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DAVIES, Thomas, Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick. New Ed. 2 vols. London 1780. with portrait engraving. 1/2 contemporary calf and marbled boards. 8vo. (197 x 128mm) plus MILNER, The Christian Mother's Magazine, London 1844. 1/2 tooled black leather and marbled boards. 8vo. (4)
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THE KORAN commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed with discourse by George Sale. New Ed. John Chidley, London 1838, marbled end papers and vellum boards. 8vo. (228 x 144mm)
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A LATE 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ON PERSPECTIVE, 4to. (232 x 190mm) vellum bound 'notebook' containing a treatise on perspective consisting of 20pp. of text, written in brown ink, with 15 hand drawn illustrations, demonstrating perspective (one double-page and a few with colouring), together with 8 lesser examples, mostly full page. The paper is watermarked 1796; tipped in is a 9pp. folio closely typed copy of the text, probably 1930's. There is no internal indications as to who created this 'work' but it was acquired alongside a copy of BREUIL, Jean, La Perspective Pratique, Premier Partie. (included here), 2nd Ed. 4to. (260 x 190mm) 342pp. with many full page illustrations, requires rebacking. Paris, Jean de Puis, 1663. On the front fly-leaf is the signature of 'Louisa Augusta Grevile, Paris 23rd Aug 1754' and on the inside of the front board the signature of Angelo Collen Hayter, artist (1864-1939) and with the heraldic coloured bookplate of William Churchill. Louisa Grevile was born in 1743 and was the daughter of the first Earl of Warwick and in 1770 married William Churchill. Louisa, from an early age, produced fine drawings and etchings of works by, for example, Caracci and Salvator Rosa; she was awarded prizes three times by the Royal Society of Arts and her work is represented in major public collections (2 +)
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MANWOOD, John, A Treatise of the Lawes of the Forest printed for the Society of Stationers, London 1615. 4to. (185 x 150mm) full contemporary calf with banded spine and red title. Ex Reading University Library with stamps (1)
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AGRICULTURAL INTEREST:-
TUKE, John, 'General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire', McMillan, London 1800 with map. full calf. boards loose. 8vo. ex lib plus PITT, William, A General View of the Agriculture of Leicester, Richard Phillips, London 1809 with maps. 8vo. (235 x 160mm) rebound ex lib plus a 'General View of the Agriculture of the County of Suffolk', London 1797, full calf. splits etc. 8vo. plus County Reports for Somerset 1798, Lancaster 1795, Gloucester 1807 plus HARLEY, William, The Harleian Dairy System, London 1829 with portrait. 8vo. binding loose plus 3 associated titles, all ex lib with stamps etc (10)
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MORIER, James, The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan, John Murray, London 1824. 2nd Ed. in 3 vols. small format (164 x 103mm) full gilt tooled calf, boards loose, b/p
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JAMES ll: The Royal Charter of Confirmation Granted by his most excellent Majesty KIng James II to Trinity House of Deptford-Strond, London 1685, red and black title page. 8vo. full calf plus A Collection of the Occasional Papers for the Year 1716 printed for J Knapton, London 1716. 2 vols. 8vo. contemporary tooled full calf plus EARBERY, 'The Occasional Historian' printed for J Wilford, London 1730. 8vo. ex lib with stamps. full tooled calf splits. plus DE LA MOTTE, 'Les Oeuvres de Théatre', Dupuis, Paris 1730. 2 vols. 8vo. gilt tooled full calf with banded spine (6)
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MAYO, The Rev. Dr. and Miss Mayo, 'Practical Remarks on Infant Education'. 4th Ed. revised. Home and Colonial School Society 1849 plus WITHERSPOON, John, President of Princetown College, New Jersey, 'A Series of Letters on Education', Southampton 1808 plus COUSIN, M. Victor, Report on the State of Public Instruction in Prussia, Effingham Wilson, London 1834 plus 2 further associated titles. all small format and ex lib (5)
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Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Report to the Secretary of State for the Home Department from the Poor Law Commissioners on the Training of Pauper Children, London 1841. grey cloth (220 x 140mm) plus BIBER, E, Henry Pesta Lozzi and His Plan of Education, Soute, London 1831, blue cloth. 4to. plus 9 further 18th/19th Century titles relating to Children's Education, all ex Lib. with stamps and rebound (11)
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EDGEWORTH, Maria and Richard Lovell, Practical Education. 2 vols in one. London 1798. 4to. foxing and end papers torn. 1/2 calf and marbled boards, much worn. ex lib. 4to.
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CROMWELL, Oliver, 'Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: with elucidations by Thomas Carlyle. 2nd Ed. Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand, London 1846. full tooled calf with green titles. marbled edges and end papers, some foxing, G.S. Foljambe, Osberton b/p (225 x 144mm)
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KELHAM, Robert, Domesday Book containing an account of the Antient Record as also of the Tenants in Capite or Serjanty therein mentioned and a Translation of the difficult passages with occasional notes....Edward Brooke Bell-Yard, London 1788, untrimmed paper, plain boards, handwritten title (230 x 142mm) (1)
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ANON: FRANCIS MEDLEY BARTHOLOMEW. His Last Journey as gathered from his letters and those of his friends printed for private circulation by Rivington Percival & Co, London 1895. 8vo. untrimmed paper with pasted in portrait photograph. Edward Dillon Mansfield b/p, ivory cloth boards with tooled title. F.M.B. Desiderantibus, stains and bumps
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HAMILTON, Robert, An Inquiry concerning the Rise and Progress, The Redemption and Present State and the Management of the National Debt of Great Britain and Ireland. 3rd Ed. Edinburgh 1818. 8vo. full calf bds loose. ex lib. plus SHEPHERD, William, JOYCE, J. and CARPENTER, Lant, Systematic Education. 2nd Ed. with plates. 2 vols. Longman et al, London 1817. full calf. red titles. 8vo. (220 x 140mm) (3)
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JOHNSTON, Nathaniel, The King's Visitational Power Asserted. Being An Impartial Relation of the late Visitation to St Mary Magdalen College, Oxford. Henry Hills, printer, London 1688, presentation copy seemingly signed by the author. Sir A Berkeley Milne b/p. 4to. full calf bumped, stained etc. Ex Lib. plus MACE, François, attrib. 'Melanie, ou la Veuve Charitable, Histoiré Morale, Paris 1729. 12mo. (147 x 85mm) marbled end papers. B Conquest b/p. full calf, tooled and banded spine (2)
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AGASSIZ, Alexander (1835-1910) American Scientist and Natural Historian, 'Letters and Recollections' with portraits and other illustrations, Constable, London and Houghton Mifflin, New York 1913. 4to. blue cloth. ex Lib plus Lettres sur L'Alantide de Platon, Paris 1805. New Ed. marbled boards. plus 3 further titles, all ex Lib (5)
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DU GUAY-TROUIN, René Trouin, Sieur du Gué 1673-1736), French naval officer and Breton Corsair, 'Memoires' printed in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier 1769, red and black title page, portrait engraving and 4 folding diagrams/ illustrations, tooled leather, marbled ends, bumped, foxed and worn, 170 x 100mm
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WATERS, W.G, The Nights of Straparola, 2 vols. E.R. Hugher, Illustrator. Lawrence & Bullen, London 1894 plus The Pecorone of Ser Giovanni 1897. 1 vol. and The Novellino of Masuccio 1895. 2 vols. all Ltd Editions. tooled brown cloth (290 x 205mm) (5)
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MALTHUS, T.R. An Essay on the Principle of Population or, a View of Its past and present Effects on Human Happiness. London, 1807, 4th edition. In 2 vols. New endpp. Rebound ½ marbled bds. some damp to vol. 2
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FLETCHER, J&J,(pub) The Lives of Those Eminent Antiquaries John Leyland, Thomas Hearne and Anthony a Wood. Oxford, 1772. 8vo. 1 volume only of 2. Comprising the lives of Leyland and Hearne. 2 engrd. Port. and 4 plts. Full cf. Tog.with SMITH, Sydney, The Works of Sydney Smith, in 4 vols. Longman, 1839. 8vo. Full cf. (1pp. loose.) plus other bindings. 10
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RUMFORD, Benjamin Count of, Essays, Political, Economical and Philosophical. London, 1800. 5th edn. 3 vols. 8vo. Specked cf. glt. S pines. 23 plts. With wdcts. in text. Some worm damage. 3
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JAMES, Henry, The Siege of London, The Point of View of a Passionate Pilgrim. Leipzig, Tauchnitz Edition. 1884. sm. 8vo. ½ bds. Tog.with ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel, The New Life of Dante Aligheri. Ellis & Elvey, 1905. The Siddal Edition. 8vo. Frontis. full cf. glt. Spine. Plus FITZGERALD, Edward, (trans.) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Knickerbocker press, Putnams, [1908] Dec. glt tooled binding. T.e.g. ribbon marker, plus 4 other bindings. 7
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MILTON, John, The Poetical Works of John Milton, London, 1892. In 2 vols. The Aldine Edition of The British Poets, Ed. John Bradshaw. T.e.g. full tooled cf. owners insc.
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ELIOT, George, Mill on The Floss, Boston, Illustrated Cabinet Edition in 2 vols. 8vo. Cl bd. Tog.with Romola by same, in 3 vols. uniformly bound. Plus 2 others. 7
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A COLLECTION OF FRENCH FINE BINDINGS, Balzac etc., most half calf with marbled bds. 8vo. (10)
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LOCKER, Frederick, (ed) Lyra Elegantiarum, Moxon, 1867. 1st edn. Sm. 8vo. A.e.g. Marius Michel Binding. Glt. Tooled Morocco. Encased in folder and slipcase.
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BERINGTON, Rev. Joseph, The Letters of Abeillard and Heloisa from the Collection of Amboise. Birmingham, 1788. 2nd. Edn. 4to. full cf.
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GENOVESE Antonio, Delle Scienze Metafisiche per Gli Giovanetti Del sig. Abate Antonio Genovesi. Edizione seconda Veneta. Venezia, 1722. 8vo. Vellum bd. Tog.with La Logica per Gli Giovanetti Dell Abage Genovesi, Napoli, 1790 Quarta edizione, 8vo. vellum bds. x 2
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BURCHIELLI, Sonetti Del Burchiello Del Bellincionoi d D'Altri poeti Fiorentini Alla Burchiellesca, In Londra 1757, 8vo. Frontis. port. Dec. tp. 2 works in 1 volume. The first being in 4 parts, 295pp The second, Sonetti di Messer Antonio Alamanni Cittadino Fiorentino, Alla Burchiellesca. 80pp. full embossed cf. glt. Spine worn. Tog.with 4 Italian interest. 6
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SMILLIE, James, Mount Auburn Illustrated. In Highly finished Line Engravings. Descriptive Notices by Cornelia W. Walter. New York 1867. 4to. sm. Foxing to margins of plts. Glt. Tooled bds. joints weak.
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EARLY MEDICAL INTEREST:-
Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalls Medicorum Londinensis, Joseph Johnson, London 1788, small format. (132 x 83mm) plus Religio Medici. 4th Ed. E. Cotes, London 1656, rebound. small format (150 x 180mm), full calf, red title plus a St George's Hospital London student notebook dated 1899 for W.F. Fedden, marbled boards, plus a collection of 16 related titles (19)
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ADDISON, Joseph, The Spectator with notes and a general index, Jones & Co. London 1826 with engraved portrait after Kneller. 1/2 calf and marbled boards. 4to. plus 'The Spectator' in 8 small format vols. London 1797. with G.M. Webster, St John's College Oxford b/ps (9)
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BOSWELL, James, The Life of Samuel Johnson, Bicentary Ed. 2 vols. green cloth plus a collection of associated titles and Oxford interest (9)
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SCAPULA, Johann, Lexicon Graeco-Latinum, printed in Amsterdam in 1652 by Joannem Blaew and Ludovicum Elzeverium with red and black printed title page and engraved printers mark 'Non Solus' owners sigs for Dr Richard Michell (1766-1826 Wadham and Principal Hertford). C.F. Wood (University) and b/p for John Gathorne Wood (1839-1929 Christchurch) 365pp inc. index, marbled end papers and full calf rebacked. Fo.
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COWARD, T, The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs, First Series. 3rd Imp. Frederick Warne, London 1921. small format. decorative binding. 3 vols.
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Ports Maritime de la France. 3 vols. 4to. Paris 1874, with many diagrams and folding plan. 1/2 leather and marbled boards
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PEVSNER, Nikolaus and others, 'The Buildings of England by County'. 8vo. with d/ws. 18 vols plus one (19)
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PRESCOTT, William H, History of the Conquest of Mexico, Routledge London. New Ed. 2 vols. brown cloth. 8vo. plus 'Scot's Last Expedition' arranged Leonard Huxley, Murray London 1935, blue cloth. 2 vols. 8vo. plus 5 associated titles, all in 'used' condition (9)
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DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882) Insectivorous Plants. 1st Ed. John Murray, London 1875. title page signed for W.W. Fisher, July 1875. pIV advertisement. 8vo. (190 x 130mm) original green cloth plus DARWIN, Francis, The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. 3 vols. Murray, London 1887. with presentation inscription by Elizabeth Darwin to Margaret Shaen with portrait engraving after a photograph by Maull and Fox. 8vo. (140 x 215mm) with assoc. p.c. and book mark 'plus' DARWIN, Francis, Life of Charles Darwin. Murray London 1902 with printed signed portrait. 8vo. green cloth. owners sig. plus LYELL, Sir Charles, 'Elements of Geology', Murray London 1878. 3rd Ed. green cloth. 8vo. splits, stains and general wear from usage (6)
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RIMMER, Alfred, Pleasant Spots around Oxford. 2nd Ed. Illus. Cassell Petter & Galpin. London. decorative tooled blue cloth. small 4to. plus Rowing by R.C. Lehman, Isthmian Library, Innes London 1897, green cloth. 8vo. plus 2 further titles (4)
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ROSS, Sir John R.N., 'Narrative of the Second Voyage in Search of a North West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829-1833' with twenty nine plates inc. some coloured, final chart deficient, A.W. Webster London 1835, later rebind, blue cloth, 4to. (325 x 260mm), overall foxing, replaced end papers, bumped plus ROSS, Sir John R.N., 'Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829-1833' with thirty plates and charts inc. some coloured, bound with Appendix with twenty plates and charts and list of Subscribers. A.W. Webster London 1835, now bound in tooled green leather with marbled edges and end papers. Montague Williams b/p boards loose, all over foxing, bumps and scratches, 8vo. (275 x 225mm) (2)
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY EXPLORATION CLUB, 'Sarawak Papers'. Scientific Results of the Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak (Borneo) in 1932. OUP. 1952. 4to green cloth. Patrick M. Synge b/p. edges rubbed and faded with 2 annual reports 1932-33 and 1935-1936 (3)
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BOLTON, James, English Naturalist (1735-1799)
Felices Britannicae, An History of British Ferns Pt II, J Brook, Huddersfield 1790. all over foxing, rebound in marbled boards. small Fo. (315 x 245mm) plus Great Flower Books 1700-1900 by Sacheverell Sitwell and Wilfrid Blunt. P.M. Synge Ed. Collins London 1956. Fo. (495 x 350mm), marbled boards (2)
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ELWES, Henry John, A Supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lillium by A Grove and illustrated by Lilian Snelling 1933/1940. 30 full page coloured plates and some illustrations to text. Fo. (565 x 390mm), 1/2 gilt tooled red morocco plus two supplements Pts VIII x IX by W.B. Turrill, illustrated by Margaret Stones 1960/1962. Ltd Ed. RHS London. 5 plates in each Fo. all with Patrick Synge b/p, some foxing and bumps
Provenance: with the Synge Family by descent
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DYKES, William Rickatson, English Botanist and Iris Specialist (1877-1925), alma mater Wadham College, Oxford
'The Genus Iris' with forty seven coloured plates by F.H. Round and one by R.M. Cardew, 30 line prints by C.W. Johnson, Cambridge University Press 1913 Fo. (450 x 300mm) tooled green cloth, scuffs and bumps. P.M. Synge b/p plus Notes on Tulip Species, E Katherine Dykes ED. & Illus. 54 coloured plates. First printing 1930 Herbert Jenkins Ltd London. Fo. (290 x 375mm) d/w torn, green cloth, stained and bumped (2)
Provenance: with the Synge Family by descent
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CURTIS, William, English Botanist (1746-1799), The Botanical Magazine or Flower-Garden Displayed Vol 1-20, 1790-1804, with General Indexes to the Plants and advertisement and portrait engraving by Sansom in Vol. 20. Stephen Couchman, Throgmorton St. London. 8vo. (235 x 145mm), multiple fine plates, contemporary marbled boards and tooled leather spines with red titles, binding poor and much foxing throughout (20)
Provenance: Synge Family by descent
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British Mosses in the English Lake District prepared and arranged by J.J. Flintoft, printed frontispiece, m/s descriptions to samples, losses. blue linen boards with gilt title (224 x 150mm) ex lib with stamps and labels
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A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes Containing a Description of the most Romantic Scenery of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire... 48 plates by T.H. Fielding and J. Walton Ackermann, London 1821. 4to. rebound in red cloth. ex lib with stamps
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FROHAWK, F.W. Natural History of British Butterflies. 60 full pages. plates. 2 vols. Fo. Hutchinson & Co. London 1914, blue cloth, one with d/w. ex library, stamps throughout
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Palestine and the Crusades, A Historical Introduction and Gazetteer to Accompany a large fold out map under the direction of F.J. Salmon, Land and Surveys Palestine. Scale 1:350,000, 77 x 54cm approx. ex OCC Library with stamps together with 9 Pcs. The Rules of Golf after Chas Crombie, mod. reproductions (2)
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