Lot: 68
The First Trial of William Hone 10th Edn, 1817, bound with the Second Trial, 3rd Edn, 1818, and Third Trial, 1st Edn, 1818, all on charges of Religious Libel, lacking original wraps, contained in a good 19th Century tree calf binding, newspaper obituary laid down on front endpapers, 48 + 48 + 44pp; together with Jean Diodati Les Epistres de Saints Apostres, Amsterdam, 1667, and 2 others. (4)
Lot: 69
[Daniel Macqueen] Letters on Mr Hume’s History of Great Britain, Kincaid & Donaldson, 1756, First Edn, later cloth with leather backstrip, lacking half-title, ownership inscription top of title-page, clean text. 328pp
Lot: 70
England's Black Tribunal : containing 1.The complete Tryal of King Charles the First 2.The Loyal Martyrology 3. An Historical Register 4. The Loyal Confessors. C. Rivington, 1737, sixth edition (enlarged), octavo, contemp. worn calf; Charles I frontispiece; title & extensive preface; clean interior; xxxii, 308, (4),pp.
Lot: 71
The Principles of the Dissenters concerning Toleration, London, 1705, (12), 48pp; St. James's Park, a Satyr, London, 1709, 16 + 8pp; An Address Sign’d by the greatest part of the Members of the Parliament of Scotland, and Deliver’d to His Majestey, 1689, 7pp; and Some Short Remarks Upon the late Address of the Bishop of London, London, 1711, 24pp. All disbound o/w VG. (4)
Lot: 74
Louis Creswicke South Africa and the Transvaal War T.C. & E.C.Jack, 1900, Volumes 1 to 6, original pictorial cloth, occasional browning o/w good. (6)
Lot: 75
John H. Cooke Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and other Printed Matter relating to….The County of Chester. Mackie & Co, 1904, tall quarto, half-vellum, gilt, VG, No. 89 of 200 issued; fine internally; 218pp + index + tissue-guarded half-tone plates. Some light foxing to fore-edge. Upper-right corners bumped.
Lot: 76
Edward Waterhouse A Discourse and Defence of Arms and Armory, London, 1660, rebound in modern leather gilt, marginal annotations and some cropping, rare; together with Philip Hamerton Chapters on Animals London, 1874, pictorial gilt cloth, 20 fine etchings; and N.P. Willis Letters from Under a Bridge, and Poems, George Virtue, 1840, half leather, gilt, 8 engraved plates. Fair to VG (3)
Lot: 83
The History of the Campaigns in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798 and 1799 in Germany, Italy, Switzerland. T. Gardiner, & others, 1814, 2nd Edn, octavo, 4 volumes bound as 2; half-calf, gilt, over marbled boards, VG; all maps present, a few with repairs, few tone marks. (2)
Lot: 84
Francois Dedon "Précis Historique des Campagnes de L'Armée de Rhin et Moselle, pendant L'An IV et L'An V", Paris, 1799, modern half-leather preserving original title label; two folding tables and fine folding map at rear; verse inscription on front endpaper dated 1818 by original owner. Some tone marks o/w VG.
Lot: 88
Caroline Greg (b.1829) Studies in Germany 1851, oblong octavo, a sketch-book of 37 drawings, 5 completed in watercolour, some others heightened with white, executed by Caroline Greg during a tour of 1851. Some wear to spine o/w VG. The Greg family were manufacturers whose interests included ownership of Styal Mill, Cheshire.
Lot: 97
A Pleasant History of Roswall and Lillian, Edinburgh [1822], reprint of the sole surviving 1663 edition, small octavo, one of only six printed on vellum; 16 leaves, stitch-bound into a contemporary rather worn leather cover; comprising title, half-title, introduction (3pp) and text. Fine internally.
Lot: 99
The Poetical Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, J. Tonson & others, 1781, contemp. polished calf, worn at extremities, title label chipped; and James Thomson The Seasons 1794, grained morocco, gilt, with 5 engraved plates; former with occasional contemp. ink notation in margin. (2)
Lot: 100
Ovid Publii Ovidii Nasonis Operum, Ludovici Elzevirii, Amsterdam, 1652, 16mo, Vols 1-3 bound as one, contemp. vellum, front inner hinge cracked, engraved frontispiece with small loss at lower right corner, engraved titles to each volume, VG internally.
Lot: 101
Don Felix de Latassa y Ortin Biblioteca Nueva de los Escritores Aragoneses que Florecieron Desde el ano de 1500 hasta 1599, Oficina de Joaquin de Domingo, Pamplona, 1798; bound in early 19th Cent polished tree calf, rubbed, gilt title, marbled endpapers; some damp-staining to text but generally sound; 628pp including title & index. [While stated as Volume One, the book is complete in itself, as subsequent volumes were devoted to the 17th to mid-18th Centuries]
Lot: 102
Annibal Caro Rime del Commendatore Annibal Caro, Bernardo Giunti e Fratelli, Venice, 1583, small quarto, disbound but endpapers preserved; title with coat of arms; dedication to Alessandro Farnese adorned with woodcuts; title, (6), 103, (8)pp. Front endpaper dust-affected
Lot: 103
[John Selden] Johannis Seldeni Liber de Nummis. Antiqua pecunia Romana & Graeca metitur precio ejus, quae nune est in usu. Hinc Accedit Bibliotheca Nummaria, Mosem Pitt, London, 1675, small quarto; no front board, rear board detached; imprimatur, engraved title, (4), 19, 86pp. Good clean text.
Lot: 105
Francesco Algarotti Il Congresso di Citera, Parigi, 1768, 12mo, polished calf, backstrip & hinges worn; VG internally with engraved frontispiece, title and four woodcuts of cupids etc. 201pp
Lot: 106
Stephani Curcellaei Synopsis Ethices. Tractatus Lectu Dignissimus. ……. [together with] Renati Descartes Ethice, Cambridge, 1702, 12mo, contemp. panelled calf, gilt title label, good, endpapers browned, clean text; title, (6), 133, title, 53pp. Also C.D. Broad The Philosophy of Francis Bacon, Cambridge, 1926, original wraps. (2)
Lot: 110
A. F. Griffiths Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or, A Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry: in the Possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London, 1815, full calf, gilt, slightly scuffed, red title label. viii, 481, (1)pp. VG
Lot: 111
John Byrom The Universal English Short-Hand; or, the Way of Writing English in the most easy, concise, regular, and beautiful manner, applicable to any other language, but particularly adjusted to our own. Joseph Harrop, Manchester, 1767, First Edition. Contemporary quarter-leather in poor condition, needs rebinding. Clean text. 13 plates.