51. Marburg an der Lahn – Becker, Peter (1828 Frankfurt am Main – 1904 Soest).

Skizzenbuch mit 22 Bleistiftzeichnungen von Koblenz und Marburg auf 21 Blatt.

Marburg / Koblenz, c.1880 – 1890. Quer Oktav (25 cm x 16 cm). Einige Blatt lose in dem Original Skizzenblock aus Leinen. Alle Zeichnungen mit Nachlass-Stempel von Peter Becker.

52. Hirakawa, Akira.

Stone Rubbing I & Stone Rubbing II.

2 volumes (Complete Set). No place [Tokyo], No Publisher [Toho Shobo], No Year [1968]. 21.8 cm x 30 cm. Two original paper folders with together 24 original prints (12 prints in each folder). Original Softcover (Folder). Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Both Folders have some minor wear. All prints in very good condition. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

53. Pugilism (Boxing) – Baert-Duholant, Charles-Alexandre-Balthazar-François de Paule baron de / Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage.

Tableau de la Grande-Bretagne, De L’Irlande et des Possessions Angloises dans les quatre parties du Monde. [Large Paper Copy / Better Paper Copy / Exemplaire de Luxe] [With five (5) large, folded Maps by Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage: Large, oblong folded Map/Plan of Gibraltar / England / Scotland / Ireland / India] / [With four (4) stunning copper-engravings: Grotte de Fingal, Chaussée des Géants / Plan et vue de Gibraltar / Combat de Boxe (Pugilists)] / [With two (2) portraits: 1.Portrait of William Pitt (after William Owen) and 2. Portrait of Charles Jacques Fox (after Karl Anton Hickel)].

Four Volumes (complete set). Paris, Chez H.J.Jansen, L’An 8me [1800]. Octavo (21.5 cm x 14 cm). Collation: Volume I: (8), 459, (1), 11 pages with Eleven (11) copper-engravings of which are: 5 Maps / Plans and 4 Engravings: The folded view of Fingals Cave (″Grotte de Fingal dans l’Ile de Staffa” – (20.5 cm x 31.5 cm) / “Folded Plate of the Giants Causeway (″Vue occidentale de la Chaussee des Geans et des Caps voisins” (20.5 cm x 39 cm)) / Fantastic, large Map/Plan of Gibraltar by Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage, with a Birds-Eye-View of the Ville de Gibraltar (20.5 cm x 65.5 cm) [also showing the Ville Irlandaise on Gibraltar] / Scenic View of Gibraltar (″Vue de Gibraltar, prise du cote de l’Espagne” (20.5 cm x 33 cm) / Large Fold-Out-Map of England by Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage with an Inset-View of Stonehenge (47 cm x 51 cm) / Large Fold-Out-Map of Scotland by Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage, including the Western Isles and Shetland, with a stunning Inset-View of the irish pilgrimage-mountain Croagh Patrick [Craig-Phadrick] in Westport, Ireland (37 cm x 50 cm)/ Large Fold-Out-Map of Ireland with an Inset-View of the Lakes of Killarney (39 cm x 44.5 cm) / Volume II: 532, (1), 12 pages with Large Fold-Out-Map of India (″Possessions Anglaises”) by Jean-Denis Barbié du Bocage – the large India-Map showing areas as far as Tibet, Siam, Sumatra and the Andaman Islands, Ceylon, Burma (48 cm x 43 cm) / Volume III: 502, 48, (2) pages with two portraits: Guillaume Pitt [William Pitt] & Charles Jacques Fox (each 20.5 cm x 12.5 cm)/ Volume IV: 486, 22, (2) pages with the very famous Fold-out-Illustration of Pugilists / Boxers at Odiham in Hampshire [″Combats de Boxers a Odiham”] showing a boxing-match between Humphrey and Mendoza (32 cm x 20.5 cm). Hardcover / Original, very decorative original half leather bindings with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Volume One professionally rebacked by an english master bookbinder. All four Volumes in protective Collector’s Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of François-Xavier de Valenzi with his bookplate / exlibris to the pastedowns of each Volume. Maps in this de Luxe Edition are all considerably larger than in the normal-paper-edition and all the maps and illustrations are in superb condition. An underestimated collectable.

54. Holme, Randle [Randle Holme III (1627–1700)] / [Provenance: Thomas Pennant].

The Academy of Armory, or, A Storehouse of Armory and Blazon. Containing the several variety of Created Beings, and how born in Coats of Arms, both Foreign and Domestick. With the instruments used in all Trades and Sciences, together with their Terms of Art. Also the Etymologies, Definitions, and Historical Observations on the same, explicated and explained according to our modern Language. Very usefel [sic] for all Gentlemen, Scholars, Divines, and all such as Desire any Knowledge in Arts and Sciences. By Randle Holme, of the City of Chester, Gentleman Sewer in Extraordinary to his late Majesty King Charles 2. And sometimes Deputy for the Kings of Arms. [With 48 Plates, showing hundreds of symbols].

First Edition. Chester, Printed for the Author, 1688. Folio (24 cm x 35 cm). Pagination: Engraved Titlepage by P. Edwards, Printed Titlepage, [10 unnumbered], [Book I]: 107, [9 unnumbered] pages / Book II: [1], 488 pages / Book III: [1], 501, [1 unnumbered] pages / Plus [Bound with the rare Index]: “Index of the Names of Persons contained in the Academy of Armory and Blazon by Randle Holme. Printed at Chester in One Volume, Folio, 1688”. London, McMillan / Robert Triphook, 1821. Pagination: [1], 46 pages. Hardcover / Modern Masterbinding with original endpapers bound in, bearing all the original ExLibris of previous owners. Stunning, modern half-leather with marbled-paper-covered Boards and gilt lettering on spine. All edges in original gilt. In protective Mylar. Provenance: From the library of welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. Historically inherited from Thomas Pennant’s father, David Pennant of Bighton, who received it as gift from Randle Holme. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. See original, tipped-in, sales-note from AUctioneer “Henry Young and Sons Ltd.”. See also extensive images on our company’s web site. An extremely rare book, purchased as Duplicate from the Historical Library of the Athenaeum in Liverpool, with an ExLibris of the “Public Libraries of Liverpool” decommissioned from the “Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire”, formerly presented with an original ExLibris from “Jacob Kendrick of Warrington” (with his original ExLibris). Titlepage by Edwards cropped and pasted on stronger paper. Original titlepage cropped and pasted on normal paper (these two defects were already indentified by auctioneer Henry Young & Sons” and are clear markers of this being the original Randle Holme-Pennant-copy. Contents-page slightly frayed only. Corner of one page in the contents section torn. An extremely scarce publication, especially with the addition of the later published Index of Names. Interior in excellent condition.

55. Britton, John.

The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain Represented and Illustrated in a Series of Views, Elevations, Plans, Sections and Details, of [Various] Ancient English Edifices: With historical and descriptive accounts of Each. [Including the rare Volume V: “Chronological History and Graphic Illustrations of Christian Architecture in England – Embracing “A Critical Inquiry into the Rise, Progress and Perfection of this Species of Architecture; Also Eighty-six Plates of Plans, Sections, Elevations and Views with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of each Edifice and Subject; an Alphabetical List of Architects of the Middle Ages and Chronological Lists of Ancient Churches, Sepulchral Monuments, Pulpits, Fonts, Stone Crosses, etc. – A Dictionary of Architectural Terms and copious Indexes].

First Edition. Five Volumes [complete set]. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; J.Taylor, Architectural Library and the Author, 1807 – 1835. Quarto (24 cm x 30 cm). Complete with 278 plates. Original Hardcover (Volume I professionally rebound, Volumes 2, 3, 4 and 5, professionally repaired. All Volumes in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Only very few plates with faded dampstain to outer margins. An extraordinary set of architectural scenery in high-quality engravings.

56. Robertson, William.

The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. – With a View of of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century.

A New Edition. In Three Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for W.Whitestone, W.Sleater, M.Hay, D.Chamberlain a. o., 1777. Large Octavo (13,5 cm x 21,5 cm). Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of William Robertson, XII, 408, plus 12 unnumbered pages of an Index / Volume II: Frontispiece-Portrait of Charles Vth – Emperor of Germany, 509 pages / Volume III: Frontispiece-Portrait of Francis I – King of France, 471 pages plus 38 unnumbered pages of an Index plus two pages of advertising for two publications by W.Whitestone and Dublin. Hardcover / Original full calf with original spine-labels and gilt lettering on spine. All three Volumes in protective Mylar. Some rubbing and bumping to binding and top of spines. Volume III repaired but intact and firm. Portrait of Charles Vth in Volume II cleanly detached. All three bindings very firm and tight. Frontispieces and Interior in excellent, bright condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his name on titlepages of all three Volumes and Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

57. [Mac Liammoír, Micheál] Wilde, Oscar. [1899-1978].

The importance of Being Oscar – An Entertainment on the Life and Works of Oscar Wilde. Micheál Mac Liammoír in The Edwards-Mac Liammoír Dublin-Gate Theater Production.

Original, Vintage Vinyl in original sleeve – SIGNED and inscribed by Micheál Mac Liammoír on the Cover. USA, Columbia Masterworks, c. 1971. OL 5690 / Very good- condition of Sleeve and Record with signs signs of wear to the sleeve / Sleeve VG –(with some bumping) / Record NM – (Near Mint minus). Rare signed and inscribed record by Micheál Mac Liammoír on the Cover.

58. Gaugain, Mrs. [Jane].

The Lady’s Assistant in Knitting, Netting, And Crochet Work; With an Appendix Containing Directions and Remarks for Working in Embroidery or Worsted Work, Raised Cut Work, Tatting, &c. Illustrated by upward of forty coloured Patterns. Volume II.

Original Edition. Edinburgh / London, Published by I.L.Gaugain and Ackermann & Co., 1843. Oblong Octavo (17 cm x 10,8 cm). Titlepage, 8 handcoloured plates with 46 single illustrations of patterns, instructive hand-movements etc. by the author Jane Gaugain, Dedication-page by Jane Gaugain to Lady Henrietta Fergusson, 422 pages with peface, Index of Signs and 185 instructions. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on boards. Binding firm with endpaper slightly detached but the whole book overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. All plates present with beautiful, original 19th century hand-colouring.

59. Cowper, William.

The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple.

First Edition. Two Volumes in One (complete set). London, Printed for John Sharpe, 1818. Small Octavo (10 cm x 16,5 cm). Volume I: Illustrated Titlepage, VI, 108 pages with one additional engraving (″On his Mother’s Picture”) / Volume II: Illustrated Titlepage, IV, 108 pages with three additional engravings (1. “The Negro’s Complaint” / 2. “The Dog and the Water Lilly” / 3. “The Lily and the Rose” / “Drawn by Richard Westall R.A., Engraved by John Romney and Published by John Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817”). Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

60. Warburton, Rev. Mr. [William].

The Principles of Natural and Revealed Religion Occasionally Opened and Explained in a Course of Sermons. [Including an “Appendix containing Three Sermons preached and Published on the Occasion of the Late Rebellion in MDCCXLV” [Meaning the “Jacobite Rising of 1745” also known as the “Forty-five Rebellion” (this Appendix has its own titlepage”] and “A Discourse on the Nature if the Marriage-Union”]. Preached before Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn. In Two Volumes.

First Irish [Dublin] Edition. Two Volumes bound in One [complete]. Dublin, Printed for G. and A. Ewing at the “Angel and Bible” in Dame-Street, 1755. Octavo. VIII, 231, [1], [2], 236 pages [including an advertising “A Catalogue of Books printed for George and Elexander Ewing at the Angel and Bible in Dame-Street, Dublin, 1753”]. Hardcover / Original 18th century full leather with original spine-label and gilt lettering. In protective Mylar. Leather with some parts damaged. Volume itself in firm condition with the endpapers and pastedown’s intact. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.