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Auction No 363, Category: Antiquarian

36 Lots (displaying 21 - 36)

Edouard Alfred Martel "Irlande, et Cavernes Anglaises", Delagrave, Paris, 1897, 1st Edn, signed & inscribed by the author,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £36
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Edouard Alfred Martel Irlande, et Cavernes Anglaises, Delagrave, Paris, 1897, 1st Edn, signed & inscribed by the author,in original worn wraps, uncut two sides, fine internally with many illustrations & three folding maps;contained in a fine cloth-covered case with gilt leather titles; together with two others on caves & caving. (3)

[Wilhelm von Freygang] "Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia; to which are added, the account of a journey into Persia in 1812"

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £60
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[Wilhelm von Freygang] Letters from the Caucasus and Georgia; to which are added, the account of a journey into Persia in 1812, and an abridged History of Persia since the time of Nadir Shah. Translated from the French. John Murray, 1823, 1st Edition, full calf, front board near detached, top of spine repaired, gilt title; fine folding map at rear; small route map foxed; 4 engraved plates with heavy offset to facing pages o/w clean text. xiv. [2], 414pp

Lady Chatterton "Rambles in the South of Ireland during the year 1838", Saunders & Otley, 1839,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £30
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Lady Chatterton Rambles in the South of Ireland during the year 1838, Saunders & Otley, 1839, 2 volume set, original cloth, gilt, darkened, contemp. ownership signatures; 8 tissue-guarded lithographed plates with variable degrees of foxing; clean text. (1) xi 312 and (2) iv 305pp

[Plutarch and Juvenal] "Plutarchi Chaeronensis Quomodo Juveni Audienda sint Poemata" 1694, 105pp,

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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[Plutarch and Juvenal] Plutarchi Chaeronensis Quomodo Juveni Audienda sint Poemata 1694, 105pp, bound with Basilii Magni Oratio ad Juvenes Quomodo cum Fructu Possint Graecorum Libros, 41pp; to which is appended A Catalogue of Books Printed at the Theatre in Oxford, 14pp. Greek text with Latin translation and footnotes by Hugo Grotius. Oxford, 1694, octavo, disbound from a combined volume; engraved title and frontispiece; small corner fault to final leaf otherwise fine. 

William Congreve "A Pindarique Ode, Humbly Offer'd to the King On His Taking Namure" Jacob Tonson, London, 1695, folio,

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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William Congreve A Pindarique Ode, Humbly Offer'd to the King On His Taking Namure Jacob Tonson, London, 1695, folio, untrimmed; title+11pp+publisher's list; title and publisher's list dust-affected; some tone marks; bound in 20th century boards with leather backstrip. (Wing 5871)

John Dryden "The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition" Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue);

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
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John Dryden The Medall. A Satyre Against Sedition Jacob Tonson, London, 1682, First Edition (2nd Issue); small quarto, disbound from a combined colume; [12] + 20pp. Title page dust-affected o/w VG. (Wing D2311)

John Dryden "Annus Mirabilis. The Year of Wonders, M.DC.LXVI., An Historical Poem.

Lot: 115

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £40
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John Dryden Annus Mirabilis. The Year of Wonders, M.DC.LXVI., An Historical Poem. Also a Poem on the Happy Restoration and Return of His Late Sacred Majestey Charles the Second. Likewise a Panegyrick on His Cononation. Together With a Poem to My Lord Chancellor Presented on New-Years-Day. 1662. Henry Herringman and Jacob Tonson, London, 1688.Small 4to, stitch bound in wraps, [20], 116pp, each poem with its own title page. The initial title page dust-affected and small ink-mark at foot o/w VG. (Wing 2240)

Arthur Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld "Evenings at Home, or The Juvenile Budget Opened:

Lot: 116

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Arthur Aikin and Mrs. Barbauld Evenings at Home, or The Juvenile Budget Opened: consisting of a Variety of Miscellaneous Pieces for the Instruction and Amusement of Young Persons, London, 1826, 14th Edn, set of four small volumes, full grained green morocco, red title labels, gilt, Vol.1 with small piece of backstrip missing. Few light pencil annotations o/w very good internally.  (4)

Robert Boyle "Some Considerations Touching the Style of the H. Scriptures" Henry Herringman, London, 1663, [2nd Edn],

Lot: 119

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Robert Boyle Some Considerations Touching the Style of the H. Scriptures Henry Herringman, London, 1663, [2nd Edn], octavo, worn leather, rebacked with gilt title, later endpapers, front board detached; spotting to title page. [42], 254pp.  [Robert Boyle (1627-1691) is better known as a celebrated experimental Scientist, a founding member of the Royal Society.]   (Wing 4026)

[Pliny the younger] C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi "Epistolae et Panegyricus" edited Johannis Minellii,

Lot: 120

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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[Pliny the younger] C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolae et Panegyricus edited Johannis Minellii, J.L. Gleditsch & M.G. Weidmann, 1712, 12mo, worn full leather, gilt, red title label; marble edged & endpapers; title page in red & black; engraved initials; text complete but affected by variable degrees of foxing & browning. [12], 1314pp + extensive index.

"The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. In Nine Volumes, Complete. With his last Corrections, Additions and Improvements As they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr.Warburton, A. Millar, J. Tonson and others, 1760, nine volume set, worn leather bindings lacking title labels but good internally; engraved frontispiece to Vol.One. (9)

Erasmus "L' Éloge de la Folie, composé en forme de declamation par Erasme, et traduit par Mr. Gueudeville.

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £48
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Erasmus L' Éloge de la Folie, composé en forme de declamation par Erasme, et traduit par Mr. Gueudeville. Avec les notes de Gerard Listre, et les belles figures de Holbein, Francois l’Honore, Amsterdam, 1745, contemporary leather, VG, red & gilt title label faded, 17 x 11cm; VG internally, with 6 folding plates and 76 other engravings in the text. Some occasional minor stains and few lines of text with contemporary underlining.

W.F. Mavor "Universal Stenography; or A New Compleat System of Short Writing" J. Harrison [1820], 2nd Edition,

Lot: 128

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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W.F. Mavor Universal Stenography; or A New Compleat System of Short Writing J. Harrison [1820], 2nd Edition, octavo, contemp. marbled boards, worn, leather backstrip, red & gilt title, front board detached; fine internally; 61pp + 8 plates (one folding). 

George Sandys (trans.) "Ovids Metamorphosis Englished" Andrew Hebb, London, 1638,

Lot: 130

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £175
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George Sandys (trans.) Ovids Metamorphosis Englished Andrew Hebb, London, 1638, 14.5 x 9cm, contemp. leather, worn; title page dust-affected, browning to index and colophon; [4], 316,[10]pp. Written in Virginia, America, 1626, Sandys' translation of the Metamorphosis is the first major poetic work composed in the American colonies. Sandys became Treasurer of the Virginia Company in 1621. Before leaving England, he had started the translation, but it was in Virginia that he finally finished it in 1626, dedicating it to Charles I.

Matthew Prior "Poems on Several Occasions" S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set, contemp.

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Matthew Prior Poems on Several Occasions, S. Birt & W. Feales, 1734, 5th Edn, 3 Volume set, contemp. polished calf, backstrips worn and lacking title labels; later marbled endpapers & armorial bookplates; occasional woodcuts including engraved frontispiece to Vols. 1 and 3, and Vol. 3 with three additional engraved plates. VG internally.     

George Dewar "The Book of the Dry Fly" A & C Black, 1910; Stuart "Lochs and Loch Fishing" 1899,

Lot: 137

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Nov 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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George Dewar The Book of the Dry Fly, A & C Black, 1910; Stuart Lochs and Loch Fishing, 1899, rebound in modern cloth, VG; Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler, Flyfisher’s Classic Library, 1993, in slipcase, previous owner’s bookplate; and 3 related titles. (6)