871. [Schweigaard, Anton Martin] / P.Gemzøe lith. / E.Bærentzen.

Portrait of norwegian educator, jurist, economist and politician, Anton Martin Schweigaard. Original Lithograph / Lithographic portrait by P.Gemzøe.

Christiania [Oslo], Chr. Tønsberg, 1877. 17 cm x 26 cm. 1 page portrait together with two pages of biographical information of Schweigaard by J.B.Halvorsen. Softcover. The rare, original, lithographic portrait in very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. No foxing !

872. Seymour, Capt. W.D. [William Deane Seymour from Queenstown [Cobh], Co.Cork].

Journal of A Voyage Round the World.

Cork, Printed and Published by Francis Guy, 1877. Octavo. Portrait (Original Albumen Print of Seymour’s Photograph], VII, 169 pages. Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and armorial Motto of Seymour on front board. Very good condition. Binding a bit shaky. Extremely Rare !

873. Hofgärtner Wendland / Hofgärtner Tatter / Hofgärtner Bayer.

Verzeichniss der aus den Königlichen Gärten zu Herrenhausen bei Hannover verkäuflich abzugebenden Pflanzen, Bäume und Gesträuche.

Hannover, Klindworth’s Hof-Druckerei, 1878. Octavo (14 cm x 21.7 cm). 32 Seiten. Softcover / Dekorativ bedruckter Originalumschlag des 19.Jahrhunderts. Umschlag mit kleinerem Ausriß (c.3 x 2 cm). Etwas angerändert. Sehr selten !

874. [Olney, Peter Butler] McMillan, D.C.

The Elective Franchise in the United States.

New York, P. Putnam’s Sons, 1878. 18.7cm x 12.7cm. 181 pages. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed / Signed by the author to american lawyer and politician Peter Butler Olney.

875. Redgrave, Samuel.

A Dictionary of Artists of the English School. Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers and ornamentists: with notices of their lives and work.

Second edition. London, George Bell and Sons, 1878. 22 x 14 cm. XIV, 497 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with foxing and minor signs of external wear. Exlibris / Bookplate of John Henry H.V. Lane on pastedown with the family motto: “Garde le Roy”.

876. Vallarta, El C. Ignacio L. / Avila, Eleuterio /

Memoria que en cumplimiento del Precepto Constitucional Presentó al Congreso de la Union en el primer periodo de sus Sesiones el C. Ignacio L. Vallarta (Secretario de Estado y del Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores) / Bound with Appendix I (Anexo I): Anexo al Informe del Agente de Mexico ante la Comision de Reclamaciones (Reclamaciones de D. Jorge L. Hammeken) / Bound with Appendix II (Anexo II): Comision Mixta de Reclamaciones de Mexico y Los Estados-Unidos. Thaddeus Amat, Obispo de Monterey, y Joseph S. Alemany, Arzobispo de San Francisco, Con Mexico //

Mexico, Imprenta de Gonzalo A . Esteva, 1878. Folio. XXVI, 197 pages / Indice I: 17 pages / Indice II: 35 pages / Indice III: 17 pages / Indice IV: 2 pages / Appendix / Anexi: 291 pages. Original Hardcover (half leather). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Cancelled from the University of London Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, this rare publication was bequeathed to the University from the library of Charles Henry Huberich.

877. Viollet Le-Duc, Eugène.

Histoire d’un Hôtel de Ville et d’une Cathédrale. Texte et dessins par Viollet-le-Duc.

Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, Editeurs, 1878. 25 cm x 16 cm. 284 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations. On the frontispiece the weapon of Clusy in colour. Original Hardcover [blindstamped red boards with gilt lettering] In protective Mylar. Only minor signs of external wear (really only slightly rubbed and bumped). The tight binding in excellent condition. With gilt lettering on spine. In protective mylar.

878. Webb, Alfred.

A Compendium of Irish Biography. Comprising Sketches of Distinguished Irishmen, and of Eminent Persons Connected with Ireland by Office or Their Writings.

Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1878. 23cm x 14.6cm. xix, 597 (1) pages. Original Hardcover. One page detached / Otherwise in good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare!

879. Day, Samuel Phillips.

Tea – Its Mystery and History – With a Preface in Chinese and English by Lo Fong Loh. Illustrated [by J.F.Weldon].

Vintage First Edition / Original 19th century Edition. London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1878. Small Octavo. Pagination: Vintage Portrait-Frontispiece, Fac-simile of Mr. Lo Fong Loh’s Prefatory Notes in the chinese Hing Shoo, or running hand, [II], 92 pages with six full-page illustrations and several vignettes. Hardcover / Original publisher’s decorative cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine and front board. Tiny stamp of preowner on endpaper and verso frontispiece: “Agnes Jeffery Cox”. Unusually excellent and firm, overall very good+ or even better condition of one of the rarest and most sought after books on tea. In this condition scarce !

880. [Barter, Charlotte/Catherine] A Plain Woman.

Alone Among the Zulus – By a Plain Woman, the Narrative of a Journey Through the Zulu Country, South Africa.

Second Edition. London / New York, Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge / E & J. B. Young & Co., no year [c. 1879]. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, II, 184 pages. With four illustrations (including Frontispiece) plus two examples of melodies transcribed in musical notes. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering and pictorial design on spine and front board. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Tissue-guard in good condition. Interior very bright and clean with sharp corners.