91. [Daniele, Francesco / Johann Josef von Wilczek / Thomasius, Christian].

Le Forche Caudine – Illustrate con due Appendici. [Compreso “Prospetto Della Valle Caudina Dalla Parte Della Campania”]. Second edition, augmented and, according to Brunet, preferable to the original first edition, which was printed in Caserta in 1778.

Seconda Edizione. Napoli, Appresso Angelo Trani, 1811. Folio (44.5 cm x29 cm). XIII, (3), 102 pages plus (6) pages advertising and Index (Indice). With 22 (twentytwo) illustrations overall. Including a large fold-out-plan (97 x 43 cm) of the Valle Caudine, several Vignettes, Allegorical/Historical Illustrations and four beautiful landscape engravings of the Valle Caudine by Alessandro d’Anna / XIII, (3), 102 pagine più (6) pagine pubblicitarie e Index (Indice). Con 22 (ventidue) illustrazioni in totale. Tra cui una grande illustrazione (97 x 43 cm) della Valle Caudine, diverse vignette, illustrazioni allegoriche / storiche e quattro bellissime incisioni paesaggistiche della Valle Caudine di Alessandro d’Anna. Hardcover / Fantastic modern, Nigerian goatskin with gilt lettering on spine and fine quality late 19th-century cloth over boards. New endpapers and all bound in style by english master-binders. Excellent condition of the binding. The stunning and most wonderful interior with only very occasional signs of an old dampstain to the outer margins and the beautiful, large fold-out-plan with some mild browning to one part of the center-fold. A typographical masterpiece of italian printmaking.

92. Crane, Walter.

The Baby’s Opera – A Book of Old Rhymes with New Dresses / The Music by the earliest Masters. Engraved & Printed in colours by Edmund Evans.

London / New York, Federick Warne and Co., c. 1877. Octavo. 56 pages. 11 full-page illustrations by Crane. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Poor condition with stronger signs of external wear. Pages detached. But all illustrations in very good condition. Cover stronger worn ! Inscribed: “Chrissie Begg – All good wishes for Christmas from Florence Miller”.

93. Rocheleau, Paul / Sprigg, June / Larkin, David (Editor)

Shaker Built – The Form and Function of Shaker Architecture.

New York, The Monacelli Press, 1994. 25 cm x 29.8 cm. 272 pages. With numerous full-colour photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some loose pages near front of book. Binding firm and strong otherwise. Interior bright and clean.

94. Ó Broin, Liam.

Drogheda. Text and Drawings.

Drogheda, Millmount Craft Centre, 1993. 21 cm x 30 cm. 108 pages. 42 reproductions of pencilled throughout volume. Map of the River Boyne are near front. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Beautifully illustrated pastedowns and endpapers. Near fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior very bright and clean. Signed by the author/artist on the titlepage. Name of pre-owner verso endpaper.

95. Levin, Betty.

Starshine and Sunglow. Illustrated by Jos. A. Smith.

First Edition. New York, Greenwillow Books, 1994. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. 91 pages. Nine black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Light stain on rear of dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author Betty Levin to Masako Haugaard on the title page. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

96. Cooke, Arthur O.

At the Zoo. Pictures by Winifred Austen.

London, Edinburgh and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, no year. 22 cm x 29 cm. Frontispiece, 152 pages. 12 colour illustrations including frontispiece on separate plates. Numerous illustrations within text. Hardcover [publisher’s original cream cloth] with title and pictorial on front baord with tooled bordering. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very minor foxing to an otherwise clean and bright interior.

97. [Caldecott, Randolph].

The Great Panjandrum himself.

London, George Routledge & Sons, no date (ca. 1885). Oblong-Octavo. 24 pages with seven colour-illustrations (including cover). Original, illustrated brochure. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [R.Caldecott’s Picture Books].

98. Gilpin, William. [Castle-Freke Library Bookplates]

Collection of four Volumes (bound in two) by Gilpin – All from the historical library at Castle Freke (Castlefreke, West Cork / Ireland). The Volumes include: I. & II. Observations Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain; particularly the High-Lands of Scotland. [Second Edition, with an “Account of the Prints” bound to the rear] / III. Observations on the River Wye and several Parts of South Wales &c. relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made in the summer of the Year 1770 (Third Edition). / IV. An Essay on Prints – [″The chief intention of the following work was to put the elegant amusement of collecting prints, on a more rational footing; by giving the unexperienced collector a few principles and cautions to assist him”] (Fourth Edition with the printed dedication “To the Honorable Horace Walpole in Deference to his Taste in the Polite Arts; and the Valuable Researches he has made to improve them; the following work is inscribed by his most obedient and very humble servant, William Gilpin”). [Volumes I & II with 40 original illustrations and vintage 18th century maps [correctly 39 illustrations and one table], for example of Loch Lomond and the Firth of Forth/ all illustrations are vintage mezzotint-plates].

Mixed Editions. Four Volumes (bound in two). London, Printed for R. Blamire, Strand, 1792. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: XI, [1], 221 pages with 24 mezzotints / Volume II: 195, XVI pages with 16 mezzotints and an “Account of the Prints” as well as “Translations of Latin Passages” / [Volume III]: [River Wye]: XVI, 152 pages with 16 (of 17) full – page mezzotints / [Volume IV]: [An Essay on Prints]: XIII, [3], 174 pages plus XI pages Index and 1 page Errata. Hardcover / Early 19th century quarter – morocco with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Both volumes bound in unison. Very good + condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages 185 – 191 of Volume I with some stronger browning. Otherwise the interior very clean. All mezzotints in very good or even better condition. This is the original copy from the historical Castle-Freke Library in West Cork (Ireland), with two armorial bookplates to front and rear pastedown with the family’s motto ‘Pro Patria’. With two pages of manuscript annotations by a contemporary hand with a reference between the common name “Tarbet” in Scotland and a place-name in County Kerry in Ireland” (pages 13 of Volume II) / another entry is on page 12 of Volume II regarding the name-sake “Loch-Loung” for a Lake of ships in Scotland and Ireland.

99. [Perugino, Pietro] Gnoli, Umberto.

Pietro Perugino. No. 254 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies printed.

Spoleto, Claudio Argentieri, Edizioni d’Arte, 1923. 24 cm x 32.2 cm. Portrait frontispiece (with tissue guard), 80 pages. 51 beautiful monochrome images on plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Discreet price stamp to back board. Spine missing. Bookblock intact. Interior is bright and clean. Inscribed by the author Umberto Gnoli on the titlepage: “A Mrs. Will. Gordon, cordialement, a l’auteur – 1928”.

100. [Bruegel, Peter] Claessens, Bob / Rousseau, Jeanne / Chevalier, Haakon [trans.]

Our Bruegel.

Antwerp, Mercatorfonds, 1969. 26 cm x 34 cm. Portrait frontispiece, 233 pages. 97 paintings, 28 drawings and 6 plates. Some fold-out illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown buckram boards] with gilt lettering on white spine. Gilt design on front board. Pastedowns and endpapers beautifully illustrated with rustic scenes. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is in excellent condition that allows for the proper consideration of the lavishly produced and stunningly presented illustrations, many of which are tipped-in.