7921. [Kings Bromley Manor].

Collection of two very rare original Albumen Print Photoalbums wih original photographs of Kings Bromley Manor, Kings Bromley Farm, Lichfield, parts of the Lane Family, places the Lane – Family visited etc. etc.

Lichfield (Staffordshire, England), no year (ca.1890-1910). Folio / Quarto. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7922. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von [With interesting Ephemera: The Author’s Dedication-Leaflet].

System des heutigen Römischen Rechts – Zweyter Band und Sechster Band, Abtheilung I der Erstausgabe in Interimsbindung und unbeschnitten [Sechster Band: Mit beiliegendem Blatt welches auf eine Widmung durch Savigny schliessen laesst: “Ueberreicht vom Verfasser – Ein farbiger Umschlag zum sechsten Band….wird mit der zweiten Abtheilung nachgeliefert werden”].

Zwei Baende (von neun) Berlin, Veit und Comp., 1840 – 1846. Oktav. Paginierung: Band II: 559 Seiten / Band VI – Erste Abtheilung: VIII, 256 Seiten. Interimsbindung der Zeit (Band 2 ungebundene Lagen). Seltene originale Ausgaben mit dem seltenen Widmungsblatt von Savigny.

7923. Radcliffe, Ann.

The Mysteries of Udolpho – A Romance; interspersed with some pieces of Poetry.

First Dublin Edition / First Irish Edition. 3 Volumes [complete set]. Dublin, , by Hillary and Barlow, for Messrs. P. Wogan, W. Jones, and H. Colbert, 1794. Small Octavo (17.5 cm x 11 cm). Collation complete: Volume I: 310 pages / Volume II: 321 pages / Volume III: 357 pages. [Few pages with misprinted numerals, as often the case, but all pages in order and complete]. Original, unaltered, 18th-century full leather with gilt lettering on original spinelabels. Very rare, complete set of the first Dublin Edition. Very good- condition with stronger signs of external wear but all three Volumes in firm, original condition. Lesions to the leather-covered-boards and some stronger rubbing to extremeties. Interior with only very few problems. All three Volumes used to have two endpapers before and after the text and some of these endpapers are torn or missing. Textblock in general very good with some very minor and only occasional staining only. In Volume I, tear to corner of page 101/102 and 135/136. Faded stain to only the outer margins of pages 239 to 310 (text never affected). Volume II with small tear to pages 21/22 / Volume III with lesion to page 281/282 and tear to corner 305. These all sound worse than they are and the set is still in very good- condition. From the library of the Meade family in Ballymartle, the titlepage of each Volume bears the name of Helena Meade. An extremely rare and highly collectable set of one of the rarest titles in english literature.

7924. Savigny, Friedrich Carl von / Rudorff, Adolf Friedrich.

Das Recht des Besitzes. Eine civilistische Abhandlung. [Ausgabe auf besserem Papier] Siebente, aus dem Nachlasse des Verfassers und durch Zusaetze des Herausgebers vermehrte Auflage von Dr.Adolf Friedrich Rudorff.

Wien, Druck und Verlag von Carl Gerold’s Sohn, 1865. Oktav. VIII, 765 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleder der Zeit. Sehr guter Zustand dieser besonderen Druckvariante auf starkem, besseren Papier [siehe Vergleichsphoto zur Normalausgabe]. Exemplar des bedeutenden deutschen Zivilrechtlers / Juristen, Erwin Deutsch, mit seinem Namenszug auf dem Vorsatz. Ehemaliges Exemplar der Fürstenbergischen Domänenkanzlei (Stempel auf Titel und verso: F.F.Bibliothek Donaueschingen) / Very rare better-paper-edition, definitive edition of Savigny’s work from the library of the important german jurist Erwin Deutsch.

7925. [Bellin, Jacques Nicholas / Senex, John / Ogilby, John]

The Roads through England or Ogilby’s Survey. Revised, improved and reduced by Senex. [Enlarged Edition of John Ogilby’s 1675 published “Britannia”] Distinctly laid down on onehundred & one Plates with the addition of some Roads newly drawn and several corrections of more general use to Travellers. [Including an Appendix with Cityplans of London (double-page), Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Yorck (York), Chester, [Scene of Carrick-Fergus (Ireland)], Waterford, Oxford, Leith [Edinburgh], Harwich, Scenery of Edinburgh / Itinéraire de toutes les routes de l ‘Angleterre. Revues corrigées, augmentées & réduites par Senex en 101 Cartes. [Titlepage bilingual in french and english].

Paris, Desnos, 1766. Quarto (30 cm x 22.5 cm). Collation complete: Bilingual titlepage, 12 double-page maps of England, partly beautifully border-coloured, 6 unnumbered pages of Index with distances in miles, one (1) General Map of England (″Carte Generale” of Engand by D’Ogilby), 101 full-page maps of routes/streets, Engraved titlepage for the Appendix, One (1) double-page of explanations for the London-City-Plan, 17 beautiful maps and engravings of a variety of english cities, also with a section on Ireland (Dublin, Waterford, Kinsale, Galway, Limerick). Original 18th-century contemporary calf with gilt lettering on spine and on five raised bands. The Volume is now protected in Collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing and corners slightly bumped but overall excellent. Interior near fine with only the slightest occasional spotting. Extremely Rare and even rarer in this condition !

7926. Dickson, R. W.

The Farmer’s Companion; being a complete System of Modern Husbandry: Including the Latest Improvements and Discoveries, in Theory and Practice. Illustrated by numerous Engravings. With 102 copper engraved plates (including two larger hand-coloured fold – out plates).

Second Edition. In two Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1813. Large Octavo. Both volumes together contain 948 pages interleaved illustrations throughout the volumes (many of these plates are folding out) including a General Index. [Please ask for a full list of the illustrations]. Hardcover / Two modern halfleather / full leather bindings (see images). Volume I in octavo format and in a brown full leather with spinelabel / Volume II in large octavo and bound in an excellent green half morocco with gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards and leather corners. Both volumes with new endpapers. Some illustrations and text towards the end of Volume II with some faint dampstaining only. Three illustrations are present twice in these volumes (Plates 35, 54 and 84). Extremely rare publication in very good condition !!

7927. Stokes, William.

The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta.

First American Edition. Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston, 1854. Large Octavo. XVI, 710 pages. Hardcover / Spectacular recent full calf binding english master bookbinder “George Bayntun”, in Bath. With gilt lettering and ornament on spine and a beautifully gilted spinelabel this should be in every cardiologist’s library. Excellent condition. Name of preowner ‘Lornison’ on titlepage. Extremely Rare in this condition.

7928. [Clerke, Agnes Mary].

Collection of eight publications by and about Agnes Mary Clerke plus one autographed / signed manuscript-letter by Agnes Clerke [The letter answers the request of a fellow german Astronomer who complimented her on her History of Astronomy and asked for her permission to translate her latest work). The recipient is possibly german astronomer R.Engelmann who wrote about Nebula. The letter dates from 1891 and is written in perfect german (Agnes Clerke was known to have written reviews and letters in French, German, Greek and Italian). This rare collection includes the following books: 1. A.M.Clerke – Geschichte der Astronomie während des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Gemeinfasslich dargestellt. (Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe von H.Maser) – First german edition of “A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century” from 1889 – with a signed, contemporary manuscript letter by Agnes Clerke in german (!) regarding this publication / 2. Agnes Clerke – Familiar Studies in Homer (London, 1892) / 3. Agnes Clerke – “The Herschels and Modern Astronomy” (with a loosely inserted portrait of Sir William Herschel) (London, 1895) / 4. Agnes Clerke – “A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century” (The important Fourth Edition, revised and corrected by the author) (London, Adam and Charles Black, 1902) – Famously: With the vintage photographs pasted to frontispiece and titlepage / 5. Agnes Clerke – “The System of the Stars” – Second Edition (London, 1905) / 6. Agnes Clerke – Modern Cosmogonies (London, 1905) / 7. Agnes Clerke – “A popular History of Astronomy during the 19th century” 1908-Reprint of the important Fourth Edition, revised and corrected by the author) (London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908) / 8. Mary Brueck / Mary Brück – Agnes Mary Clerke & The Rise of Astrophysics (Cambridge University Press, 2002).

A mixture of first and later editions. Berlin / London, Springer / Cassell / Longmans & Green and others, 1889 – 1908. Octavo. More than 2500 pages with many illustrations and diagrams etc. / The vintage letter has two pages filled and signed by Clerke in ink / The only modern publication within the collection is a very important monograph on Clerke by scientist Mary Brueck / Mary Brück, published by Cambridge University Press (275 pages). Original Hardcovers in bespoke protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A stunning collection of all the major publications by this important woman astronomer. Agnes Clerke paved the way for women in science and must be seen as the pioneer female astronomer. The price includes worldwide free shipping of the collection per UPS Express Courier.

7929. [Homer] Lectius, Jacobus.

Poetae Graeci Veteres Carminis Heroici Scriptores, Qui Extant, Omnes / Homerus [Iliad and Odysseae Bilingual in Greek and Latin], Hesiodus, Orpheus, Callimachus, Aratus, Nicander, Theocritus, Moschus, Bion, Dionysus, Coluthus, Tryphiodorus, Musaeus, Theognis, Phocyclides, Pythagorae aurea carmina cum fragmentis alioru, Apollonius Rhodius, Oppianus, Cointus, Smyrnaeus, Nonni Dionysiaca. Apposita Est E Regione Latina Interpretatio. Nota item & variae lectiones margini adscriptae, Cura & recensione Iac. Lectii V.CL [Jacobi Lectii]. Accessit & Index verum & verborum locupletissimus. / [Dedication: “Illustrissimo et Potentissimo Principittera Ac D. Domino Mauritio Landgravio Hassiae, Comiti In Katzenelnbogen, Dietz, Zigenhaim [Ziegenhain], Nidda, &c. Domino suo Clementissimo].

[Bilingual Edition / Greek / Latin / Parallel text in Greek and Latin]. Avreliae Allobrogum [Genève/Geneva/Genf], Petrus De la Rouiere, 1606. Quarto (24 cm wide x 35 cm high). Titlepage (in red and black), [22 unnumbered pages of Dedicatio etc.], 739, 624, [46 unnumbered pages including Colophon] pages. Hardcover / Original 17th century full leather with original spine-label and embossed gilted supralibros to both boards. Binding firm and with only minor signs of wear. Interior with some minor browning. Overall in a very much very good+ condition. Wonderful bilingual edition of the classics, published still during Shakespeare’s lifetime.

7930. [David Hockney Collection] – Hockney, David.

David Hockney – Collection of rare and important publications as well as an original photograph of Hockney. The collection includes: 1. “Fax Dibujos / Fax Cuadros” / 2. An Original Black-and-White Photograph of David Hockney on archival paper / 3. “The Blue Guitar” – Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso – “The Man with the Blue Guitar” – Wallace Stevens / 4. David Hockney – “A Retrospective” / 5. “Billboards” by Sally Henderson & Robert Landau with an Introduction by David Hockney / 6. David Hockney – “Some very new Paintings” / 7. David Hockney prints 1954-1977 / 8. “David Hockney” by David Hockney (with several interesting newspaper-clippings on Hockney loosely inserted).

Mexico, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 1990. Quarto (24.4 cm wide x 28 cm high). 120 pages. Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent, FINE condition of Fax Dibujos, with only very minor signs of wear. Extremely rare, especially in this condition / [The Hockney Portrait-Photograph, which comes with the FAX Dibujos-publication, is stamped verso with Copyright by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd. in London and dated in 1976. – Provenance of the Photo: This photograph comes from the private Press-Photgraphs-Collection of irish photographer John Minihan, accumulated during his early years as photographer on Fleet Street, London] / The other monographs on or by Hockney are all in excellent condition. Find the David Hockney-Collection on our website under “Library & Collection”, where you will see a full list, with all books catalogued and with corresponding images.