ART AND ARCHITECTURE
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ArtLeitch, R.P. A Course of Sepia Painting (1880). Oblong 8vo, org. cloth: plates; Cooke, E.W. Leaves from my Sketch Book (1876). Oblong 4to, full green morocco, sometime rebacked retaining spine; plates; and Caldecott, Randolph. Complete Collection of [his] Contributions to the Graphic (1888). Folio, cloth-backed boards; plates. [3] £60 - 80
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Prout, SamuelRudiments of Landscape: in progressive studies. L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh for Ackermann, 1814. Oblong 4to, recent full red morocco, gilt fillet borders, spine gilt in compartments, lettered directly in two and at foot with date and ruled in gilt, gilt roll-tooled turn-ins, t.e.g.; 64 plates being 24 soft-ground etchings, 24 uncoloured aquatints and 16 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings with aquatint. First ed., second issue.One of Prout's earliest and rarest publications but also his most substantial. It was first published in 1813 and re-issued with a cancel title-page as here, the plates are dated 1813-14. Previous copies at auction have tended to be defective or made-up, so a complete copy is rare.Sold with idem Elementary Drawing Book, c.1850, org. cloth; 24 plates and Hints on Light and Shadow, 1848, org. cloth (rebacked), 22 plates. Second ed. [3] £600 - 800
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Phillips, Ghiles FirmanPrinciples of Effect and Colour as Applicable to Landscape Painting. F.G. Harding, 1833. Oblong 4to, red half leather over pebble-grained cloth; 9 plates (7 coloured). First edition. £80 - 120
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Colvin, SydneySelected Drawings from Old Masters in the University Galleries and in the Library at Christ Church Oxford Part III. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905. Folio, folder of 20 loose engravings as issued, folder split both boards present. £60 - 80
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Constable, John; Lucas, David; MezzotintsA new printing from eleven recently discovered steel plates. With an Introduction by Leslie Parris, a Note on Printing the Steel Plates by Anthony Dyson and a catalogue of the plates. Tate Gallery, 1993. 4to, 16 eng. plates (being the 11 strikes plus 5 variant printings of "A Cottage in a Cornfield") still in original tissue paper wrapping, loosely inserted in a org. green cloth folder with leather labels, introductory booklet in pocket inside front, with prospectus for the work loosely inserted. Limited ed., no. 10 of 100 printed on Velin Blanc Lanagravure paper. £100 - 200
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Moore, HenryThe Shelter Sketch-Book. Marlborough Fine Art, 1967. Folio, collotypes bound in leather backed boards, spine lettered in black with facsimile of Moore's signature, in slipcase; 80 facsimile collotypes, without separate lithograph. Signed limited ed., this 128 of 180 of the English Edition B.idem Sketchbook 1926. Ganymed and Fischer, 1976. 8vo (2 vols). Sketchbook in cloth-backed boards; 86 facsimile pages with catalogue, wrappers; four b/w photographic plates, both in clamshell box. Signed limited ed., this 132 of 325 (standard edition numbered 126-325). [3] £300 - 500
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RembrandtBurnet, John. Rembrandt and his Works. David Bogue, 1849. 4to, org. cloth; illus. with reproductions of Rembrandt's etchings.Michel, Emile. Rembrandt His Life, his Work, and his Time. William Heinemann, 1895. 4to (2 vols). Org. cloth; illus.Benesch, Eva. The Drawings of Rembrandt. Phaidon, 1973. 4to (5 vols of 6, lacking vol. 2). Red leatherette; illus. Limited ed., no. 2 of 100. [8] £80 - 120
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PhotographyA large and varied collection of 19th and 20th century photographs and prints. The collection includes travel pictures from Rome, Guatemala, Africa, Japan and others (with tourist scenes and local people and customs); celebrities like Bob Dylan, Disraeli and the Curies; British topography - tourist scenes (Oxford colleges), rural scenes (harvesting and farming) and one of HMS Thrasher in harbour; and art photography, both modern and a series from the Photo Club of Paris (with captioned tissue guards) from people such as Naudot, Jacquin, Bucquet and others. [qty] £80 - 120
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Palladio, Andrea; Richards, Godfrey (trans)The First Book of Architecture...Translated out of Italian: With an Appendix Touching Doors and Windows, By Pr. Le Muet, Architect to the French King. Printed for T. Parkhurst, George Sawbridge and Eben. Tracy, 1693. 8vo, calf-backed boards, sympathetically rebacked, retaining original spine; eng.tit. and title page supplied in facs., org. tit. torn with loss, pp. [8], 198, 101-116 [i.e. 201-216], [217]-225, [2], 226-239, [1] (p.143 misnumbered 243, lacking 153-4, 173-4, 199-200 but with 2 different 189-90s); four folding plates (not numbered, last restored with loss bound at rear), 63 plates (numbered in pagination), figures to text. Fifth edition, corrected and enlarged. BAL/RIBA 2403; ESTC R202318 £100 - 200
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Fairbairns, ArnoldPortfolio of English Cathedrals. The Photochrom Company [individual titles Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., [c.1904]. Folio, 33 parts bound in one volume, half leather (joints cracking at head of spine); pp. 527; numerous tipped-in photographs. £60 - 100
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Jackson, C.J.An Illustrated History of English Plate. Country Life and B.T. Batsford, 1911. 4to (2 vols). Finely bound in blue crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey, boards ruled in gilt, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt, lettered directly in gilt in three, gilt ruled board edges, gilt roll-tooled turn-ins, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.; lavishly illustrated with numerous plates and illus to text. First ed. [2] £100 - 150
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MetalworkVorlagen fur Metallplastik. Dressins pour le Metal repousse. Designs for Metal repousse. Germany, c.1900. Folio, 20 sheets of designs for metalwork, loose within decorated card folder. £60 - 80
CHILDREN'S AND ILLUSTRATED |
Sample BookA collection of examples of stationery, writing pads, paper types and others, c.1930s-50s, folio, c.130 pages.A colourful look at paper production and advertising, with some arrangement based on type (cream laid), producer (Country Life, King's Velvet, Dapple Bond) and similar. The collection showcases twenty years of paper manufacturing - some date stamped with examples of paper - from the contemporary and strikingly coloured, to more conservative styles. £400 - 600
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Greetings CardsFour 19th century paper-lace cards, with ink MSS messages. One bears an engineered-paper, pull-tab novelty of a lady reading overlooked by a cherub bearing a torch overpainted on a concertina-fold cage enclosing a picture of a church and graveyard. The inscription reads "Hail me safe to home", it is perhaps to be hoped that the church suggests a marriage (or the Church as home) but it is possible the suggestion is the lady is a ghost, in the manner of ghost stories of the time. The other three feature an onlaid illustration of a gentleman walking his dog; a central dangling ?cherub (sadly now detached); and a central onlaid medallion depicting John the Baptist baptising Christ, likely a Baptism or Confirmation gift. [4] £60 - 80
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Aldin, CecilAn Artist's Models. H.F. & G. Witherby, [1930]. 4to, org. vellum, upper board and spine lettered in gilt, in slipcase; 20 full-page plates. Limited ed., no. 22 of 310 (250 for sale in UK), signed by Aldin on limitation page. £80 - 100
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Boccaccio, Giovanni; Lucchesi, Edmondo (illus)Ten Tales from the Decameron. Privately Printed for the Mandrake Press, 1930. 4to, full green coarse-grained leather, upper board with gilt borders with decorative corner pieces around central gilt medallion, t.e.g.; illustrations from linocuts by Lucchesi. Limited ed. of 1012 (500 reserved for sale overseas), this no. 1 of 12 on Japanese vellum.As is not untypical of productions of Boccacio's work, this serves as an excuse for suggestive, and often pornographic depictions of the earthy stories.With Jones, Gwyn; Petts, John (illus.)The Green Island. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. 8vo, org. green and brown cloth, upper board with central gilt cockerel design, spine lettered in gilt; illus. by Petts. Limited ed., no. 207 [2] £60 - 80
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Dante; Dore, Gustave (illus.)The Vision of Hell and Purgatory and Paradise. Cassell, c.1900. 4to (2 vols). Half leather, spines lettered in gilt; full page plates.With Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Cassell, c.1900. Uniform with the above. [3] £80 - 120
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Milton, John; Martin, John (illus.)Paradise Lost. Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1853. 4to, full coarse-grain plum leather gilt; 24 mezzotints by John Martin.Martin's mezzotints were first sold in stages to subscribers. Twenty-four were then selected to accompany the poem, originally in a two-volume edition in 1827. Mezzotints seem especially apt for Milton's work, with their emphasis on the contrast between dark and light. Typical of all artists, in imagining Milton's work, Martin has drawn on his own Romantic sentiments, The poem becomes an embodiment of the sublime. His figures disappear before the grandeur and the terror of the setting. Both Heaven and Hell are greater than those within them, eternal, magnificent and legitimately awe-inspiring. £200 - 400
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Steers, H. (versifier); AesopAesop's Fables, New Versified from the Best English editions. Hull: Printed for the Author, by Robert Peck, 1803. 8vo, contemporary half calf over marbled boards; pp. 213, blank [209-end bound between pp.64-5]. £80 - 100
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Baumer, Lewis RBAPortrait study of a lady with red hat and red flowers, signed, pen, ink and watercolour, framed.Baumer was a noted British caricaturist and illustrator, particularly known for his work in Punch. £70 - 100
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Payne, RogerCarmen. Look & Learn, 1982. Gouache on card, 138% enlargement with scale, signed in pencil.Look & Learn was a British educational magazine which ran from 1962-82, combining informative articles on arts and science with dramatic comic strips of both original and adapted works. Payne is a noted illustrator of books and magazines for educational works, especially Greek myths and Bible stories, but also had a thriving secret sideline in homoerotica for American gay magazines, where he was praised for the high standard of work he produced. £80 - 120
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Mackenzie, ThomasScene from the 'Arabian Nights' Sheherazade dancing, signed, pen, watercolour and gouache, framed and glazed.Mackenzie illustrated two works relating to the Arabian Nights: Ali Baba and Aladdin (1919), and A.M. Ransome's Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" (1920). His work was stylistically aligned with Art Nouveau colleagues - especially Kay Nielsen. This striking image seems strongly influenced by Leon Bakst and his work with Ballet Russes, £300 - 500
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CAM [Barbara Campbell]"The Girls" or "Three of Us" or "Tuppence and Co." eighteen original watercolours, unsigned, mounted with a light crease down the centre, forming title-page and thirty-four illustrated pages for this seemingly unpublished work. Together with three framed trial watercolours of individual pages and three MSS variants of the script for the book, tied with red string. It is thought (though not definite) that the MSS are in Campbell's hand - one script has what looks to be 'By Barbara' with the Barbara heavily scored out. The illustrations form an attractive series about a playful trio of dogs who live by the beach.In addition, there are four framed and seven mounted original watercolours by CAM, unsigned, including illustrations from Belinda Bear, Bill Frog and Three Jolly Sailors and at least one unpublished work, Chimp and Dumpy. A gallery catalogue, which accompanied the illustrations when for sale is included. £1000 - 1500
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Barrie, J.M.; Rackham, Arthur (illus)Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. 4to, full vellum gilt, ties lost with remnants, pictorial endpapers, t.e.g., in slipcase (bottom detached at one side, still present); colour frontis. and 49 tipped-in colour plates, b/w illus to text. First deluxe ed., issued unsigned and without statement of (?50) limitation. £300 - 400
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Carroll, Lewis; Van Sandwyk, Charles (illus.)Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Folio Society, 2016. Folio, quarter vellum with vellum tips over pictorial red paper-covered boards, upper board with central white rabbit in decorative borders in gilt and white with red detailing, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., illustrated endpapers; limitation in two colours with original etching signed by Van Sandwyk no. 228 of 1000, 11 full colour tipped-in plates, nine smaller colour illus laid down on pages, numerous b/w line drawings, some full-page, in clamshell cloth-bound box, paper label to spine titled in gilt and black, with loosely inserted prospectus, letter, proclamation, illustration and note on vellum binding. Limited ed. as per etching.An impressive and attractive Folio Society production, showcasing Van Sandwyck's charming take on the much-loved world and characters. Along with: Alice's Adventures, Macmillan, 1877, in later red-leather; and another, 1899 People's Edition, in org. cloth. [3] £300 - 500
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Crompton, RichmalWilliam the Superman. George Newnes, 1968. 8vo, org. cloth in unclipped jacket (priced 10/6). First ed.idem William the Bold. George Newnes, 1950. 8vo, org. cloth in unclipped jacket (priced 7/6). First ed.with William the Outlaw, 24th Imp in dj. [3] £60 - 80
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Omar KhayyamDulac, Edmund (illus.) Rubaiyat. Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]. 4to, cream buckram gilt; full colour plates tipped in. First trade ed.The Dulac Rubaiyat was an immediate critical and commercial success. It's success was such that (according to George Doran, the American publisher) when old Mr Hodder demanded of his grandson (the firm's manager) why they had published such a heathen book over his imprint, his grandson only had to mention how much they had made on it for Hodder's evangelical wrath to evaporate.S&S. Rubaiyat. Siegle, Hill & Co., [1910]. 4to, original cream cloth gilt, upper board with large gilt peacock; text pages reproduced calligraphy with floriated initials, some illuminated, some with colour illus to text, add. titles with large coloured decorated borders, full page colour plates. The text follows the Fitzgerald trans. with an introduction by A.C. Benson. The text and decorations have been reproduced after a manuscript by noted book binders Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Sangorski and Sutcliffe's name would forever be linked in book history with the Rubaiyat after the loss of the 'Great Omar' binding with the Titanic. [2] £150 - 250
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Peake, MervynThe Gormenghast Trilogy, comprising:Titus Groan. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946. 8vo, org. red cloth in heavily-clipped second state dj (removing price and "Second Impression"). First ed. in second state jacket.Gormenghast. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. 8vo, org. cloth in unclipped dj. First ed.Titus Alone. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959. 8vo, org. cloth in clipped jacket. First ed.Along with Titus Groan, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1949, in dj; Gormenghast Trilogy, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1968-70, in djs; and the Trilogy, Folio Society, 1992, in slipcase. [10] £300 - 400
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Peake, MervynEphemera relating to Peake and his works and contributions by him to periodicals. The collection includes the work of various Peake societies (such as Peake Studies (33), the Mervyn Peake Society (10 publications and a series of newsletters) and the Mervyn Peake Review (20)) and biographies by John Watney, John Batchelor, G. Peter Winnington and Maeve Gilmore. There are also examples of Peake's works in Lilliput (4); Arts Quarterly (3); The London Mercury (4); The Windmill, New Worlds, and Harvest Vol.1. [qty] £80 - 120
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Peake, MervynCaptain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor. Eyre & Spottiswode, 1945. Square 8vo, org. oatmeal cloth lettered in green, in unclipped jacket (7s 6d), signed by Peake with pen and ink doodle. Second ed.The first edition of this work was destroyed in the war. This, the first post-war edition, was coloured by Peake. £300 - 500
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Carroll, Lewis; Peake, Mervyn (illus.)Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Stockholm/London: Zephyr Books The Continental Book Company, 1946. 8vo, org. wrappers in dj; illus by Peake. First of this ed., which predated the UK first. Library of British and American Authors vol. 67.With the first UK ed., Allan Wingate, 1954. 8vo, org. cloth in dj.And the Methuen 1978 new ed. 8vo, org. cloth in dj.idem the Hunting of the Snark. Chatto & Windus, 1941. 8vo, org. decorative yellow boards (no dj). First of this ed. [4] £60 - 80
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Austin, Paul Britten; Peake Mervyn (illus.)The Wonderful Life & Adventures of Tom Thumb and The Second Part. Stockholm: Radiotjanst, 1954-5. 12mo (2 vols). Org. wrappers priced 3.50kr and 4.00kr to lower covers (corrected in pencil to 2 on each); illus by Peake, small miniature book page 97, Second Part. First Peake illustrated eds.Uncommon in nice condition as they were originally published as teaching aids and are often heavily used or annotated. [2] £60 - 80
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Peake, MervynA collection of books illustrated by Peake and of his drawings. Illustrated works include: Collins, Maurice, Quest for Sita (1946, limited of 500, in dj); Hole, Christina, Witchcraft in England (1945, in dj); Haynes, Dorothy, Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch (1949, in dj); and Crisp, Quentin, All This and Bevin Too (1943, org. wraps).Also Peake's own work inc.: The Drawings of Mervyn Peake (1949, in dj); Figures of Speech (1954, in dj); and the Craft of the Lead Pencil (1946, org. boards).Along with others such as Folio Society works (Jekyll & Hyde, 1948, in dj); book covers (Harlequin Phoenix, 1956, clipped dj); children's books (The Pot of Gold, 1959, price sticker on dj); and classics (Ancient Mariner, 1943, in dj). [29] £150 - 250
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Peake, MervynA collection of his poetry and writing including:Shapes and Sounds. Chatto & Windus, 1941; The Glassblowers. Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950; The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb. J.M. Dent and Sons, 1962; and A Reverie of Bone. Bertram Rota, 1967. All 8vo, org. cloth in djs (Shapes clipped). First eds (Reverie Limited, no. 169 of 320).With ten others such as Mr Pye (1953 and 1969) and Sometime Never (1956, along with Boy in Darkness, 1976). [13] £150 - 250
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Peake, MervynLetters from a Lost Uncle. Eyre & Spottiswode, 1948. 8vo, org. yellow cloth blocked and lettered in scarlet, in unclipped jacket (second issue, 7s 6d blocked out, 3s 6d below), signed by Peake on half-title. First ed.Peake was unsatisfied with the foggy reproduction of the manuscript pages and the first issue was withdrawn and later reissued at this lower price. £200 - 300
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Baden, Powell, Lord RobertThe Scout Vols XI, XIII, XV. C. Arthur Pearson, 1916-1920. 4to (3 vols). Org. red pictorial cloth; illus with drawings throughout; owners' inscriptions to XIII and XV. [3] £60 - 100
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Wodehouse, P.G. et alThe Public School Magazine. Vol. VIII July to December 1901. A. & C. Black, 1901. 8vo, org. blue decorative cloth.The Public School Magazine gave Wodehouse his first payment for writing in the 1900 for "Some Aspects of Game-Captaincy". he continued to produce work for them until the magazine was stopped by the publishers partway through serialisation of The Pothunters. This issue contains several pieces by Wodehouse, including a number on cricket. £600 - 800
LITERATURE, HISTORY AND ANTIQUARIAN GENERAL |
Society of AntiquariesPettingal, John, A Dissertation upon the Tascia or Legend, on the British Coins of Cunobelin and others (1763, one plate) bound with idem The Latin Inscription on the Copper Table Discovered in the year 1732 (1760) and Webb, Philip Carteret An Account of the Copper Tablet: containing two inscriptions in the Greek and Latin Tongues (1760, 4 plates) and idem A Short Account of Danegeld (1756) and idem A Short Account of Some Particulars concerning the Domesday Book (1756). 4to, half calf over marbled boards.A collection of 18th century pamphlets, originally read at the Society and ordered to be published. £80 - 120
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EphemeraA collection of broadsides, pamphlets and poetry publications, principally 18th and 19th century. The selection includes published open letters (to Pitt on abuses in the wheat and bread trade and Sir Robert Peel from "an old school-friend"); news accounts (such as the apparitions in the sky above Chipping Norton); political pieces and oddities (an 18th century choral concert ticket and the bookplate of Lane's Circulating Library). [qty] £80 - 120
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PoliticsA collection of broadsheets, pamphlets and similar material relating to British politics of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Including:A Briefe and Exact Treatise declaring How the Sheriffs...have been Anciently elected and chosen (Printed for T.I., 1642); Homer, Henry. An Enquiry into the Means of Preserving and Improving the Publick Roads (Oxford, 1767); and Eustace, John Chetwood, An Elegy to the Memory of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke (F. and C. Rivington, 1798).Along with political broadsides using poetry and allegory such as The Parable of the Blackbirds And the Magpies Vindicated (an allegorical history of the English Crown from Charles I-William III); the 1681 Tory Countrey-Mans Complaint; and poems on elections (such as Liddell versus Hart for Northumberland 1826) and others on new taxes (John Bull and the Taxes, complaining about tax-payers money going to the wedding of Victoria and Albert). They are with a number of other publications including proclamations, published speeches and broadsides. [23] £100 - 150
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Anon The Benefits and Privileges of Cuckolds Shewing the Little Disgrace There is in Being One, and the Obligations Men Sometimes have to Their Wives for Conferring That Honour Upon Them...Humbly dedicated to Mother H-gg-r [Heidegger]. Printed for A. Moore, 1728. 8vo, unbound pamphlet; pp.32. First ed.Anon Thoughts on the Propriety of Preventing Marriages founded on Adultery. Printed at the Philanthropic Reform by J. Richardson, for F. and C. Rivington and J. Hatchard, 1800. 8vo, unbound pamphlet; pp. 27, blank.Two very different takes on adultery from almost opposite ends of the century. The first is a ribald piece, in the vein of 18th century rakishness, whilst the latter is a moralising sermon, with that curious sexism of the liberal minds of the 19th century, simultaneously seeking mercy for the erring wife, whilst inherently positioning her as the defiler of the marriage bed. [2] £80 - 120
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Trials, Courts-Martial and Grand JuriesA collection of nine broadsides and trial transcripts, variously dated 1679-1809 (principally 18th century), all unbound pamphlets (one in modern folder) dealing with murder, counterfeiting, bribery, arson and more. The trials include the 1776 conviction of Richard Smith and Thomas Brand Hollis for bribery (in connection with a rotten borough); the Presentment of the Grand Jury of the Hundred of Ossulston (1628); the 1755 trial of William Turton for the murder of John Holloway; and the court-martial of Serjeant Samuel George Grant for persuading men to desert (to enlist with the East India Company), notable for Grant's appeal to the Court of Common Pleas arguing that English law did not allow for martial law in times of peace.With two other related pamphlets of legal interest. [11] £100 - 150
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Astle, ThomasThe Origin and Progress of Writing. Printed for the Author, 1784. 4to, cloth, sometime rebacked retaining spine; 31 plates. £60 - 80
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VariousThe Secret Court Memoirs. Printed for the Grolier Society, [1904]. 8vo (20 vols). Org. green cloth, paper labels to spines; illus. Limited ed. of 1000, this un-numbered. [20] £100 - 200
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Tuer, Andrew W.The Follies & Fashions of our Grandfathers. Field & Tuer, 1886-7. 8vo, half grey leather over boards, upper board and spine with embroidered lettering-piece; 37 full-page plates.The Demy Octavo edition of this arch look back at the vanities and oddities of the flourishing magazine trade of the early-19th century. £60 - 80
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Charles ILegal document issued to William Weedon, merchant tailor of London, granting the use of a property for his life-time, signed by Julius Cesar, Charles' Master of the Rolls, manuscript on vellum, with large wax Great Seal (with some loss), framed and glazed. £100 - 200
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A Noble HandCabala: Sive Scrinia Sacra. Mysteries of State & Government in Letters bound with A Supplement of the Cabala. Printed for G. Bedell and T. Collins, 1654. 4to (2 vols in 1 with add. tit.). Full ?contemporary calf, sometime sympathetically rebacked, advertisments at rear; provenance: Hereford Permanent Library (lib. stamps to verso of titles). A free-wheeling and curious assortment of texts, including pieces from Francis Bacon's papers, purporting to reveal the secret truths behind the final years of James and the first of Charles, especially concerning the Duke of Buckingham, Spain and home-grown Catholics.ESTC R21971 £150 - 250
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Strafford, William, 2nd EarlMSS accounts for ?1647, written under the direction of (and likely by) the Earl for the management of his estates, 6th May 1648. One sheet, folded in half (and smaller), MSS on two sides, faded but legible. The estates in question were restored to the 2nd Earl with Charles I's overturning of the forfeiture which has resulted with the 1st Earl ("Black Tom")'s attainder for treason. William came into his majority in 1647, but fled to France after the Civil War.With two large mounted prints of the family seat, Wentworth Castle, and a later strike after Fisk's Trial of Strafford from the Thomas Ross Collection. [4] £60 - 80
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Lover of Peace and Truth [P.A. (attrib.)]The Character of An Honest Man; Whether Styled Whig or Tory, And his opposite, the Knave. Printed for Randal Taylor, 1683. Folio, pamphlet loose in quires; pp. 16, 13-16 [agrees with ESTC].The terms Whig and Tory entered British political vocabulary around 1681 (initially being borrowed from Scottish and Irish politics). They came to refer to those supporting the Exclusion of the Catholic James, Duke of York (Whigs) and the Royalists (Tories) who supported him. This came to mean more generally those in support of Parliament over the Monarch, and those supporting the obverse. The pamphlet recognises that some might be confused by the terms and introduces the reader to them at the start, bemoaning the fact that much as 'the Name of a Christian is become too general to express our Faith', so to it is necessary to sub-divide Protestants into increasingly arcane "Schisms, Factions and Divisions". Political and religious division is then discarded as the author seeks to show how one should act and speak, whatever your beliefs. The pamphlet finishes with "Reflections" on "the Character of a Popish Successor" by arch-versifier for hire, Elkanah Settle.ESTC R24674 £80 - 100
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Olgiati, GirolamoQuinquaginta illustrium philosophorum et sapientum effigies ab eorum numismatibus extractae. Venice: Ambrogio Dei, 1607. 4to, leather-backed marbled boards (upper board detached); eng. title, 50 eng. plates, bound alternately with later lined writing paper, some with MSS notes on the philosopher. Second edition. The word 'quinquaginta' was later added to the title-page plate for the printing. £200 - 400
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