see�note),�uncoloured�engraved�title-page,�hand-coloured�aquatinted�vignette�additional�title-page�and�5��plates,�moderate�soiling�in�plate�margins�(very�occasionally�affecting�printed�area),�repair�to�head�of�gutter�margin�verso�of�2�plates,�letterpress�leaves�unnumbered�(one�or�two�leaves�per�plate),�pp.�[iv],�i,�[�22],�folio,�contemp.�red�morocco,�rubbed,�backstrip�with�wide�flattened�gilt�decorated�raised�bands,�gilt�lettered�direct�in�second�and�fifth�compartments,�remainder�gilt�panelled�with�cornerpieces�and�central�device,�triple�gilt�fillet�border�on�sides,�with�fleuron�cornerpieces,�triple�fillet�on�board�edges,�narrow�roll�on�turn-ins,�marbled�endpapers,�“Kenmure�Castle”�(Dumfries�and�Galloway)�in�manuscript�and�laid-down�contemp.�newspaper�cutting�on�upper�pastedown,�a.e.g.,�sound�(Abbey�‘Life’�365;�Lowndes�I�p.79;�Tooley�28�;�Francis�Edwards’�Military�Catalogue��907-8,�item�5927,�p.565)� £1,100.00

The�plates�contained�in�the�present�work�are�designed�by�William�Heath�(�794-�840).�It�has�been�suggested�that�Heath�was�an�ex-Captain�of�Dragoons;�his�attention�to�detail�in�regard�to�the�plates�would�certainly�suggest�familiarity�with�Army�life�in�the�early�nineteenth�century.�Abbey’s�cataloguer�described�this�as�one�of�the�‘easiest�of�colour�plate�books�to�obtain’.�In�its�re-issued,�bound,�and�collected�form�this�was�true�(although�the�world�has�moved�on,�and�what�was�once�easy�for�the�Abbey�cataloguer�may�be�less�so�today)�but�he�commented�that�copies�(of�the�book)�‘bound�from�the�parts�and�carrying�the�best�impressions�of�the�plates�are�becoming�difficult’.�Watermarks�must�be�pre-publication�...�[here�they�are�‘J.�Whatman��8�2’],�and�the�vignette�on�the�title-page�must�

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be�uncoloured�[as�it�is�in�this�copy].’�This�is�a�copy�bound�from�the�parts.�The�work�is�dedicated�to�‘the�most�high,�puissant,�and�most�noble’�Duke�of�Wellington;�bound�at�the�rear�is�a�three-page�list�of�British�Officers�killed,�wounded,�and�missing�at�Waterloo.�The�details�of�amputations�make�for�somewhat�grisly�reading.�

89.� (Napoleonic Wars. Yonge.) [LE�HARIVEL]�DE�GONNEVILLE�[Aymar�Olivier] Recollections�of�Colonel�de�Gonneville,�published�by�his�daughter�the�Countess�de�Mirabeau,�with�an�introductory�sketch�by�General�Baron�Ambert.�Edited,�from�the�French,�by�Charlotte�M.�Yonge,�...�In�two�volumes.�Hurst�and�Blackett.��875,�FIRST�ENGLISH�EDITION,�half-titles�present,�slightly�browned,�pp.�viii,�327;�viii,�307,�8vo.,�contemp.�half�calf,�rebacked�with�dark�brown�morocco,�corners�and�edges�worn,�backstrips�with�raised�bands�between�gilt�rules,�gilt�lettered�pale�green�title�and�red�vol.�labels�in�second�and�third�compartments�respectively,�marbled�sides�and�endpapers,�bookplates�of�William�R.�Johnston,�t.e.g.,�sound�(Francis�Edwards’�Military�Catalogue��907-8,�item���34,�p.�03)� £250.00

Scarce.�The�scion�of�a�royalist�family�which�suffered�during�the�Revolution,�Col.�de�Gonneville�served�at�most�European�battlefronts�in�the�dark�days�of�the�early�nineteenth-century.�He�saw�action�under�the�Empire�in�Italy,�served�during�the�War�with�Prussia�in��807,�witnessed�the�retreat�of�the�English�at�Corunna,�and�was�involved�in�the��8�4�Defence�of�Hamburg.�Anecdotes�on�Napolean,�Murat,�Massena,�and�Boussard�are�included,�among�others.�The�veteran�Colonel’s�exploits�are�edited�by�the�prolific�novelist�Charlotte�Yonge;�recent�research�suggests�that�the�translations�‘edited’�by�Yonge�were�probably�translated�by�her�brother�Julian�Bargus�Yonge.�

90.� (New Zealand.) KERRY-NICHOLLS�(J[ames]�H[enry]) The�King�Country;�or,�explorations�in�New�Zealand.�A�narrative�of�600�miles�of�travel�through�Maoriland.�Third�edition,�enlarged.�Sampson�Low.��884,�frontispiece�portrait,�title-page�author�portrait�(ink�name�at�head),�6�full-page�plates,�numerous�text�illustrations,�folding�map�at�rear�(linen�re-inforced),�pp.xx,�4�2,�viii�(advertisements),�8vo.,�orig.�crimson�cloth,�gilt�titles�and�vignette�on�sunned�backstrip�(with�glued�tear�at�head),�front�board�carries�vignette�of�Maori�King�at�centre�with�blackstamped�titles�and�author,�blue-black�endpapers,�calling�card�affixed�to�front�pastedown,�sound�(Hocken�p.353)� £50.00

Hocken�notes�that�this�was�a�journey�made�‘through�the�King-country�amidst�immense�difficulty�and�danger;�well�described.’�The�appendix�has�an�autobiography�of�Potatau�II,�the�Maori�king;�a�list�of�all�the�natives�tribes;�a�synopsis�of�the�principal�flora�and�fauna,�etc.�An�extra�chapter�has�been�added�to�this�later�edition.�

9�.� (New Zealand.) [MANING�(Frederick�Edward)]�Old�New�Zealand.�A�tale�of�the�good�old�times.�By�a�Pakeha�Maori.�Second�edition.�Auckland:�Robert�J.�Creighton.��863,�half-title,�ink�name�at�head�of�title:�‘Thos.�Morgan��867’,�pp.�xiv,�329(i.e.239),�8vo.,�orig.�net-grain�rose�cloth�(some�soiling),�backstrip�gilt�lettered�direct�with�gilt�rules�at�head�and�tail,�wear�at�backstrip�extremites,�cornertips�rubbed,�sound�(Hocken�p.224)� £45.00

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This�second�edition�was�published�simultaneously�by�Smith�(et�al)�in�London�with�the�different�title:�‘Old�New�Zealand.�Being�incidents�of�native�customs�and�character�in�the�old�times.’�

92.� (New Zealand.) RUSDEN�(G[eorge]�W[illiam]) History�of�New�Zealand.�Second�edition.�In�three�volumes.�Chapman�and�Hall.��883�[�889],�half-titles,�vol.�i�with�folding�frontispiece�map�(small�closed�handling�tear),�plans,�charts,�tables,�etc.�in�accompanying�vols.,�pp.�[v],�vi-viii,�[iv],�655;�(vi),�606,�[i],�iv-viii�(appendix);�(vi),�540,�40�(publisher�catalogue),�8vo.,�orig.�olive-green�cloth,�backstrips�gilt�lettered�with�blackstamped�designs�at�head�and�tail,�upper�boards�with�backstrip�design�repeated,�blindstamped�publisher�device�on�lower�boards,�deep�green�endpapers�(vol.�i�with�modern�bookplate�on�free�endpaper�recto),�very�good�(Hocken�p.348)� £175.00

Hocken�praises�the�work�thus:�‘full�and�scholarly,�abounding�in�laborious�research�and�criticism,�discounted�by�strong�philo-Maori�views,�and�censure�on�the�treatment�adopted�towards�the�natives�since�our�first�contact�with�them,�and�especially�during�the�war�of��860-69.�An�outcome�of�this�was�the�author�was�tried�for�libel�...�and�was�mulcted�in�heavy�costs,�his�History�being�also�surpressed.�Some�chose�to�view�the�work�as�a�“bitter�political�libel”�rather�than�a�philosophical�history.’

This�set,�the�second�edition,�was�bound�up�using�the�title-pages�of�the�first,�and�was�issued�with�the�previous�objectionable�passages�excised.�

93.� (Newfoundland.) PROWSE�(D.W.)�A�History�of�Newfoundland�from�the�English,�Colonial,�and�Foreign�Records.�Macmillan�and�Co.��895,�FIRST�EDITION,�35�plates�and�a�large�folding�colour�map,�many�illustrations�in�text,�some�scattered�light�foxing,�pp.�xxiii,�[i],�742,�large�8vo.,�orig.�blue�cloth,�uniformly�faded�to�brown�(as�often),�backstrip�lettered�in�gilt,�gilt�vignette�of�a�ship�to�front�board,�t.e.g.,�largely�uncut,�cloth�a�little�scuffed,�very�good�� £200.00

‘A�hundred�years�after�its�appearance�in��895�Prowse’s�History�remains�unchallenged,�for�the�four�centuries�that�it�covers,�as�the�best�...general�history�of�Newfoundland...His�bibliography�of�the�published�sources�used�in�writing�the�book�stood�for�decades�as�the�most�comprehensive�listing�in�print’�(DCB).�Edmund�Gosse,�who�was�a�lifelong�friend,�provides�a�short�preface.�

94.� (Ornithology.) KENNEDY�(Alexander�W[illiam]�M[axwell]�Clark) The�Birds�of�Berkshire�and�Buckinghamshire:�a�Contribution�to�the�Natural�History�of�the�two�Counties.�Eton:�Ingalton�&�Drake.��868,�FIRST�EDITION,�4�hand-tinted�albumen�photographs�backed�onto�stiffened�Cartridge�paper,�each�with�tissue-guard,�pp.�xv,�232,�cr.8vo.,�orig.�green�cloth�by�Burn�(their�ticket�at�foot�of�rear�pastedown),�blocked�on�front�cover�and�backstrip�in�gilt�(backstrip�with�gilt�vignette�of�a�Grebe,�upper�board�with�that�of�a�Great�Bustard)�brown�chalked�endpapers,�bookplate�of�Longworth�House,�hinges�a�little�weak,�very�good�(Gernsheim�‘Incunabula’�436:�Mullens�&�Swann�p.�325)� £230.00

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The�photographs�represent�the�black�tern,�long-eared�owl,�hoopoe,�and�hooded�crow.�The�work�was�written�when�the�author�was�only�sixteen�and�still�at�Eton�College;�numerous�sources�suggest�that�it�is�the�first�work�on�birds�to�feature�photographs.�

Original Drawings 95.� (Oxford.) OXFORD�HOUSE�PLANS.�[A�Collection�of��3�Architect’s�Original�Drawings�

by�F.H.�Harris.]�Oxford.��908/09,�single�A2�sheets�(drawn�on�one�side�only),�loose,�very�minor�creasing�to�the�edges�of�a�few,�one�corner�torn�away�just�into�drawing,�a�few�edges�frayed�and�with�one�or�two�chips,�sheets�78.5cm�x�57.5cm,�very�good�� £700.00

Full�list�on�application.�A�collection�of��3�original�architect’s�drawings�and�plans,�dating�between��908�and��909,�of�designs�signed�by�F.H.�Harris�in�Oxford.�

The�drawings�are�very�much�in�the�Edwardian�style�of�C.F.A.�Voysey�and�early�Lutyens,�a�period�in�architecture�that�provided�the�stylistic�bridge�between�the�Arts�and�Crafts�movement�and�the�consecutive�genres�of�Art�Deco�and�International�Style�Modernism.�

Harris�is�mentioned�in�neither�Tyack,�Hincliffe�or�Hibbert.�Hincliffe�though,�uses�an�illustration�of�drawings�for�houses�in�St.�Margaret’s�Road,�Oxford�(by�Wilkinson�&�Moore,�from�the�late��800s.)�that�are�in�similar�style�to�the�Harris�drawings�here.�

All�the�plans�are�drawn�in�ink�with�a�watercolour�or�ink�wash.�There�are�additional�markings�in�red�ink,�illustrating�drainage�and�plumbing,�on�a�few�of�the�drawings.

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96.� (Oxford. Architecture.) [PARKER�(John�Henry)] A�glossary�of�terms�used�in�Grecian,�Roman,�Italian,�and�Gothic�architecture.�The�third�edition,�enlarged.�Exemplified�by�seven�hundred�wood-cuts.

� � [and]� A�companion�to�the�third�edition�of�the�glossary�of�terms�used�in�Gothic�

architecture.�Containing�four�hundred�additional�examples,�a�chronological�table�and�indexes.�Oxford:�John�Henry�Parker.��840/4�,�frontispiece�(foxed),�woodcuts�in�text,�footnotes�(double-column),�preliminary�and�end�leaves�foxed,�pp.�vii,�[�],�262,�[�0]�(Society�leaflet),��6�(Tilt�&�Bogue�catalogue);�xxiii,�[�05�plates],�8�(O.U.P�catalogue);�[ii]�(advertisement.),[ii]�(index),�80,�[40�plates�[some�lightly�foxed,�as�usual],�each�with�accomp.�leaf�of�descriptive�text),�[29]�(indices),��6�(Tilt�&�Bogue�catalogue),�8vo.�orig.�grey-green�rib-grain�cloth�(now�faded),�backstrips�(sunned,�and�with�modest�wear�at�extremities)�of�vols.�i�and�ii�divided�into�five�compartments�by�blindstamped�rules,�gilt�lettered�direct�in�second�and�fourth,�(the�later�issued�companion�vol.�iii�in�diaper-grain�dark�green�cloth,�backstrip�gilt�lettered�direct�with�creases�at�head�and�tail),�sides�ornately�blind-panelled,�yellow�chalked�endpapers�with�ink�name�on�front�pastedown�of�each�vol.,�t.e.g,�a�sound�or�better�set�� £130.00

Parker�had�first�issued�this�influential�work�on�the�Gothic�in��836.�So�popular�was�the�two�volume�series,�published�(as�here)�with�a�volume�of�text�and�one�of�plates,�that�the�‘Glossary...’�ran�to�five�editions�by��850.�By��900,�the�editions�numbered�ten.�The�companion�volume�of��84��is�a�first�edition.�In�it,�and�the�preceding�volumes,�Parker�refers�to�much�that�is�local�to�him,�describing�and�illustrating�several�Oxfordshire�examples�of�the�Gothic�style.�

97.� (Oxford. University.) [ACKERMANN�(Rudolph)] A�History�of�the�University�of�Oxford,�its�Colleges,�Halls,�and�Public�Buildings.�[Text�by�William�Combe.]�2�Vols.�R.�Ackermann.��8�4,�coloured�aquatinted�frontispieces�and�62�plates,�6�with�double�views,�and��7�line�and�stipple�plates�of�University�costume,�portraits�of�founders,�all�hand-coloured,�uncoloured�stipple�engraved�portrait,�tissue-guards,�half-titles�present;�plates�and�text�in�excellent�state,�some�offsetting�(as�often),�large�margins,�pp.�xiv,�[ii],�275,�[�]�(blank),�[6]�(Index);�[iv],�262,�[6]�(Index),�4to.,�contemp.�mid-brown�diced�russia,�expertly�rebacked,�corners�repaired�and�other�extremities�repaired,�backstrips�with�gilt�decorated�wide�raised�bands,�gilt�lettered�red�leather�labels,�compartments�with�gilt�tooled�fleurons;�diced�sides�with�gilt�double�fillet,�blind�Greek�key,�and�gilt�palmette�roll�border,�narrow�gilt�roll�on�turn-ins,�marbled�endpapers,�a.e.g.,�good�(Abbey�‘Scenery’�278-280;�Clary���3;�Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘University’�25;�Tooley�5;�Prideaux�pp.��25/26)� £4,000.00

Ackermann’s�reputation�was�secured�after�the�publication�in��808�of�‘The�Microcosm�of�London’�which�featured��04�large�folio�hand�coloured�aquatints.�A�series�of�fine�topographical�books�followed�which�included�‘Westminster�Abbey’�(�8��-�2),�‘Oxford’�(�8�3-�4),�‘Cambridge’�(�8�4-�5),�and�‘The�Public�Schools’�(�8�6).�The�plates�in�the�present�work�are�in�the�first�state,�with�the�exception�of�numbers�39,�74,�78,�84�and�94.�As�is�very�often�the�case,�this�copy�was�issued�without�the�portraits�of�the�founders.�The�author�of�the�accompanying�text�is�William�Combe.

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‘These�two�books�are�among�the�finest�ever�executed.�A.�Pugin,�F.�Nash,�F.�Mackenzie�and�W.�Westall�were�associated�in�the�drawings,�which�are�worthy�even�of�the�splendid�architectural�monuments�they�commemorate,�while�the�engraving�was�carried�out�by�such�masters�of�aquatint�as�J.�Bluck,�J.C.�Stadler,�F.C.�Lewis,�D.�Havell,�and�others�of�like�reputation.�The�result�was�the�production�of�plates�of�unequalled�merit�in�their�particular�line’�(Prideaux,�pp.��25/�26).�

98.� (Oxford. University.) [ACKERMANN�(Rudolph)] A�History�of�the�University�of�Oxford,�its�Colleges,�Halls,�and�Public�Buildings.�2�Vols.�R.�Ackermann.��8�4,�aquatinted�frontispieces�and�62�plates,��7�line�and�stipple�plates�of�University�costume,�all�hand�coloured,�uncoloured�stipple-engraved�portrait,�half-titles�present,�some�minor�offsetting�of�plates�to�text�(as�usual),�pp.�xiv,�xxv,�[i]�(blank),�275,�[�]�(blank),�[6]�(Index);�[iv],�262,�[6]�(Index),�[2],�4to.,�modern�highly�polished�red�stained�calf,�small�crack�at�head�of�upper�hinge�of�vol.�i,�backstrips�with�raised�bands�between�gilt�rules,�second�compartments�gilt�lettered�direct,�remainder�with�repeated�radiating�gilt�volutes;�sides�panelled�with�inner�and�outer�borders�consisting�of�gilt�tulip�head�roll�within�double�gilt�fillet,�modern�light�green�endpapers,�roughtrimmed,�very�good�(Abbey�‘Scenery’�278-280;�Clary���3;�Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘University’�25;�Tooley�5;�Prideaux�pp.��25/26)� £2,900.00

‘Father of Vertu in England’99.� (Oxford. University.) [CHANDLER�(Richard)] Marmora�Oxoniensis.�[3�Parts�in�

One].�Oxford:�e�Typographeo�Clarendoniano...��763,�SOLE�EDITION,�[ONE�OF�750�

COPIES],�some�browning�and�foxing,�portrait�of�Thomas�Howard,�Earl�of�Arundel�and�Surrey,�(engraved�from�the�Van�Dyck�portrait)�laid-in�opposite�the�vignette�title-page,�engraved�dedication�leaf�with�vignette�head-piece,�one�other�head-piece�and�a�tail-piece,�76�plates�(one�folding),�the��7�plates�of�second�and�third�parts�(with�the�exception�of�the�folding�plate)�printed�full-page�on�letterpress�leaves,�second�and�third�parts�continuously�paginated,�pp.�vii,�[iii],�xxi,�[iii],�(plates);�[ii],��47,�[�],�[2],�xxvi,�[ii],�folio,�contemp.�marbled�calf,�rebacked�to�match,�corners�and�edges�repaired,�with�raised�bands�between�gilt�rules,�red�leather�label,�marbled�endpapers,�bookplate�of�Robert�Dundas,�polished�r.e.,�very�good�(Blackmer�3�6;�Blackmer�Sale�472;�Carter��763.�;�Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘University’�5337)� £1,200.00

The�marbles�were�collected�by�the�Earl�of�Arundel,�according�to�Walpole�‘the�father�of�vertu�in�England’,�whose�passion�for�collecting�saw�him�form�the�first�large�art�collection�in�England.�He�himself�bought�artifacts�when�on�diplomatic�business�abroad,�but�otherwise�worked�through�agents.�The�marbles�in�particular�were�mostly�acquired�at�Smyrna�in��624.�It�was�the�first�such�collection�made�by�an�English�aristocrat,�and�set�a�pattern�for�later�antiquaries�and�Grand�Tourists.�His�grandson�Henry,�the�6th�Duke�of�Norfolk,�gave�the�marbles�to�the�University�of�Oxford.�This�was�followed�by�a�supplementary�gift�to�the�University�in��755,�by�the�Dowager�Countess�Pomfret,�of�more�of�the�Arundel�marbles�which�had�been�at�Easton�Neston.�Many�of�the�marbles�were�inscriptions,�rather�than�sculptures,�and�they�proved�invaluable�in�establishing�much�of�the�chronology�of�Greek�history.�The�marbles�had�been�catalogued�as�early�as��628,�by�John�Selden,�whose�work�was�incorporated�in�Humphrey�Prideaux’s�‘Marmora�Oxoniensia’�(�676).�Chandler’s�work�not�only�described�the�sculptures�but�the�lapidary�

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inscriptions�as�well.�He�was�the�first�to�provide�transcriptions�and�collations�which�Prideaux�and�Mattaire,�another�early�cataloguer�of�the�marbles,�had�considered�to�be�a�hopeless�task.�Chandler�also�made�attempts�to�supply�the�lacunae.�The�Pomfret�section�of�his�book�represents�those�marbles�as�they�were�restored�by�the�Italian�sculptor�Guelfi.�This�work�was�subsequently�removed.�

�00.� (Oxford. University.) INGRAM�(James)�Memorials�of�Oxford.�The�Engravings�by�John�Le�Keux,�from�drawings�by�F.�Mackenzie.�3�Vols.�Oxford:�John�Henry�Parker;�H.�Slatter,�and�W.�Graham�...��837,�FIRST�EDITION,�LARGE�PAPER,�3�general�views�of�Oxford�as�frontispieces,�and�97�plates�on�India�paper,�plan�in�vol.iii,�all�steel-engraved,�wood-engraved�title-page�vignettes�and�numerous�text�illustrations,�tissue-guards,�each�college�section�separately�paginated,�occasional�foxmarks,�blank�edges�of�a�few�plates�in�vol.�ii�touched�with�a�dampstain,�8vo.,�contemp.�dark�green�half�roan,�backstrips�gilt�lettered�and�numbered,�marbled�sides,�slightly�rubbed,�the�upper�joint�to�vol.i�tender,�but�still�strong,�corners�knocked,�a.e.g.,�armorial�bookplate�of�J.�T.�A.�Swan,�good�(Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘University’�26;�Clary�6;�Holloway�73)� £500.00

The�plate�paper�used�in�large�paper�copies�is�evidently�superior�to�that�used�for�small�paper�copies,�so�that�the�plates,�as�in�this�case,�are�usually�clean�and�bright.

James�Ingram�(�774-�850)�was�president�of�Trinity�College,�Oxford,�a�fellow�of�Trinity�College�in��803�and�Rawlinson�Professor�of�Ango-Saxon,��803-�808.�He�was�perhaps�the�greatest�Anglo-Saxon�scholar�of�his�generation,�but�he�is�best�remembered�for�the�above�work.�Frederick�MacKenzie�(�789-�854)�was�a�pupil�of�John�Repton,�began�his�career�as�an�architectural�draughtsman�for�leading�publishers,�and�was�a�very�accurate�delineator�of�gothic�buildings�at�a�time�when�clarity�was�all�important.�(ODNB).�

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�0�.� (Oxford. University.) MALTON�(T.)�Views�of�Oxford.�NP.�Jan.�st��805,�FIRST�EDITION,�engraved�title-page�and�24�uncoloured�aquatints,�a�few�imprints�cropped,�folio,�modern�half�black�morocco,�backstrip�with�raised�bands�between�double�gilt�rules,�second�compartment�gilt�lettered�direct,�remainder�with�gilt�gothic�quatrefoil�tool�at�centre;�green�cloth�sides,�marbled�endpapers,�red�edges,�green�cloth�Solander�box,�very�good�(Abbey�‘Scenery’�272;�Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘University’�304)� £3,250.00

Malton�died�in��804,�leaving�six�more�views�etched�only�in�outline.�The�twenty-four�plates�had�been�issued�in�four�parts�between��802�and��804.�It�is�likely�that�the��805�title-page�was�engraved�to�accompany�bound�copies�of�unsold�parts,�or�possibly�issued�later�to�subscribers�wanting�a�title-page�to�accompany�the�parts.�Abbey’s�copy�was�in�the�original�wrappers�without�a�title-page,�but�Prideaux�records�the�same�version�of�the�title-page�as�in�our�copy.�Prideaux�also�states�that�some�copies�exist�with�‘twenty-four�delicately�coloured�plates’.�Abbey�speculates�that�‘one�or�two�sets�coloured�for�special�clients�may�have�been�issued.’�A�second�edition�was�published�in��8�0�which�included�the�six�outline�plates.�

A little Drawing Room Bijou�02.� (Oxford. University.) SLATTER�(W.)�Views�of�all�the�Colleges,�Halls�and�Public�

Buildings�in�the�University�and�City�of�Oxford;�with�Descriptions,�which�point�out�to�strangers�all�the�places�and�curiosities�more�particularly�deserving�of�their�notice.�Oxford:�Henry�Slatter.�[c.�834,]�half-title�present,�42�sepia�toned�aquatints,�tissue-guards�(some�watermarked��834),�pp.�[x],�(plates),�oblong��2mo.,�modern�half�calf,�smooth�backstrip�with�gilt�lettered�dark�blue�leather�label,�good�(Abbey�‘Scenery’�273;�Clary�92;�Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘University’�3�4)� £400.00

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Rare�“third”�edition.�Issued�without�leaf�of�text�for�each�plate.�The�plate�list�notes�two�new�plates,�29*�and�30*�(“The�University�New�Printing�Office”�and�“New�Inn�Hall”),�although�in�fact�the�former�is�numbered��5�and�placed�after�the�“Clarendon,�or�late�University�Printing�Office”�plate.�We�are�inclined�to�date�this�edition�as��834�because�of�the�date�in�the�watermark�of�the�tissue-guards,�but�it�is�always�possible�that�it�was�bound�up�at�a�later�date�than�the�printing�of�the�plates,�with�later�tissue-guards.�It�has,�however,�always�been�placed�after��827,�when�the�New�Printing�Office�was�completed.�

�03.� (Oxford. University.) SLATTER�(W.)�Views�of�all�the�Colleges,�Halls�and�Public�Buildings�in�the�University�and�City�of�Oxford;�with�Descriptions,�which�point�out�to�strangers�all�the�places�and�curiosities�more�particularly�deserving�of�their�notice.�Oxford:�Munday�and�Slatter.�[�824,]�half-title�present,�42�sepia�toned�aquatints,�each�with�descriptive�leaf�and�tissue-guard,�uniformly�slightly�browned,�pp.�[x],�(plates;�descriptions),�oblong��2mo.,�contemp.�plum�roan,�rebacked�preserving�original�flat�backstrip�divided�by�gilt�bands,�gilt�lettered�direct,�sides�with�single�gilt�fillet�and�wide�blind�roll�border,�marbled�endpapers,�a.e.g.�(see�Abbey�‘Scenery’�273;�Clary�92;�Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘University’�3�4)� £350.00

�04.� (Oxford. University.) THE�PROCEEDINGS�of�Corpus�Christi�College,�Oxon.,�in�the�case�of�Mr.�Ayscough,�vindicated.�Printed�for�T.�Smith.��730,�SOLE�EDITION,�half-title�present�(short�internal�tears�to�half-title�margin),�outer�leaves�a�touch�soiled�and�dusty,�manuscript�note�on�title-page�and�underlining�and�marginalia�on�B�,�verso�of�F4�partially�browned,�short�tear�in�blank�margin�to�G�,�pp.[iv],�iv,�[i]�(Contents),�42,�sm.4to.,�modern�plain�blue�wrappers,�spine�faded,�good�(Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘University’�7�66)� £75.00

Not�in�Clary.�

�05.� (Oxford. University.) WOOD�(Anthony) Athenae�Oxonienses.�An�Exact�History�of�all�the�Writers�and�Bishops�who�have�had�their�Education�in�the�most�ancient�and�famous�University�of�Oxford,�from�the�Fifteenth�Year�of�King�Henry�the�Seventh,�A.D.��500,�to�the�Author’s�death�in�November��695�...�In�Two�Volumes.�The�second�edition,�very�much�corrected�and�enlarged�...�R.�Knaplock,�D.�Midwinter,�and�J.�Tonson.��72�,�title-pages�printed�in�red�and�black�within�double�rule�border�(foxed),�text�printed�in�double-column,�numbered�in�columns,�some�foxing,�wormed�at�one�place�in�blank�gutter�margin�(*Bb�to�end),�pp.�[xvi],�columns�742,��p.(blank),�columns�286,��p.(blank),�pp.[8];�[vi],�columns���86,��p.(blank),�columns�238,��p.(blank),�pp.[8],�folio,�contemp.�mid�brown�calf,�rubbed�and�marked,�corners�worn,�twentieth-century�tan�morocco�reback,�with�raised�bands�between�blind�rules,�labels�from�early�binding�relaid�in�second�and�third�compartments;�double�fillet�and�dot�roll�border�on�sides�(rubbed),�marbled�endpapers,�bookplate�of�Henry�Hoare,�sound�(Clary�‘Supplement’�60;�Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘University’��606)� £350.00

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Early Map of Oxfordshire�06.� (Oxfordshire Map.) BURGHERS�(Michael) The�Map�of�Oxfordshire�being�his�

Lordship’s�Diocess,�newly�delineated,�and�after�a�new�manner�...�[�677],�engraved�map�of�the�County�of�Oxfordshire,�with�a�border�of��72�coats-of-�arms,�including�those�of��48�the�county’s�gentry,�each�armorial�being�keyed�to�a�number�residence�on�the�map,�including�the�arms�of�the�eighteen�Oxford�colleges,�the�City,�the�University,�and�four�county�towns,�large�cartouche,�key�and�scale�(60�miles:�0.5�inch),�ALL�FINELY�

HAND-COLOURED,�a�little�soiling�and�very�short�tears�(repaired)�to�central�fold,�minor�rubbing�to�other�folds,�52.5�x�50.5�cm.,�framed�and�glazed,�good�� £650.00

This�large�copperplate�map�is�from�Robert�Plot’s�‘The�Natural�History�of�Oxfordshire’.�Dr.�Plot,�a�Professor�of�Chemistry�at�the�University�of�Oxford�and�the�first�keeper�of�the�Ashmolean,�planned�to�produce�a�series�of�county�histories,�but�only�two�were�to�be�produced:�Oxfordshire�and�Staffordshire.�The�map,�rarely�in�perfect�condition,�was�engraved�by�Michael�Burghers,�who�assisted�in�the�engraving�of�David�Loggan’s�Oxonia�Illustrata.�It�is�similar�in�scale�to�Robert�Morden’s�map�which�it�pre-dates�by�nineteen�years.�There�are�no�hundreds�illustrated,�but�rivers,�towns,�villages,�and�churches�are�clearly�delineated.�

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�07.� (Oxfordshire.) PLOT�(Robert) The�Natural�History�of�Oxford-shire,�Being�an�essay�toward�the�natural�history�of�England.�Oxford:�printed�at�the�Theater...�Mr�Moses�Pits�...�[�677,]�FIRST�EDITION,�SIR�THOMAS�MOLYNEUX’S�COPY,�issue�without�date�on�title-page,�imprimatur�leaf�not�present,�folding�map�and��6�plates,�engraving�on�title-page,�the�undated�title-page�with�the�date��676�added�in�ink�at�the�foot�in�a�contemporary�hand,�signed�at�the�head�of�the�text�by�Sir�Thomas�Molyneux,�the�map�with�a�small�tear�at�the�mount�and�a�little�wear�to�the�impression,�pp.�[x],�358,�[�2],�folio,�contemp.�sprinkled�calf,�rebacked�and�neatly�repaired,�with�orig.�backstrip�relaid,�raised�bands,�gilt�rosettes�at�centre,�the�central�panel�with�Sir�Thomas�Molyneux’s�cypher�in�gilt�on�a�morocco�label,�sides�with�double�blind�fillet�border,�slightly�scuffed,�speckled�edges,�good�(Clary��43�;�Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘Oxfordshire’�4;�Madan�3�30;�Wing�P2585;�ESTC�R473650)� £1,700.00

Sir�Thomas�Molyneux’s�tall�clean�copy�of�this�significant�history�of�Oxfordshire,�without�the�initial�imprimatur�leaf,�giving�the�title�and�date,�presumably�discarded�by�the�binder.�The�fragmentary�Press�accounts�show�that�750�copies�were�printed.�‘Plot�was�the�first�Keeper�of�the�Ashmolean�Museum,�professor�of�chemistry,�and�Secretary�of�the�Royal�Society.�He�belonged�to�the�new�scientific�school,�and�in�his�survey�of�Oxfordshire,�part�of�a�projected�but�unfulfilled�survey�of�England,�he�departed�from�the�“antiquarian”�tradition�of�Camden�and�Leland’.�(Clary)�

Molyneux,�physician�and�natural�philosopher,�was�born�in�Dublin,�and�visited�England�to�broaden�his�studies.�He�had�an�successful�career�which�brought�him�into�contact�with�many�of�the�famous�of�the�day,�having�correspondence�with�John�Locke�and�others.�From�his�contributions�to�the�Dublin�Philosophical�Society�it�is�clear�that�his�expertise�ranged�far�beyond�medical�interests.�He�became�Regius�Professor�of�Physic�in�Dublin�University�in��7���and�wrote�the�first�scientific�account�of�the�Irish�elk.�

�08.� (Oxfordshire.) SKELTON�(Joseph) Engraved�Illustrations�of�the�principal�Antiquities�of�Oxfordshire,�from�Original�Drawings�by�F.�Mackenzie.�Accompanied�with�descriptive�&�historical�notices.�Oxford:�J.�Skelton.��823,�FIRST�EDITION,�LARGE�

PAPER,�engraved�frontispiece,�title-page,�map,�and�48�plates�on�india�paper,�engraved�

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illustrations�on�the�letterpress,�each�of�the��4�hundreds�separately�paginated,�a�little�foxing�to�the�edges�of�the�plates,�subscribers’�list,�folio,�contemp.�‘Cathedral’�maroon�straight-grain�morocco,�smooth�backstrip�embossed�with�further�architectural�details�and�gilt�lettering,�the�sides�embossed�in�blind�with�large�Cathedral�windows�and�outer�borders�of�repeated�tools,�neatly�repaired�at�the�head�and�foot�of�the�spine�and�corners,�yellow�glazed�endpapers,�one�or�two�scuffs,�bookplate�of�Emslie�John�Horniman,�a.e.g.,�good�(Cordeaux�&�Merry�‘Oxfordshire’�27�)� £600.00

A�large�and�specially�bound�copy�of�Skelton’s�work�on�the�antiquities�of�Oxfordshire�with�an�interesting�provenance.�Emslie�John�Horniman�was�the�son�of�Frederick�whose�collection�formed�the�Museum�in�London�of�the�same�name.�He�showed�little�interest�in�the�family�business,�a�tea�merchants,�but�was�able�to�use�his�fortune�to�pursue�his�interest�in�anthropology�and�archaeology.�In��9���he�bought�Burford�Priory�and�added�to�the�restoration�work�there,�notably�taking�on�that�of�the�Great�Chamber,�the�West�Wing�and�the�Chapel.�

�09.� (Pacific.) MARINER�(William)�and�John�Martin,�Editor) An�Account�of�the�Natives�of�the�Tonga�Islands,�in�the�South�Pacific�Ocean.�With�an�original�grammar�and�vocabulary�of�their�language.�[...]�In�two�volumes.�Second�edition,�with�additions.�John�Murray.��8�8,�folding�map�in�vol.�i�and�a�frontispiece�in�vol.�ii,�a�few�minor�spots,�pp.�lvi,�444;�[iv],�344,�[�48],�8vo.,�contemp.�green�half�calf�with�marbled�boards,�backstrips�gilt-ruled�with�five�low�raised�bands,�red�moroco�labels�in�second�and�fourth�compartments,�central�gilt�floral�stamp�to�others,�marbled�edges�and�endpapers,�backstrips�somewhat�faded,�extremities�a�bit�rubbed,�very�good�(Hill�pp.�9�/92;�NMMC�I�648)� £400.00

William�Mariner�(�79�-�853)�was�held�in�friendly�captivity�in�Tonga�for�four�years,�after�the�ship�on�which�he�was�sailing�put�in�for�repairs�and�was�attacked.�He�recounted�his�experience�to�the�meteorologist�John�Martin,�who�edited�and�published�it;�it�makes�for�a�‘very�interesting�account�of�contemporary�life�in�Tonga,�of�the�customs�of�the�inhabitants�and�their�inter-island�wars�and�examples�of�Tonga�songs�and�music’�(Hill).�This�second�edition�adds�a�preface�and�folding�map,�and�the�large�vocabulary�at�the�end�of�vol.�ii�has�been�revised.�

��0.� (Pacific Voyage.) [COPPINGER�(R.W.)�et�al.,�Editors] Report�on�the�zoological�collections�made�in�the�Indo-Pacific�Ocean�during�the�voyage�of�H.M.S.�‘Alert’��88�-2.�Printed�by�Order�of�the�Trustees�[of�the�Biritish�Museum].��884,�54�lithographed�plates�(2�with�some�colour,�8�folding),�library’s�unobtrusive�blind�embossed�stamp�on�title-page,�pp.�xxiii,�[i],�684,�8vo.,�orig.�morocco-grain�navy�blue�cloth,�backstrip�slightly�frayed�at�head,�gilt�lettered�direct,�blind�stamped�triple�line�border�on�sides,�library�bookplate,�good�� £550.00

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‘With�the�exception�of�the�‘Challenger’�Expedition,�none�of�the�recent�voyages�has�contributed�so�much�to�our�knowledge�of�the�Littoral�Invertebrate�Fauna�of�the�Indo-Pacific�Ocean�as�that�of�the�‘Alert.’�Irrespective�of�a�number�of�specimens�set�aside�as�duplicates,�not�less�than�3,700,�referable�to��,300�species,�were�incorporated�in�the�National�Collection�...’�(Preface)�Richard�Coppinger,�an�Irishman,�and�a�naval�surgeon�and�considerable�naturalist,�was�appointed�surgeon�to�‘Alert’�in��875,�when�she�left�on�a�voyage�of�exploration�to�the�Arctic.�He�served�with�her�again�on�her�four�year�voyage�exploring�Patagonian,�Polynesian,�and�Mascarene�waters�between��878�and��882.�This�report�stands�as�testimony�to�his�knowledge�and�skill.�Every�aspect�of�preserving,�labelling,�cataloguing,�and�packing�the�specimens�was�his�work,�and�was,�as�Albert�Gunther,�the�Keeper�of�the�Department�of�Zoology,�observed,�‘done�in�the�leisure�hours�which�Dr.�Coppinger�could�spare�from�his�strictly�official�duties.’�

���.� (Patagonia.) CHATWIN�(Bruce)�and�Paul�THEROUX. Patagonia�Revisited.�Russell,�Salisbury.��985,�FIRST�EDITION,��2�/250�COPIES�signed�by�both�authors,�illustrations�in�the�text�by�Kyffin�Williams�are�printed�in�brown,�pp.�64,�cr.8vo.,�orig.�qtr.�brick-red�linen,�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�overall�repeated�brown�pattern�on�grey�cloth�sides,�tissue-jacket,�fine�� £250.00

��2.� (Rome. Grottoes. Bartoli.) BELLORI�(Giovanni�Pietro)�and�Michaelangelo�de�la�CHAUSSE. Le�Pitture�Antiche�delle�Grotte�di�Roma,�e�del�sepolcro�de’�Nasoni�disegnate,�&�intagliate�alla�similitudine�degli�Antichi�Originali�da�Pietro�Santi�Bartoli,�e�Francesco�Bartoli�suo�figliuolo,�descritte,�et�illustrate�da�Gio.�Pietro�Bellori,�e�Michelangelo�Causei�dela�Chausse.�Rome:�Nella�Nuova�Stampario�di�Gaetano�degli�Zenobj,�avanti�il�Seminario�Ronmano.��706,�wood-engraved�publisher�vignette�on�letterpress�title,�wood-engraved�initial�letters�and�tail-piece,�75�copper-engraved�plates�(2�folding),�single�small�wormhole�to�lower�forecorner�affecting�circa�half�the�page�block,�pp.�[8],�plates,�[4],�63,�folio,�modern�qtr.�dark�brown�calf,�backstrip�divided�into�six�compartments�by�blind-hatched�raised�bands�between�double�gilt�and�blind�rules,�gilt�lettered�black�morocco�label�in�second,�remainder�empty,�gilt�dated�at�foot,�double�blind�rule�on�returns,�marbled�sides,�very�good�(Brunet�I,�758)� £1,100.00

Excavations�in��668�near�the�Colosseum,�revealed�a�series�of�wall�paintings�within�the�tomb�of�the�Nasoni�(the�family�of�Ovid).�The�most�beautiful�are�here�reproduced�in�engravings�by�Bartoli�accompanying�Bellori’s�text.�The�four�subjects�from�the�life�of�Adonis,�engraved�in�plates�iii�to�vi,�are�worthy�of�any�age�of�art,�and�are�characterised�by�great�simplicity�of�composition.�Bellori�was�assisted�in�his�endeavours�by�the�Parisian�antiquary�de�la�Chausse.�

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��3.� (Rosenthal.) TICIN�(Xaver�Jakub) Epitome�Historiae�Rosenthalensis,�sive�compendaria�narratio�de�origine,�ac�cultu�pervetustae�B.V.�Mariae�statuae,�in�Pago�Rosenthal,�Lutsatiae�superioris;�[...]�Prague:�Typis�Universitas�Carolo-Ferdin.��692,�folding�engraved�frontispiece�and�4�plates�(one�folding),�browned,�some�staining,�old�ownership�inscriptions�to�front�endpapers,�pp.�[xx],�386,�[20],�8vo.,�early�half�calf�with�floral�patterned�boards,�leather�sides�with�blind�floral�rolls,�backstrip�with�three�raised�bands,�green�morocco�label�in�second�compartment,�neatly�rebacked�with�backstrip�laid�down,�corners�repaired,�somewhat�scuffed,�sound�� £150.00

Ticin�(�656-�693)�was�a�Sorbian�Jesuit,�known�for�his�revision�of�Sorbian�orthography�based�on�Czech�instead�of�German,�which�became�the�standard�for�Catholic�Sorbs.�In�this�work�he�gives�the�first�written�description�of�the�pilgrimage�to�the�town�of�Ralbitz-Rosenthal�in�Saxony,�home�of�a�shrine�to�the�Blessed�Virgin�Mary�(and�a�large�Sorbian�population).�

��4.� (Russia.) KINGSTON�(William�H.G.) The�Circassian�Chief.�A�romance�of�Russia.�In�three�volumes.�Richard�Bentley.��843,�FIRST�

EDITION,�half-titles�discarded,�pp.�vi,�340;�[iv],�300;�[iv],�280,��2mo.,�contemp.�caramel�diced�russia,�backstrips�with�wide�gilt�decorated�flattened�bands,�gilt�lettered�maroon�morocco�label�in�second�and�fourth�compartments,�remainder�gilt�panelled�with�double�gilt�rules,�and�filled�with�gilt�volutes,�fleurons�and�draw�handles;�sides�panelled�with�triple�gilt�fillet,�small�rosettes�at�corners,�gilt�decorated�board�edges�and�turn-ins,�marbled�endpapers,�purple�silk-markers,�a.e.g,�very�good�(Wolff�II,�p.309)� £800.00

The�review�in�‘Ainsworth’s�Magazine’�(�843)�shows�that�themes�of�travel�and�adventure�were�important�in�his�work�even�in�this,�his�first�novel:�‘the�writer�is�more�than�the�lively�and�sparkling�narrator�of�a�noble�struggle�for�independence;�more�than�the�bold�and�easy�painter�of�manners�and�customs�not�familiar�to�the�majority;�more�than�the�describer�of�general�character�and�the�retailer�of�romantic�events,�dark�crimes,�and�chivalrous�aspirations;—he�has�added�another�exquisite�example�to�the�list�of�masterly�delineations�of�feminine�fortitude,�constancy�and�devotion’.�

��5.� (Scotland.) JOHNSON�(Samuel) A�Journey�to�the�Western�Islands�of�Scotland.�W.�Strahan;�and�T.�Cadell.��775,�FIRST�EDITION,�second�state�(but�see�footnote),�with�the�6-line�errata-leaf,�neat�contemporary�ownership�signature�on�the�front�endpaper,�pp.[iv],�384,�8vo.,�contemp.�sprinkled�calf,�the�backstrip�with�five�raised�bands�ruled�in�gilt,�olive�morocco�label�with�gilt�lettering,�double�gilt�fillet�borders�to�sides,�fine�(ESTC�T083702;�Courtney�&�Nicol�Smith�pp.�22/23;�Chapman�&�Hazen�pp.�5�/52;�Rothschild��256)� £600.00

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A�handsome�copy�of�what�is�traditionally�the�‘first�edition,�second�issue’,�now�proven�by�Todd�to�have�been�simultaneously�issued�with�the�‘first�issue’�although�much�of�the�text�was�re-set�(the�publishers�having�determined�to�double�the�print-run�after�some�of�the�types�of�the�first�setting�had�been�distributed;�the�Edinburgh�‘edition’�of�Burns’s�poems,�and�the�first�volume�of�Gibbon,�afford�comparisons).�

��6.� (Scotland.) [SPANG�(William)] Rerum�nuper�in�Regno�Scotiae�gestarum�historia,�seu�verius�commentarius�[...]�Per�Irinaeum�Philalethen,�Eleutherium.�Dantisci�[i.e.�Amsterdam]:�NP.��64�,�small�dampstain�to�lower�forecorner,�old�library�inscription�to�title,�pp.�[viii],�576,�[�4],�8vo.,�contemp.�vellum,�backstrip�browned,�gilt�lettered�dark�red�leather�label,�manuscript�date;�sides�with�overlapping�fore-edges,�lacks�ties,�a�little�warped,�top�edge�blue,�good�(Lowndes��624)� £300.00

The�second�edition,�under�a�new�title�(‘Brevis�et�fidelis�narratio�in�regno�et�ecclesia�Scotica’�was�printed�in��640)�of�this�history�of�the�Scottish�church,�usually�attributed�to�William�Spang�(�607-�644),�who,�though�living�in�the�Netherlands,�was�kept�up-to-date�on�Scottish�affairs�by�his�cousin�and�frequent�correspondent,�the�Glasgow�University�principal�Robert�Baillie�(ODNB).

��7.� (Scotland. Campbell Family.) [MAIDMENT�(James,�Editor)�The�Argyle�Papers.�Edinburgh:�Thomas�G.�Stevenson.��834,�ONE�OF�50�COPIES,�engraved�title-page�vignette,�pp.�xxxiii,�[i],�2�3,�[�],�sm.4to.,�contemp.�dark�blue�morocco,�backstrip�with�wide�low�raised�bands,�compartments�gilt�panelled,�gilt�lettered�direct�in�second,�blind�ruled�fillet�border�on�sides,�narrow�gilt�palmette�and�tendril�roll�on�turn-ins,�yellow�chalked�endpapers,�bookplate�of�David�Murray,�bookseller’s�ticket�on�upper�pastedown,�catalogue�entry�tipped�to�upper�free�endpaper,�a.e.g.,�very�good�� £225.00

Dibdin�thought�this�‘a�most�curious,�and,�historically�speaking,�invaluable�work.’�The�edition�consisted�of�only�50�copies�on�small�paper,�6�on�large,�and�just�one�on�vellum.�The�work�consists�of�a�transcript�of�various�Campbell�family�papers,�mostly�relating�to�the�Earls,�Marquises,�and�Dukes�of�Argyle�(and�their�spouses),�from�the�early�period�up�to��723.�

��8.� (Scotland. Scott.) NAPIER�(George) Homes�and�haunts�of�Sir�Walter�Scott,�Bart.�Glasgow:�James�Maclehose.��897,�ONE�OF�550�COPIES�printed�on�japanese�vellum�paper,�frontispiece�(tissue-guard),�numerous�plates�and�text�illustrations,�pp.�xiv,�2�6,�4to.,�orig.�bevel-edged�cream�buckram,�smooth�backstrip�(somewhat�darkened)�with�gilt�lettered�green�morocco�label�at�head,�front�board�with�green�morocco�label�gilt�and�gilt�motif�at�foot,�good�� £30.00

��9.� (Scottish life.) [GALT�(John)] The�Last�of�the�Lairds:�or,�the�Life�and�Opinions�of�Malachi�Mailings,�Esq.�of�Auldbiggings.�By�the�author�of�Annals�of�the�Parish,�The�Entail,�etc.�...�Edinburgh:�William�Blackwood.��826,�FIRST�EDITION,�half-title�discarded,�a�little�light�foxing,�pp.�[ii],�364,�8vo.,�contemp.�purple�half�calf,�joints�

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rubbed�with�loss�of�surface�leather,�smooth�backstrip�divided�by�triple�gilt�rules,�faded,�gilt�lettered�dark�red�leather�label,�quatrefoil�tool�in�compartments,�marbled�sides�and�edges,�good�(Block�p.8�;�Wolff�2393)� £120.00

The�staff�writer�of�‘The�Monthly�Review’�considered�this�‘a�most�accurate�delineation�of�character�and�manners...’�The�final�chapters�were�written�by�D.M.�Moir.�

�20.� (Ski-ing.) RICKMERS�(W.)�Ski-ing�for�Beginners�and�Mountaineers.�With�Photographs�by�Dr.�A.�Hacker�and�Silhouettes�by�Elsa�von�Lepkowski.�Fisher�Unwin.��9�0,�FIRST�

EDITION,�numerous�plates�from�photographs�and�illustrations,�ownership�signature�to�the�front�endpaper,�interesting�advertisments�at�the�back,�pp.��75,�[6],�8vo.,�orig.�cream�cloth,�black�frame�and�lettering�to�backstrip,�the�upper�cover�with�a�striking�period�design�in�black�of�a�pair�of�ski-ers,�a�line�of�them�above�and�the�title�beneath,�the�lower�cover�with�a�male�skier�in�black,�a�little�soiled,�good�� £200.00

The�author�was�one�of�the�best-known�authorities�on�what�was�then�known�as�‘ski-running’�and�contributed�to�the�Alpine�Ski�Club�Annual�and�the�Ski�Club�of�Great�Britain�publications.�

�2�.� (Ski-ing.) ROGET�(F.�F.) Ski-runs�in�the�High�Alps.�Fisher�Unwin,��9�3,�FIRST�EDITION,�25�plates�by�L.�M.�Crisp,�6�folding�maps,�pp.�3�2,�[4],�8vo.,�orig.�dark�grey�cloth,�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�the�upper�cover�with�large�image�of�a�skier�blocked�in�gilt�and�with�gilt�lettering,�fine�(Neate�R65)� £280.00

‘The�principal�book�in�English�by�a�Swiss�academic�who�was�outstanding�among�the�pioneers�of�ski-mountaineering.’�

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Inscribed by the Author�22.� (South Pacific.) LAYARD�(John) Stone�Men�of�Malekula.�Vao.�Chatto�&�Windus.�

�942,�PRESENTATION�COPY,�5�folding�diagrams�and�24�plates,�numerous�illustrations�and�figures�in�text,�pp.�xxiii,�[i],�8�6,�large�8vo.,�orig.�red�cloth,�gilt�title�in�blue�stamp�to�backstrip,�just�a�touch�sunned�at�edges,�orig.�dustwrapper�somewhat�dusty�and�chipped�at�top�edge,�one�or�two�small�marks,�very�good�� £350.00

Layard�became�one�of�the�first�intensive�fieldworkers�in�modern�anthropology�when�his�mentor,�W.H.R.�Rivers,�with�whom�he�had�been�travelling,�left�him�on�the�islet�of�Aitchin�in��9�4.�He�stayed�for�a�year�before�returning�to�London�where�he�both�underwent�and�studied�psychotherapy,�finally�producing�this�Jung-influenced�ethnography�in��942.�In�the�meantime�he�also�spent�a�few�years�in�Berlin,�where�he�was�an�influence�on�W.H.�Auden�and�Christopher�Isherwood.�This�copy�is�inscribed�by�the�author�to�the�literary�scholar�and�then-fellow�of�Exeter�College,�Nevill�Coghill,�on�the�front�endpaper:�‘To�Nevill�Coghill,�with�best�wishes,�from�John�Layard.�Oxford.�October��942.’�Also,�loosely�inserted�is�a�friendly�postcard�to�Coghill�from�Layard,�dated��956,�recommending�Jung’s�‘The�Integration�of�the�Personality’.�

�23.� (Spain.) CHAPMAN�(Abel)�and�Walter�J.�BUCK. Unexplored�Spain.�Arnold.��9�0,�40�plates,�many�from�photographs,�and�numerous�illustrations,�pp.�xvi,�4�6,�ii,�22�(advertisements),�large�8vo.,�orig.�decorated�dark�green�straight-ribbed�cloth,�backstrip�lettered�in�gilt,�head�and�tail�slightly�knocked,�the�upper�cover�with�three�Spanish�ibexes�in�gilt,�rear�hinge�weak,�bookplate,�very�good�� £350.00

The�‘Spain�we�love�and�of�which�we�write�is�not�the�Spain�of�tourist�or�globe-trotter’.�This�work�is�the�result�of�condensing�over�forty�years�of�notes�by�the�authors,�covering�the�wildlife�and�wild�regions�of�Spain,�in�the�days�when�wolves�and�tarantulas�could�still�be�found.�

�24.� (St. Kilda.) SETON�(George)�St.�Kilda�Past�and�Present.�Blackwood.��878,�FIRST�

EDITION,�half-title,�title-page�printed�in�red�and�black�(tissue-guard�present),��2�tinted�chromolithographed�plates,�pp.�xvi,�346,�8vo.,�orig.�pale�blue�bevel-edged�cloth�(lightly�soiled),�gilt�lettered�backstrip�a�touch�sunned�with�minor�wear�at�extremities,�yellow�chalked�endpapers,�near�contemporary�ownership�inscription�at�head�of�front�free�endpaper�recto:� ‘K.A.�Mawhinney’,�good�(Freeman�3360)� £140.00

The�archipelago�of�St.�Kilda,�the�remotest�part�of�the�British�Isles,�lies�4��miles�west�of�Benbecula�in�Scotland’s�Outer�Hebrides.�When�Seton�visited�in�the��870s,�the�islands�were�still�very�much�inhabited.�His�detailed�book�examines�the�long�history�of�the�region,�its�birdlife,�and�continuing�traditions�of�farming�and�fishing.�WWI�was�to�decimate�the�male�population,�and�this,�combined�with�a�series�of�bad�harvests�caused�many�islanders�to�leave.�By��930,�the�population�numbered�just�36;�later�that�year,�at�their�request,�the�inhabitants�were�evacuated�to�the�mainland.�

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The First English Work on Sumatra�25.� (Sumatra.) MARSDEN�(William) The�History�of�Sumatra,�containing�an�Account�of�

the�Government,�Laws,�Customs,�and�Manners�of�the�Native�Inhabitants,�with�a�Description�of�the�Natural�Products,�and�a�Relation�of�the�ancient�Political�State�of�that�Island.�Second�Edition.�Printed�for�the�Author,�and�sold�by�Thomas�Payne.��784,�folding�engraved�map,�engraved�plate�of�Rejang,�Butta�and�Lampoon�alphabets,�scattered�foxmarks,�pp.�xii,�373,�[7],�4to.,�contemp.�sprinkled�calf,�the�backstrip�panelled�in�gilt�with�a�repeated�central�urn�tool�surrounded�by�volutés�cornerpieces,�dark�green�moroccco�label�with�gilt�lettering,�single�gilt�fillet�borders�on�sides,�skillfully�repaired,�bookplate�(ESTC�T93�8�)� £500.00

Demand�for�this�work�quickly�required�this�second�edition�to�be�published,�in�the�year�after�the�first.�It�received�favourable�press�and�was�praised�by�Southey�as�a�model�of�descriptive�composition.�Marsden,�a�Fellow�of�the�Royal�Society,�took�up�an�appointment�with�the�East�India�Company�and�travelled�to�Sumatra�in��77�.�He�spent�eight�years�there,�learnt�Malay,�and�thus�was�able�to�make�many�observations�on�the�nature�and�culture�of�the�Sumatrans,�their�languages,�laws,�marriage�rites�and�customs,�trading�(gold�and�tin),�climate,�geographical�features,�and�flora�and�fauna.�He�published�a�‘Dictionary�and�Grammar�of�the�Malay�Language’�in��8�2.�

�26.� (Switzerland. Photography.) LONGFELLOW�(Henry�W.) Hyperion:�A�Romance.�Illustrated�with�twenty-four�photographs�of�the�Rhine,�Switzerland,�and�the�Tyrol,�by�Francis�Frith.�Alfred�William�Bennett.��865,�FIRST�EDITION,�mounted�albumen�photograph�as�frontispiece,�title�in�red�and�blue,�woodcut�head-�and�tail-pieces,�23�mounted�albumen�photographs,�occasional�foxing�(as�usual),� �pp.�x,�[�],�270,�4to.,�orig.�bevel-edged�green�sand-grain�cloth�by�Leighton,� �Son,�and�Hodge�(their�small�ticket�on�rear�pastedown),�backstrip�gilt�lettered�within�decorative�panel�(minor�wear�at�head�and�tail),�sides�with�ornate�gilt�scrolling�border�design,�owl,�eagles,�and�swan�(each�with�wings�outstretched),�signifying�earth,�wind,�fire,�and�water�at�corners,�diamond-shaped�title�panel�at�centres�with�Imperial�eagle�of�Austria-Hungary�and�Swiss�Cross�surrounded�by�border�design�and�cornerpieces�stamped�in�blind,�yellow�chalked� �endpapers,�a.e.g.,�very�good�(Gernsheim�268;� ‘Truthful�Lens’�Naef�&�Goldschmidt,��06)� £295.00

Frith�followed�in�the�footsteps�of�the�Longfellow’s�fictitious�hero�Paul�Flemming�and�recounts�his�experiences�in�the�work’s�preface.�He�notes�that�Flemming�travelled�through�some�of�the�most�picturesque�scenery�in�Europe:�‘everywhere�he�had�occasion�to�observe�and�admire,�not�only�the�graphic�power�of�the�Author’s�descriptions,�but,�in�numerous�instances�their�severe�truthfulness�...�one�of�the�native�tendencies�of�true�genius.’�Reviews�of�the�book�and�its�modern�approach�to�illustration�were�exceptionally�favourable:�‘So�well�as�photography�can�illustrate�a�book,—and�for�the�exercise�of�its�powers�it�would�be�hard�to�find�an�apter�field�than�this�romance�offers,—it�is�perfect.’�(Athenaeum)�More�recently�the�authors�of�‘The�Truthful�Lens’�wrote�that�‘the�book�is�notable�for�its�direct�association�of�landscape�photographs�as�non-literal�visual�equivalents�of�literary�ideas.’�

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�27.� (Tibet.) PALLIS�(Marco) Peaks�and�Lamas.�Cassell.��939,�FIRST�EDITION,�colour�plate,�95�photogravure�illustrations�on�36�plates,�3�maps,�pp.�xx,�428,�8vo.,�orig.�black�cloth,�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�Tibetan�phrase�stamped�in�blind�to�front�board,�slightly�scuffed,�good�(Yakushi�P�2a)� � £180.00

Mountaineer,�Buddhist,�and�musician�Marco�Pallis�first�visited�Tibet�in��923�for�the�climbing,�and�returned�in��933�and��936�for�the�culture�and�life�which�he�grew�to�love;�on�a�later�visit�he�was�initiated�into�a�Tibetan�Buddhist�order.�The�latter�two�journeys�form�the�basis�of�this,�his�first�book�about�Tibet,�a�bestseller�and�one�of�the�first�Western�accounts�of�traditional�Tibetan�Buddhism.�

�28.� (Tibet.) PEREIRA�(George)�and�Francis�Younghusband,�compiler) Peking�to�Lhasa.�The�narrative�of�journeys�in�the�Chinese�Empire�made�by�the�late�Brigadier-General�George�Pereira�...�From�notes�and�diaries�supplied�...�with�maps�and�illustrations.�Constable.��925,�FIRST�EDITION,�half-title,�frontispiece�photograph�of�Pereira�(tissue-guard�present),�32�black�and�white�photographic�plates,�2�folding�maps�at�rear,�pp.�x,�293,�[2]�(advertisements),�8vo.,�orig.�dark�blue�cloth,�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�blind�rules�at�head�and�tail�of�sides,�near�fine�� £225.00

The�work�contains�‘a�very�good�detailed�map�of�the�country�between�Lanchow,�Chengtu,�and�Lhasa’�according�to�Luzac’s�Oriental�list�and�book�review�issued�in�the�same�year.�

�29.� (Tibet.) SCHARY�(Edwin�G.) In�Search�of�the�Mahatmas�of�Tibet.�Seeley,�Service�&�Co.�[�937,]�FIRST�EDITION,�frontispiece�and��5�photographic�plates,�endpapers�and�one�page�spread�with�printed�map,�a�few�foxspots�to�endpapers,�pp.�xii,�[�3]-3�2,�[8],�8vo.,�orig.�yellow�cloth,�backstrip�lettered�in�black�with�a�stamp�of�a�mask,�slightly�darkened,�a�crease�to�cloth�on�front�board,�good�(Yakushi�S54)� £150.00

‘Mr.�Schary�started�his�fruitless�quest�in��9�2�[...]�he�was�forced�to�work�his�way�from�the�United�States�via�Honolulu�and�Australia�to�Calcutta,�and�thence�northwards,�before�he�was�even�within�striking�distance�of�the�Himalayas;�and�this�makes�a�fascinating�story�out�of�a�journey�that�could�scarcely�have�failed,�in�any�event,�to�be�of�the�greatest�interest’�(Geo.�Journ.,�Vol.�92,�No.�5,�Nov.,��938,�p.�46�).�

The First Eye-witness Account of Tibet and Bhutan in English�30.� (Tibet.) TURNER�(Captain�Samuel) An�Account�of�an�Embassy�to�the�Court�of�the�

Teshoo�Lama�in�Tibet;�containing�a�Narrative�of�a�Journey�through�Bootan,�and�Part�of�Tibet�...�To�which�are�added�Views�taken�on�the�Spot�by�Lieutenant�Samuel�Davis;�and�Observations�botanical,�mineralogical�and�medical�by�Mr.�Robert�Saunders.�By�W.�Bulmer�[etc.].��800,�folding�engraved�map,��3�engraved�plates�and�views,�one�folding,�of�Tibetan�calligraphy,�after�the�author�and�engraved�by�J.�Basire,�and�one�

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after�George�Stubbs,�some�browning�and�foxing�of�the�text�(as�usual)�and�varying�offsetting�from�the�plates�on�to�the�text,�some�heavy,�small�tear�to�the�fold�of�the�map,�pp.�xxviii,�473,�4to.,�contemp.�tree�calf,�the�flat�backstrip�panelled�in�gilt�with�rope�tools�and�medallions,�black�morocco�label�with�gilt�lettering,�scuff�to�lower�cover,�engraved�armorial�bookplate,�sound�(Cox��,�346;�Yakushi�T277a)� £1,800.00

Captain�Turner�led�Warren�Hastings’�second�mission�to�Tibet.�The�purpose�of�the��783/84�mission,�like�that�led�by�Bogle�in��774/75,�was�to�further�Hastings’�ambitions�of�promoting�British-Indian�trade�across�the�Himalayas,�and�to�satisfy�his�scientific�and�scholarly�interests�through�Asian�exploration.�Tibet’s�capital�at�Lhasa�remained�firmly�closed�to�European�travellers�because�of�Chinese�opposition,�but�Turner’s�sensitivity,�tolerance,�and�good�manners�were�warmly�welcomed�at�the�Lama’s�court.�Turner’s�sober�account�of�carefully�observed�conditions�in�Tibet�and�Bhutan,�their�forms�of�government,�religious�customs,�trade,�and�topography,�has�stood�the�test�of�time�and�remained�a�source�of�great�value�(ODNB).�It�also�remained�the�only�account�of�these�countries�available�to�English�readers�until�the�publication,�in��846,�of�the�journal�of�Bogle�and�Manning.�Turner’s�testimony�is�supplemented�by�those�of�his�subordinates�on�this�mission,�the�botanist�and�surgeon�Robert�Saunders�and�the�surveyor�and�amateur�artist�Samuel�Davis.�

�3�.� (Tibet: China.) FARRER�(Reginald) On�the�Eaves�of�the�World.�Second�Impression.�...�In�Two�volumes.�Arnold.��926,�folding�map�of�the�author’s�journey,�frontispieces,�and�62�plates�from�photographs,�pp.�xii,�3��;�viii,�328,�8vo.,�orig.�blue�cloth,�gilt�lettered�backstrips�and�front�covers,�a�little�marked,�good�� £230.00

Item 130

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The�aim�of�this�expedition�was�to�thoroughly�explore�the�remote�northerly�province�bordering�Tibet�in�the�hope�of�finding�flora�more�resistent�and�useful�to�the�British�climate.�In�the�process,�the�author,�who�travelled�with�Mr�Purdom,�formerly�of�Kew,�recorded�and�photographed�the�local�people,�and�had�much�say�on�the�conditions�there.�

�32.� (Travel Biography.) HALLS�(John�James) The�Life�and�Correspondence�of�Henry�Salt,�Esq.�F.R.S.�&c.�His�Britannic�Majesty’s�late�Consul�General�in�Egypt.�Second�Edition.�In�Two�Volumes.�Richard�Bentley.��834,�engraved�frontispiece�portraits,�both�volumes�inscribed�on�front�free�endpapers�as�leaving�presents�from�Eton,�half-titles,�pp.�xv,�502;�viii,�440,�8vo.,�slightly�later�polished�calf,�the�backstrips�panelled�ornately�in�gilt�and�with�red�and�olive�morocco�labels�with�gilt�lettering,�double�gilt�fillets�to�sides,�marbled�edges,�slightly�rubbed,�headband�of�vol.ii�chipped,�very�good�� £300.00

Salt�did�much�to�further�knowledge�of�ancient�Egypt�through�excavation�and�studying�inscriptions.�He�is�remembered�in�many�contemporary�accounts�as�a�kind�and�helpful�host�to�British�travellers�and�scholars�in�Egypt�(ODNB).�He�travelled�widely�and�is�noted�for�his�‘Voyage�to�Abyssinia’.�

�33.� (Travel Biography.) THESIGER�(Wilfred)�The�Life�of�my�Choice.�Collins.��987,�FIRST�

EDITION,�32�photographic�plates,�full-page�and�double-page�maps,�pp.�464,�8vo.,�orig.�black�boards,�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�dustjacket,�fine�� £100.00

Signed�by�Wilfred�Thesiger�on�the�title-page,�beneath�his�scored�through�printed�name.�

�34.� (Turkey.) FELLOWS�(Sir�Charles) Travels�and�Researches�in�Asia�Minor,�more�particularly�in�the�Province�of�Lycia.�John�Murray.��852,�2�folding�lithographed�maps�and�6�folding�plates,�ownership�inscription�on�the�front�free�endpaper,�pp.�xvi,�5�0,�8vo.,�contemp.�polished�calf,�the�backstrip�elaborately�tooled�in�gilt,�green�morocco�label,�double�gilt�fillet�borders�on�sides,�gilt�school�arms�on�the�upper�cover,�marbled�edges�and�endpapers,�minor�scuffmarks,�good�� £300.00

Fellows�undertook�four�significant�expeditions�to�Lycia,�discovered�thirteen�ancient�cities,�all�containing�works�of�art,�produced�a�map�of�the�area,�and�brought�home�much�natural�historical�material,�as�well�as�coins,�and�transcriptions�and�impressions�of�Lycian�letters.�

�35.� (Wales.) MURRAY�(John,�publisher)�Handbook�for�travellers�in�South�Wales�and�its�borders�including�the�River�Wye.�With�a�travelling�map.�John�Murray.��860,�FIRST�

EDITION,�main�body�of�text�in�double-column,�travelling�map�in�rear�pocket,�pp.�xxxvi,��40,�24�(Handbook�Advertiser��860,�printed�on�blue�sugar�paper),��2mo.,�orig.�embossed�linen-grain�red�cloth�(now�faded�and�lightly�soiled),�backstrip�gilt�lettered,�gilt�titles�on�front�board,�publisher�advertisements�(dated�June��860)�printed�on�pale�brown�chalked�endpapers,�red�speckled�edges,�good�� £100.00

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Scarce.�The�periodical�‘The�Geologist’,�in�its�review�of�the�work,�notes�that�the�editor�is�one�Dr.�Bevan.�He�is�hardly�complimentary�about�the�region�in�his�guide,�and�reports�‘To�the�traveller�who�crosses�the�Llandore�bridge�at�night,�the�livid�glare�from�the�numerous�chimneys,�the�rolling,�fleecy,�white�clouds�that�fill�up�the�valley�beneath�him,�the�desolate-looking�heaps�of�slag�on�either�side,�might�well�recalls�Dante’s�line—“voi�che�entrate�lasciate�ogni�speranza”’�and�records�‘there�are�no�trees,�and�instead�of�grass�a�yellow�sickly�growth�of�chamomile�scarcely�covers�the�ground.’�The�following�year,�a�volume�on�North�Wales�was�issued�under�the�same�editor.�

Given by the Author�36.� (Warwickshire.) DUGDALE�(William) The�Antiquities�of�Warwickshire�illustrated;�

From�Records,�Leiger-Books,�Manuscripts,�Charters,�Evidences,�Tombes,�and�Armes:�Beautified�with�maps,�prospects,�and�portraictures.�By�Thomas�Warren.��656,�FIRST�EDITION,�inscribed�by�a�contemporary�recipient�‘Donum�Authoris.�7�Die�Mensis�Maii��656’�and�with�his�illegible�signature�at�the�head�of�the�title,�engraved�frontispeice�potrait�of�Dugdale�by�Hollar,�title�in�red�and�black,�5�double-page�copper-engraved�maps,����engraved�plates�on��0�sheets,�numerous�engraved�illustrations,�pedigrees,�prospects,�and�portraits�in�the�text,�ink�signature�to�the�title,�the�pageblocks�tight�and�bright,�small�tear�to�the�lower�margin�of�Nnn4,�restored,�just�touching�two�letters�of�the�text,�pp.�[xiv],�826,�[xiv],�folio,�early�nineteenth-century�red�straight�grain�morocco,�the�backstrip�panelled�in�gilt�with�five�raised�bands,�and�repeated�tools,�brown�morocco�label�with�gilt�lettering,�the�sides�with�wide�gilt�borders�with�thistle�tools�within�triple�gilt�fillets�and�dentelles,�morocco�turn-ins�with�triple�gilt�fillets,�marbled�endpapers�by�J.�Clarke�with�his�stamp�on�the�front�free�endpaper,�bookplate�of�Charles�Arthur�Wynne�Finch,�a.e.g.,�fine�(Wing�D2479;�ESTC�R4379;�Upcott�pp.��,247-59)� £3,500.00

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Lowndes�considered�this�work�‘the�chef-d’œuvre�of�Sir�William’,�and�quoted�Gough’s�comments:�‘it�must�stand�at�the�head�of�all�our�county�histories�...�There�are�works,�which�scrupulous�accuracy,�united�with�stubborn�integrity,�has�elevated�to�the�rank�of�legal�evidence.�Such�is�Dugdale’s�Warwickshire!’�The�work�was�twenty-five�years�in�the�making.�Its�dedicatee,�Sir�Christopher�Hatton,�arranged�for�Dugdale�to�have�access�to�the�records�in�the�Exchequer�and�the�Tower�of�London.�Dugdale�could�then�draw�upon�manorial�and�other�records�to�provide�a�much�stronger�and�more�comprehensive�picture�of�the�County.�However�it�was�only�after�the�publication�of�volume�one�of�Dugdale’s�great�‘Monasticon�Anglicanum’�that�the�author�had�sufficient�funds�to�bear�the�cost�of�publication,�which�he�did�entirely�himself.

The�recipient�who�was�blessed�with�Dugdale’s�gift�of�this�copy�may�have�been�John�Reyner�(working�on�the�signature�alone),�Cantab.�MA��656.�Though�no�obvious�connection�between�the�two�can�be�proved.�

�37.� (Worcestershire. Worcester.) WILD�(Charles)�An�illustration�of�the�architecture�and�sculpture�of�the�cathedral�church�of�Worcester�...�Printed�by�W.�Nichol�...�published�by�the�Author�...��823,�FIRST�EDITION,�LARGE�PAPER,��2�engraved�plates�on�india�paper,�and�mounted,�occasional�light�foxing,�pp.�[vi],�30,�folio,�orig.�grey�boards,�sometime�rebacked�with�morocco-grain�brown�cloth,�spine�longitudinally�gilt�lettered�direct,�board�edges�rubbed,�corners�worn,�orig.�printed�title�label�on�upper�side,�hinges�strengthened,�advertising�flyer�for�book�tipped�to�gutter�margin�of�upper�endpaper,�sound�� £100.00

Part�of�a�series�of�works�on�English�cathedrals�and�minsters�that�included�Canterbury,�York,�Chester,�Lichfield,�and�Lincoln.�Wild’s�highly�detailed�engravings�of�architectural�views�are�typical�of�the�Gothic�revival�period.

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