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Auction No 393, Category: Antiquarian

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

William Dansey "Horae Decanicae Rurales. An Attempt to Illustrate the Origin and Functions of Rural Deans

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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William Dansey Horae Decanicae Rurales. An Attempt to Illustrate . . . the Name and Title, The Origin, Appointment, and Functions, Personal and Capitular, of Rural Deans. With a Few Incidental Remarks on The Rise and Decay of Rural Bishops. J. & J.G.F. Rivington, 1844, 2nd Edition; two volumes, tall octavo, bound in leather, gilt, with raised bands by Potter & Sons, York; marbled endpapers and top edge gilt; binding with few small abrasions o/w a fine set. (2)

Thomas Babington Macaulay "The History of England from the Accession of James the Second", Longmans, 1850-61, 5 Volumes,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Thomas Babington Macaulay The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Longmans, 1850-61, 5 Volumes, octavo, rebound in fine half-leather bindings with gilt titles, marble-edged; some browning to the half-titles and final index pages o/w an attractive set. (5)

John Lindsay "A Vindication of the Church of England, and of the Lawful Ministry thereof", Richard Wilkin and others, 1728; folio,

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £28
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John Lindsay A Vindication of the Church of England, and of the Lawful Ministry thereof,  Richard Wilkin and others, 1728; folio, bound in full panelled calf, a portion chipped away from upper left corner of front board, hinges weak; backstrip with gilt decoration to each compartment with fine gilt title; some damp-staining mainly confined to front and rear leaves. Text complete. Ownership signature of Sir Thomas Grosvenor (1693-1733) ancestor of the Dukes of Westminster whose bookplate is on the front pastedown dated 1884.

James Croston "Nooks and Corners of Lancashire and Cheshire", John Heywood, 1882, one of 600 printed for subscribers;

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £28
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James Croston Nooks and Corners of Lancashire and Cheshire, John Heywood, 1882, one of 600 printed for subscribers; quarto, original gilt decorated cloth, foot of backstrip damaged with partial repair; contemporary ownership inscription of Abraham Lord of Alkrington Hall (son of one of the subscribers). Plates complete. Fine internally

William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime...." Liverpool, 1839

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £350
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William Sandford Phillips Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence as to the propriety and necessity of a revision and amendments of the existing penal statutes. With a View to the Abolition of corporeal punishments; and more particularly The Awful Penalty of Death. Liverpool, 1839. Octavo. Fine modern rebind in gilt quarter-calf, marbled boards; viii,83pp, but lacking prelimary pages v & vi otherwise fine internally. 

Samuel Hill (1648-1716) "De Presbyteratu Dissertatio Quadripartita", London, 1691, eighteenth century polished calf, gilt, VG;

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Samuel Hill (1648-1716) De Presbyteratu Dissertatio Quadripartita, London, 1691, eighteenth century polished calf, gilt, VG; backstrip with gilt title and compartments decorated with floral devices; front endpapers with some contemporary annotations; fine internally, complete with imprimatur leaf. [15], 284pp  

Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux "Discours Prononce a L’Academie Francoise le quatre Fevrier 1743

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
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Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux Discours Prononce a L’Academie Francoise le quatre Fevrier 1743….lorsqu’il vint prendre séance a la place de feu M. l’Abbe’ de Hauteville. Avec la Reponse de M. l’Archeveque de Sens. Paris, 1743, title page + 22pp of text; later marbled boards, spine frayed with some loss; small bookplates of Lytton Strachey and Roger Senhouse. Clean text.

Phaedrus "Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae Aesopiae", [Aesop’s Fables] A.J. Valpy, 1822, 2 vols (bound into one), contemporary full leather, gilt,

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £100
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Phaedrus Phaedri Augusti Liberti Fabulae Aesopiae, [Aesop’s Fables] A.J. Valpy, 1822, 2 vols (bound into one), contemporary full leather, gilt, some light wear, gilt edged.; bookplate of Robert Shafto Adair, neat ownership signature top of title page. Fine internally. 756pp plus index. 

Thomas Thomson "Sketch of the Progress of Physical Science", 1833, and Robert D.Thomson "Sketch of the Recent Progress of Physical Science" [1843],

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Thomas Thomson Sketch of the Progress of Physical Science, 1833, and Robert D. Thomson Sketch of the Recent Progress of Physical Science [1843], two pamphlets, neatly bound together with continuous pagination, in modern patterned boards. Lacking original wraps o/w fine. 76pp