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Auction No 369, Category: Antiquarian

87 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Johannis Pistory "Illustrium veterum scriptorum, qui rerum a Germanis per multas aetate gestarum historia

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £120
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Johannis Pistory Illustrium veterum scriptorum, qui rerum a Germanis per multas aetate gestarum historia vel annales posteris reliquerunt. Andrae Wecheli, Frankfurt, 1583, folio, 2 Volumes, bound in  full vellum-covered boards dated 1609, later gilt leather titles and red sides; the covers wormed but text unaffected. Text fine and complete. Bookplates of Edward Davenport. 

[Robert Ferguson] "An Enquiry into, and Detection of the Barbarous Murther of the late Earl of Essex,

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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[Robert Ferguson] An Enquiry into, and Detection of the Barbarous Murther of the late Earl of Essex, or, a Vindication of that Noble Person, from the guilt and infamy of having destroyed himself. 1689, small 4to, later half-leather, marbled boards; backstrip missing, front board  and first few leaves detached, (4),75pp; bound with Lawrence Braddon A Letter to a Friend, 1690, title page missing; (6),62pp. Clean texts. 

"Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough Containing Maps and Plans Illustrative of the Campaigns,

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough Containing Maps and Plans Illustrative of the Campaigns, Fac-Simile Autographs, Armorial Bearings etc. Henry G. Bohn, 1848, quarto, original blind-tooled cloth, lower right corner bumped; 15 Maps, mostly folding. VG

Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio "Raccolta di Lettere Scritte del Cardinal Bentivoglio in Tempo Delle sue Nuntiature

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio Raccolta di Lettere Scritte del Cardinal Bentivoglio in Tempo Delle sue Nuntiature di Fiandra e di Francia, Rome, 1647; 12mo, contemp. vellum, darkened; front endpaper repaired; occasional light damp-staining; (4), 256pp

Capt. F.L. Maitland "Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of His Residence on Board H. M. S. Bellerophon;

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Capt. F.L. Maitland Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of His Residence on Board H. M. S. Bellerophon; with a detail of the Principal Events that Occurred in that Ship, Henry Colburn, 1826, First Edition; leather-covered boards detached; fine folding Map; clean text. Publisher’s catalogue dated 1st May 1826. 

[Jacques Abbadie] "The History of the Late Conspiracy against the King and the Nation. With a Particular Account of the Lancashire Plot"

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £38
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[Jacques Abbadie] The History of the Late Conspiracy against the King and the Nation. With a Particular Account of the Lancashire Plot, Daniel Brown and Thomas Bennet, London, 1696; late-19th Century blind-tooled and gilt calf, recased with new endpapers; spine faded; clean text. (2),195pp

"Tenants Law: or, The Laws Concerning Landlords, Tenants and Farmers". T. Walter, 1753, 14th Edn;

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Tenants Law: or, The Laws Concerning Landlords, Tenants and Farmers. T. Walter, 1753, 14th Edn; octavo, contemp. calf, repaired, some pages with partial damp-staining. 314pp + (33)pp Index. 

[C.A. Carter] "Victoria, the British El Dorado; or, Melbourne in 1869 shewing the Advantages of that Colony as a Field for Emigration"

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £48
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[C.A. Carter] Victoria, the British El Dorado; or, Melbourne in 1869 shewing the Advantages of that Colony as a Field for Emigration, Edward Stanford, 1870; octavo, original green gilt cloth, VG; front inner hinge weak; folding coloured map and two tissue-guarded colour plates; tissue-guards browned o/w fine internally. 214pp + 28pp publisher’s catalogue.

W.I.Wild "The History of the Stockport Sunday School and its Branch Schools", 1891,

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £38
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W.I.Wild The History of the Stockport Sunday School and its Branch Schools, 1891, softback, original printed wraps dust-affected and chipped; VG internally; 399pp + 10 plates. Scarce

Mary Hensman "Dante Map", Guild of Handicraft for David Nutt,1892, hand-coloured lithograph,

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £30
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Mary Hensman Dante Map, The Guild of Handicraft for David Nutt, 1892, hand-coloured lithograph, linen backed, with explanatory booklet bound in; contemp. cloth, a little discoloured; map size 550 x 870mm. VG 

P.A. Whittle "Bolton-Le-Moors and the Townships in the Parish: An Historical, Statistical, Civil, and Moral Account

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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P.A. Whittle Bolton-Le-Moors and the Townships in the Parish: An Historical, Statistical, Civil, and Moral Account of the Corporate and Parliamentary Borough of Bolton, in the Division of the Hundred of Salford, County Palatine of Lancaster. John Crompton, Bolton, 1857; half-leather, worn, hinges weak and reinforced internally; double-page engraved Map; clean text. (4), 434pp. 

Thomas Pennant "Some Account of London", Dublin, 1791, 3rd Edn, rebound in modern full leather, gilt titles

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £22
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Thomas Pennant Some Account of London, Dublin, 1791, 3rd Edn, rebound in modern full leather, gilt titles, new endpapers; VG internally with fine folding map, frontispiece & 13 other plates. Subscribers list. iv, [2],479, [8 index]pp.

Henry, the Lord De la Mere "The Late Lord Russel's Case with Observations Upon It"

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £17
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Henry, the Lord De la Mere The Late Lord Russel’s Case with Observations Upon It, Awnsham Churchill, 1689, quarto, 16pp including Advertisement leaf at rear; stain in lower margin, few fox marks. In a modern card binder.

                        

[Lord John Russell] "The Causes of the French Revolution", Longman, Rees, Orme, 1832, 1st Edn, octavo,

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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[Lord John Russell] The Causes of the French Revolution, Longman, Rees, Orme, 1832, 1st Edn, octavo, original cloth-back boards, bumped corners, worn backstrip & title label; bookplate of Arthur Henry Davenport; uncut; light spotting to endpapers; clean text. (4),274pp.

 

Thomas Harwood "Alumni Etonenses; or, a Catalogue of the Provosts & Fellows of Eton College & King's College, Cambridge,

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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Thomas Harwood Alumni Etonenses; or, a Catalogue of the Provosts & Fellows of Eton College & King’s College, Cambridge, from the Foundation in 1443, to the Year 1797, Cadell & Davies, J. Deighton, and M. Pote, 1797; quarto, contemp. worn half leather over marbled boards, marble-edged, by R. Davies of Birmingham; ownership inscription of 1932; fine clean text. pp.viii,363,(1).

[Avery Allyn] "A Ritual, and Illustrations of Free-Masonry and the Orange and Odd Fellows' Societies"

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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[Avery Allyn] A Ritual, and Illustrations of Free-Masonry and the Orange and Odd Fellows’ Societies, S. Thorne, 1835, later cloth, 24pp of line-drawings (2 heavily browned), some scattered foxing, 260pp, scarce; and C.W.Leadbeater The Hidden Life in Freemasonry, Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, 1926, 1st Edn, rebound, plates complete, p.324 rather grubby o/w fine internally. (2)

Church Papers, a bound volume of Reports to the House of Commons 1811-1823, modern cloth, gilt,

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Church Papers, a bound volume of Reports to the House of Commons 1811-1823, modern cloth, gilt, chiefly statistical returns from the Church of Ireland and the Church of England, bound with a few related Acts of Parliament of the period 1824-1840. Few pencil annotations o/w fine.

Francis William Newman "Lectures on Political Economy", John Chapman, 1851, 1st Edn,

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Francis William Newman Lectures on Political Economy, John Chapman, 1851, 1st Edn, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, VG, recased with new endpapers; previous owner’s bookplate removed; spotting to prelims and first few pages of the text o/w fine internally. Uncut lower edge. 

"Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: with the Trial of Francis Ravaillac"

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: with the Trial of Francis Ravaillac, Edinburgh, 1819, 5 volumes, octavo, attractive later full calf gilt bindings with raised bands and thistle designs in the compartments, marble edged & endpapers; bookplates of Robert Allfrey; the frontispiece and title pages of each volume heavily toned o/w clean internally. (5)

                        

William Yate "An Account of New Zealand; and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £40
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William Yate An Account of New Zealand; and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society’s Mission in the Northern Island. R.B. Seeley & W. Burnside, 1835, 2nd Edn; octavo, half-leather gilt over marbled boards by Porter & Custard of Yeovil, complete with Map and 10 tissue-guarded plates (the flags hand-coloured), a fine copy; together with Te Rangi Hiroa The Coming of the Maori, 1977 in d/jkt, and [E.F. Manning] Old New Zealand, a Tale of the Good Old Times, Richard Bentley, 1876, orig.gilt cloth. VG/Fine (3)