Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century

Sir Winston Churchill typed letter signed, to A. Montanaro addressing the people of Malta ("...I shall always remember the gallant part that Malta and the Maltese played in the Second World War..."), 1 page, 8vo, headed stationery of 28 Hyde Park Gate, London, November 1962 [with:] A. Montanaro, retained copy of a letter to Churchill, explaining that he is the editor of a Maltese newsaper, Il Berqa, and asking for "a short message to the people of Malta" to form part of a "short illustrated biography of yourself", 1 page, 4to, 13 November 1962; Anthony Montague Browne, private secretary to Churchill, typed letter signed, enclosing the letter from Churchill, 1 page, 8vo, 21 November 1962; press photograph of Churchill, in uniform and smoking a cigar The Siege of Malta from 1940-42 was a powerful symbol of resistance to the Nazi onslaught in the early years of World War Two. The island was famously awarded the George Cross in 1942 for the inhabitants' heroism under siege.

View 1 of Lot 17: Winston Churchill | typed letter signed, addressed to the people of Malta, November 1962

winston churchill | typed letter signed, addressed to the people of malta, november 1962

The Library of William O’Brien: Property of the Milltown Park Charitable Trust

MARTIN, GREGORY. A Discoverie of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretikes of our Daies. Rheims: John Fogny, 1582, bookplates of the Dyneley family, later calf, [STC 17503; Allison & Rogers II, 514], some worming and staining, some headlines cropped

MARTIN, GREGORY. A Discoverie of the Manifold Corruptions of the Holy Scriptures by the Heretikes of our Daies. Rheims: John Fogny, 1582, bookplates of the Dyneley family, later calf, [STC 17503; Allison & Rogers II, 514], some worming and staining, some headlines croppedHAMILTON, JOHN. A facile traictise…Louvain: Lawrence Kellam, 1600, later calf, red edges, [STC 12730; Allison & Rogers II, 370], some staining, binding wornBONAVENTURA, SAINT. The life of the most holy father S. Francis. Douai: Martin Bogard, 1635, translated by Anthony Browne, later red morocco gilt, early ownership signatures on title, [STC 3272; Allison & Rogers II, 93], slightly soiled and stainedSTAPLETON, JOHN. Tres Thomae… Douai: John Bogard, 1588, engraved portrait of Sir Thomas More, contemporary vellum, all edges gilt, some early underlining, [Allison & Rogers II, 1159], soiled, binding partially split[CASTLEMAINE, ROGER PALMER, EARL OF]. The Catholique apology with a reply to the answer together with a clear refutation of the seasonable discourse…as also Dr Stillingfleet’s last gun-powder treason sermon... [?Antwerp, 1674], third edition, modern cloth boards, catalogue of Catholics who “died and suffered for their loyalty" printed in red at the end, [Wing C1240]; various sizes

a collection of five works in english, comprising:

Bibliophile III

8vo (221 x 134mm.), 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 20 etched plates by 'Phiz' (H.K. Browne) in volume 1, 20 wood-engraved plates by Miss Taylor in volume 2, with 2 pages of publisher's advertisements at end of volume 1 (not described by Sadleir), original crimson patterned cloth blocked on front and back with decorative frame in blind, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, pale yellow endpapers, hinges expertly repaired, occasional slight spotting, slight wear to joints and extremities

can you forgive her? london: chapman & hall, 1864

Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana

WAYNE, ANTHONY AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED ("ANTHONY WAYNE"), REGARDING THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF HIS RICE PLANTATION 2 pages on a single leaf (watermarked posthorn gr), Savannah, 7 October 1788; lightly browned, some ink corrosion. After Yorktown, Wayne negotiated peace treaties with both the Creeks and the Cherokees, severing their ties to the British. The present document represents Wayne's attempts to untangle affairs in connection with the large rice plantation that was subsequently given to him by a grateful Georgia. Wayne failed as a rice planter, in part because the crop was labor intensive and required a large investment in slaves. The resulting debt harried the erratic soldier even though Georgia law favored debtors, and his creditors could not, or did not, press him as hard as he appears to have thought. This document is headed "Genl. Anthony Wayne in A/C with Mr Adam Tunno," from whom Wayne had purchased slaves. Wayne had credit with Amsterdam merchants Willem and Jan Willink, who are mentioned herein; it appears that some of his payment was also to be made in rice. In his accounting practices, Wayne employed some intemperate references to his business associates: Philip Jacob Cohen, who acted for the slave dealer, is repeatedly referred to as "Jew Broker," while Tunno, an immigrant from Scotland, is called "Insidious Caladonian." In 1791, the resolution of a resultant lawsuit released Wayne from debt but spelled the end of his dream of becoming a genteel Georgia planter. This circumstance led him to return to military service and his successful frontier campaign during the Northwest Indian War that opened much of the Midwest to settlement.

wayne, anthony. autograph document signed, 7 october 1788

Books and Manuscripts from the Collection of Jay I. Kislak. Sold to Benefit the Kislak Family Foundation. 

Wayne, Anthony Two autograph letters, containing correspondence between Anthony Wayne and Juan de Quesada. [Savannah and St. Augustine: 1791] Autograph letter (223 x 186 mm), 1.5 pp., 4to, written in black ink, signed ("Anthony Wayne") and dated ("Savannah State of Georgia | 6th Feby 1791"); browned, 2 old horizontal folds, separating along vertical fold, a few small holes, short marginal tears not affecting text. [With]: Quesada, Juan de. Autograph letter (297 x 205 mm) on 1 leaf, written recto in Spanish, signed ("Juan Nepomuceno de Quesada") and dated ("San Agustin de la Florida ... Mayo 10 1791"); old folds, foxed. An intriguing pair of letters, in which Wayne writes in order to introduce John McQueen, "a Gentleman of large fortune rank & consideration ... shou'd he incline to become an inhabitant of East Florida, he will be an acquisition to your Government ... not only from his own worth, & the operating property he will carry with him, but also from the number of valuable Citizens that may eventually be induced to follow his example ..." Despite this strong endorsement of character, McQueen was, in fact, fleeing to Florida so as to escape debtors' prison in Georgia—and it is reasonable to assume that Wayne was aware of his situation, given that he was residing in Savannah at the time. Juan de Quesada, then the Governor of East Florida under Spain, replies here with gratitude for Wayne's letter of introduction, stating that he would happily welcome McQueen.

View 1 of Lot 101: Wayne, Anthony | A letter of introduction for a supposed "Gentleman of large fortune"

wayne, anthony | a letter of introduction for a supposed "gentleman of large fortune"

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana 

(Washington, George) (Oliver Holden). Sacred Dirges, Hymns, and Anthems, Commemorative of the Death of General George Washington. Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, [1800] Oblong 4to (200 x 230 mm). Woodcut funerary urn vignette on title-page set within a ruled frame; browned, repairs to minor marginal tears on first two leaves, several crude repairs to long tears on final leaf, browned throughout, center creased. Stab-sewn. Blue wrappers; lower wrapper gone. Half red morocco portfolio. First edition, second issue, with the additional dirge by Anthony Pasquin. REFERENCE BAL 17006; ESTC W2895; Evans 37635; Sabin 32475

View 1 of Lot 525: (Washington, George) | With the additional dirge by Anthony Pasquin.

(washington, george) | with the additional dirge by anthony pasquin.

Collection of six typed letters signed, to Major Francis Jones, Wales Herald at Arms, some with autograph revisions, 4to, the Chantry, Nr. Frome (one from 1 Chester Gate, London NW1), 26 April 1950-8 October 1962, earliest letter slightly browned

powell, anthony.

comprising: A Question of Upbringing. 1951, ink-stamp to front free endpaper, minor repairs to slightly browned dust-jacket very slightly frayed at extremities; A Buyer’s Market. 1952, slight tears to price-clipped dust-jacket with ink-stamped price on upper flap; The Acceptance World. 1955, slight spotting, upper hinge split, repairs to price-clipped dust-jacket with tears and minor loss; At Lady Molly’s. 1957, slight spotting, minor spotting to dust-jacket; Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant. 1960, dust-jacket very slightly frayed at extremities; The Kindly Ones. 1962, minor adhesive-tape mark to upper flap of dust-jacket; The Valley of Bones. 1964, price-clipped dust-jacket; The Soldier’s Art. 1966, price-clipped dust-jacket; The Military Philosophers. 1968, price-clipped dust-jacket with metric ink-stamped price on upper flap; Books Do Furnish a Room. 1971; Temporary Kings. 1973; Hearing Secret Harmonies. 1975; all first editions, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jackets (12)

[a dance to the music of time]. london: william heinemann, 1951-75

The Estate of Christian, Lady Hesketh:Sold by order of her Executors, together with property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh's Will Trust

Memoirs of Count Grammont. London: S. and E. Harding, [c.1794], 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, 76 engraved portraits, contemporary English red straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with gilt foliate borders within triple gilt fillets, spine gilt in 6 compartments, gilt edges, one or two pp. browned

hamilton, anthony, translator.

The JAMES S. COPLEY LIBRARY: MAGNIFICENT AMERICAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS: FIRST SELECTION

Autograph letter signed ("AntyWayne"), 3 pages (8 1/2 x 6 in.; 216 x 152 mm), Headquarters, Ebenezer, [Georgia], 19 February 1782, to Governor John Martin; browned, long center fold split with remnants of old tape repairs.

wayne, anthony, continental general

The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield Removed from Shirburn Castle, Part Eight:  Theology, Philosophy, Law, and Economics

Ibid. A brief exposition with practical observations upon the whole book of Canticles... Published by Anthony Tuckey. London: T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1655, [16], 238, [2 (blank)] pp., A1 cancelled, A2 imprimatur leaf, slightly browned

Ibid. A brief exposition with practical observations upon the whole book of Canticles... Published by Anthony Tuckey. London: T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1655, [16], 238, [2 (blank)] pp., A1 cancelled, A2 imprimatur leaf, slightly browned 2 works in one volume, 8vo (162 x 100mm.), binding: contemporary calf, upper cover loose

a briefe exposition of the whole book of canticles, or song of solomon. london: j. young for c. green, 1648, [2], 256pp., title-page slightly browned

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books & Illustrations

8vo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author to his friend Bernard Brown ("To Bernard | from | John x | April 1962 | x Anthony Burgess"), first issue in black cloth, spine lettered in silver, dust-jacket, jacket slightly browned with a few tears at head and base of the spine and other edges and corners

8vo, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author to his friend Bernard Brown ("To Bernard | from | John x | April 1962 | x Anthony Burgess"), first issue in black cloth, spine lettered in silver, dust-jacket, jacket slightly browned with a few tears at head and base of the spine and other edges and cornersPresentation copies of A Clockwork Orange inscribed near the time of publication are uncommon. Bernard Brown was a close schoolboy friend of the author's at Xaverian College, the grammar school in Manchester, and also subsequently at Manchester University, which they both attended. They remained lifelong friends. See Burgess's autobiography Little Wilson and Big Dog. The First Part of the Confession.

a clockwork orange. william heinemann, 1962

Beds in the East. Heinemann, 1959, first edition, presentation copy inscribed to his friend Bernard Brown ("...-with love | John B.W. | London, | April, 1959"), first edition, slightly soiled, jacket  browned (preserved in laminate cover); Nothing Like the Sun. Heinemann, 1964, first edition,  presentation copy co-inscribed by the author and his wife ("To Bernard for his | birthday. August 1965 | With love from | Lynne | and | 'Anthony Burgess' (John)"), first edition;  The Wanting Seed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1963, first American edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author ("To Bernard | from Lynne | & John | Xmas | 1963"), jacket torn and discoloured; original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (3)

Beds in the East. Heinemann, 1959, first edition, presentation copy inscribed to his friend Bernard Brown ("...-with love | John B.W. | London, | April, 1959"), first edition, slightly soiled, jacket  browned (preserved in laminate cover); Nothing Like the Sun. Heinemann, 1964, first edition,  presentation copy co-inscribed by the author and his wife ("To Bernard for his | birthday. August 1965 | With love from | Lynne | and | 'Anthony Burgess' (John)"), first edition;  The Wanting Seed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1963, first American edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author ("To Bernard | from Lynne | & John | Xmas | 1963"), jacket torn and discoloured; original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo (3) For Bernard Brown see next lot.

three inscribed presentation copies:

Highlights from the Mendham Collection: The Property of the Law Society of England and Wales

8vo (129 x 91mm.), woodcut printer's device on last leaf [McKerrow 113], woodcut initials, old vellum, Aii torn, slightly damp-stained and browned, split at gutter, binding spotted

a boke made by iohan fryth, prysoner in the towr of london, answering vnto. m. mores letter, which he wrote against the fyrst lytle treatyse that iohan fryth made concerning the sacrament of the body and bloud of christ. vnto which boke are added in the ende the artycles of his examination before the bysshoppes ... for whych iohn frith was condempned and after brente ... the forth day of iuly. anno. 1533. [london: anthony scoloker and william seres, 1548]

John Caldigate. London: Chapman & Hall, 1879, 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles, publisher's lilac-grey silk-grained cloth, covers blocked in blind and black, spines lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers, modern folding box, slight browning and spotting, some wear to hinges, covers very slightly rubbed, spines slightly chipped at head and foot; Doctor Wortle's School. London: Chapman & Hall, 1881, 2 volumes, publisher's greenish-grey silk-grained cloth blocked in gold and black, pale yellow end-papers, modern folding box, slightly browned, spine ends lightly bumped; Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices. London: Wm. Isbister, Ltd., 1882, publisher's bright blue sand-grained cloth, blocked in black, dark greyish-chocolate endpapers, occasional slight spotting, covers slightly scuffed; The Fixed Period. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1882, 2 volumes, publisher's smooth dark red cloth, covers and spine blocked in gold, modern folding box, subscription library label pasted to front fixed endpaper, pencil signature on first page of text volume 1, hinges slightly weak, some wear to endpapers, covers slightly scuffed, spines bumped at head and foot; The Land Leaguers. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883, 3 volumes, half-titles, publisher's smooth dark green cloth, covers blocked in dull yellow, spines decorated in yellow and lettered in gold, white endpapers, modern folding box, small tear to upper margin of volume 3 p.15, occasional slight browning, covers scratched and scuffed in places, spines bumped at head and foot; 8vo, 11 volumes in all

first editions of five later novels:

i) Digby, Kenelm. Two treatises in the one of which, the nature of bodies; in the other, the nature of mans soule; is looked into: in way of discovery, of the immorality of reasonable soules. Paris: Gilles Blaizot, 1644, folio (409 x 272mm.), first edition, large copy, woodcut initials, ornaments, and head- and tail-pieces, licence leaf at end, with final blank, full red morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers [Krivatsy 3258; Wing D1448], some rubbing to binding, particularly to joints and spine, lacking free endpapers;

i) Digby, Kenelm. Two treatises in the one of which, the nature of bodies; in the other, the nature of mans soule; is looked into: in way of discovery, of the immorality of reasonable soules. Paris: Gilles Blaizot, 1644, folio (409 x 272mm.), first edition, large copy, woodcut initials, ornaments, and head- and tail-pieces, licence leaf at end, with final blank, full red morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers [Krivatsy 3258; Wing D1448], some rubbing to binding, particularly to joints and spine, lacking free endpapers; ii) Bacon, Francis. Opera omnia. Frankfurt: Johann Baptist Schönwetter, 1665, folio (352 x 200mm.), half-title, portrait frontispiece, title page printed in black and red with vignette, full calf, worn, upper board detached, worming and wear to page edges; iii) Wood, Anthony. Athenae Oxonienses. An exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the most ancient and famous university of Oxford. London: R. Knaplock, D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, 1721, 2 volumes, folio (398 x 240mm.), second edition, title pages printed in black and red, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, full panelled calf [ESTC T59423], bindings rubbed, hinges fragile, old paper labels on spine, a few scuffs to boards of vol. II Provenance: J. Sandford, bookplate; iv) Spelman, Henry. The English works of Sir Henry Spelman, Kt. London: D. Browne, W. Mears, F. Clay and Fletcher Gyles, 1723, 2 volumes in one, folio (459 x 265mm.), title page printed in black and red in volume one, engraved portrait frontispiece, fly-titles, 2 folding family trees, woodcut ornaments and initials, full mottled calf, all edges red [ESTC T130823], rebacked, hinges cracked Provenance: William Lee Antonie (1764-1815), bookplate; John Lee of Hartwell (1783-1866), bookplate; Francis Henry Jeune (1843-1905), bookplate; v) Selden, John. Joannis Seldeni jurisconsulti opera omnia, tam edita quam inedita. London: by William Bowyer [vol. 2: S. Palmer; vol. 3: T. Wood] for J. Walthoe, G. Conyers, J. Knapton [&c.], 1726, 3 volumes in 6, folio (387 x 245mm.), portrait frontispiece in volume one, fly titles, tables and some text printed in black and red, woodcut ornaments, panelled calf, spines gilt in compartments, speckled edges [ESTC T153464], each volume inscribed with shelfmark at foot of spine, some rubbing to bindings Provenance: John Rolle, Baron Rolle (c.1751-1842) bookplate; vi) Collins, Arthur. Historical collections of the noble families of Cavendishe, Holles, Vere, Harley, and Ogle, with the lives of the most remarkable persons. London: For Edward Withers, 1752, folio (364 x 222mm), 12 engraved plates (including 10 portraits), full calf, speckled edges [ESTC T139243], binding worn and joints starting, some offsetting, bookplate; vii) Bacon, Francis. The works of Francis Bacon. London: A. Millar, 1753, 3 volumes, folio (349 x 220mm.), frontispieces, title page printed in black and red, additional collective title in volume one, full calf [ESTC T89046], boards worn, hinges fragile, upper board of vol 2 detached, frontispiece loose in vol 1, spotting and browning throughout Provenance: George Stewart Nicholson, bookplate; viii) Robertson, William. The history of the reign of the emperor Charles V. London: W. Strahan, T. Cadell and J. Balfour, 1769, 3 volumes, 4to (264 x 212mm.), half-titles, final errata leaf at end of volume 3, full marbled calf in a striped pattern, decorative borders in gilt, black spine labels, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers [ESTC T71143], bindings worn Provenance: Earl of Ormonde and Ossory, bookplate; ix) Herbert, Edward. The life of Edward Lord Herbert. London: J. Dodsley, 1792, 4to (229 x 183mm.), fourth edition, folding engraved frontispiece, folding family tree, full calf with small gilt motif at centre of boards, spine gilt [ESTC T110828], binding rubbed; x) Wood, Anthony. Athenae Oxonienses. An exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the most ancient and famous university of Oxford…and a continuation by Philip Bliss. London: F.C. and J. Rivington [&c.], 1813-1820, 4 volumes, 4to (303 x 230mm.), new edition, matched set, errata leaf at end of volume one and volume four, volume one in full calf, volumes 2-4 in calf backed marbled boards, volume one rebacked, some rubbing to bindings [with:] Fasti Oxonienses, or annals of the university of Oxford. London: F.C. and J. Rivington [&c.], 1815-1820, 4to (308 x 230mm.), 2 volumes in one, new edition, calf backed marbled boards, speckled edges, boards rubbed; xi) [Bible]. The Holy Bible, translated from the Latin vulgate. Dublin: Thomas Haydock, 1813-1814, folio (421 x 260mm.) engraved frontispieces to old and new testaments and 14 plates (lacking 4 plates listed in the instructions to the binder but with two additional plates not listed), 2 folding tables at end, map at end, full red morocco gilt with Christogram of the Jesuits at centre of boards, spine gilt, gilt dentells, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, some rubbing to binding some browning, some folding and wear to a few leaves; together 25 volumes

a collection of 25 volumes of religious, philosophical, historical and legal works, including:

Atterbury, Francis (1663-1732), bishop of Rochester. Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions. London: T. Woodward and C. Davis, 1740 (volumes 1-2), 1737 (volumes 3-4), 8vo, 4 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, bindings worn

Atterbury, Francis (1663-1732), bishop of Rochester. Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions. London: T. Woodward and C. Davis, 1740 (volumes 1-2), 1737 (volumes 3-4), 8vo, 4 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, bindings worn Bull, George (1634-1710), bishop of St David's. Some important points of primitive Christianity maintained and defended. London: W.B. for Richard Smith, 1713, 8vo, 3 volumes, woodcut headpieces and initials, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments, spotting, bindings markedBurnett, Thomas (d. 1750). The demonstration of true religion. London: for Arthur Bettesworth, 1726, 8vo, 2 volumes, engraved headpieces and initials, contemporary blind-tooled calf, some manuscript pencil marginaliaCarr, George (1705-1776). Sermons. Edinburgh: for Bell & Bradfute, G.G.J. & J. Robinson and J. Murray, 1791, 8vo, 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece portrait by Anthony Walker, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt in compartments, black morocco lettering-piecesGale, John (1680-1721). Sermons preach'd upon several subjects. London: J. Darby and T. Browne for J. Noon and S. Chandler, J. Brotherton, A. Ward, and S. Billingsley, 1726, 8vo, 4 volumes, engraved portrait frontispiece by George Vertue in first volume, contemporary calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering piece, marbled edges, frontispiece to volume 3 torn and to volume 4 missingJeffery, John (1647-1720), archdeacon of Norwich.  A complete collection of the sermons and tracts. London: for J[ohn] Payne and J[oseph] Bouquet, 1751, 8vo, 2 volumes, engraved frontispiece portrait by  Anthony Walker, contemporary calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering piece, pink speckled edges, binding slightly worn Secker, Thomas (1693-1768), archbishop of Canterbury. Sermons on several subjects. London: for J. and F. Rivington and B. White, 1770-1771, 8vo, 7 volumes, contemporary calf, spines gilt in compartments, bindings scratchedSnape, Andrew (1675-1742). Forty five sermons on several subjects. London: for S. Birt, R. Manby, and H.S. Cox, 1745, 8vo, 3 volumes, woodcut headpieces and initials, contemporary calf gilt, spines gilt in compartments, slight staining to volume 2, bindings scratchedVenn, John (1759-1813). Sermons. London: Ellerton & Henderson, for J. Hatchard and Rivingtons, 1819, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt and blind-tooled, spines gilt and blind-tooled in compartments, bindings scratchedWhichcote, Benjamin (1609-1683). Several discourses. London: for James Knapton, 1702, 8vo, 4 volumes, engraved portrait frontispiece by Robert White in each volume, contemporary straight-grained calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, some damage to marbled endpapers, bindings scratchedYoung, Edward (c. 1641-1705). Sermons on several occasions. London: J[ohn] H[eptinstall] for Walter Kettilby, 1706, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red and black morocco lettering-pieces, binding slightly worn together 41 volumes

our saviour's divine sermon on the mount. london: j. brotherton, 1722-23, 8vo, 5 volumes, woodcut headpieces and initials, contemporary calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, spotting, bindings scratched

Bibliotheca Brookeriana: A Renaissance Library. The Aldine Collection N-Z

Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano. Ioannis Iouiani Pontani Opera omnia soluta oratione composita. Nomina librorum, qui in hisce tribus partibus continentur, à tergo huius paginae notata reperiuntur. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, June 1518

Pontano, Giovanni Gioviano. Ioannis Iouiani Pontani Opera omnia soluta oratione composita. Nomina librorum, qui in hisce tribus partibus continentur, à tergo huius paginae notata reperiuntur. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, June 1518 [Uniformly bound with vol. 2, with separate title-page:] Ioannis Iouiani Pontani De aspiratione libri duo. Charon dialogus. Antonius dialogus. Actius dialogus. Aegidius dialogus. Asinus dialogus. De sermone libri sex. Belli, quod Ferdinandus senior Neapolitanus rex cum Ioanne Andeganiensium [!] duce gessit, libri sex. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, April 1519 [Uniformly bound with vol. 3, with separate title-page:] Centum Ptolemaei sententiae ad Syrum fratrem à Pontano è graeco in latinum tralatae [!], atque expositae. Eiusdem Pontani libri xiiii de reb. coelestibus. Liber etiam de luna imperfectus. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, September 1519 A fine set of the first Aldine edition of Pontano's collected prose in unrestored uniform bindings by the Mendoza Binder, from the library of the Papal Countess Doheny. The third volume contains the first edition of his scientific, proto-scientific, and astrological writings, including Centum Ptolemaei sententiae. Eiusdem de reb. coeslestibus. Liber etiam de luna imperfectus. The pseudo-Ptolemaic Centum sententiae, or Centiloquy, is a collection of astrological aphorisms, once thought to have been the work of Claudius Ptolemaeus—from whose work it differs in many key respects. Seventeenth-century English scholars such as Joseph Moxon and William Lilly noted that some ascribed it to the mythical Hermes Trismegistus. More recent speculation has centered around the figure of Abu Ja’far Ahmad ibn Yusuf Ibn Daya (d. ca. 941), who wrote extensive glosses to the work, and translated it into Hebrew and Latin. Indices, contents, errata, and registers for all three volumes appear at the end of volume 3. 3 volumes, 4to (216 x 130 mm). Italic type, with some Greek, 39 lines plus headline. collation: (vol. 1:) *4 a–z8 aa–ss8 (-ss8); 331 (of 332) foliated leaves (lacking terminal blank; with blank m8). Woodcut Aldine device on title-page, three- to seven- line initial spaces with guide letters. (vol. 2:) A–Z8 AA–QQ8 RR6: 318 foliated leaves (F8 blank). Four- to seven-line initial spaces with guide letters. (vol. 3:) aaa–zzz8 AAA–RRR8: 320 foliated leaves. Woodcut Aldine device on RRR8v, four- to seven-line initial spaces with guide letters. (A little scattered staining throughout, vol. 1 with some mostly unobtrusive small wormholes and short trail in lower margins of quires *–bb, vol. 2 title-page a bit soiled, miniscule worming to lower fore- edge corners of K6–M7, short tear at fore-edge margin of M3, vol. 3 with sporadic minor worming at lowermost margin, most apparent in first quire, inner sheet of quire rrr and outer sheet of ttt browned.) binding: Venetian black goatskin by the Mendoza Binder (222 x 145 mm), ca. 1540, border formed by gold and blind fillets empty except for gilt rosettes at corners and gilt-lettered title OPERA PŌTA. VOL. I [II, III] at head, gilt leafy corner ornaments, gilt stirrups tête-bêche in center surrounded by four leaves, spine gilt-ruled with fillets and hatches in eight compartments with three full and four half bands, edges gilt and gauffered to a ropework pattern, remnants of four pairs of fabric ties. (Slightest rubbing to extremities, few small wormholes, front free endpaper of first vol. restored.) provenance: Carlo Archinto, conte di Tainate (1669–1732), armorial bookplate — John Anderson, Jr. (successor to Bangs & Co.), New York, 21 May 1903, lot 7; purchased by — unidentified owner — Charles William Dyson Perrins (1864-1958), ex libris and circular ticket “223” referencing Alfred W. Pollard, Italian book-illustrations and early printing; a catalogue of early Italian books in the library of C. W. Dyson Perrins (London 1914); his sale, Sotheby’s, London, 17-18 June 1946, lot 224; purchased by —Martin Breslauer, London (£65); Catalogue 61 (London, 1947), item 42 (£105) — Estelle Doheny (1875– 1958); Lucille V. Miller, Catalogue of books & manuscripts in the Estelle Doheny Collection (Los Angeles 1955), III, p. 3; bequeathed to; bequeathed to — St. John's Seminary, Camarillo; Christie's New York, 17–18 October 1988, lot 1027 (sold on behalf of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles). acquisition: Purchased at Christie's via Martin Breslauer, Inc. references: UCLA 168, 178, 183; Adams P1860; Cataldi Palau 36, 47, 50; Edit16 47484; Renouard 82/3, 87/6, 87/7; USTC 850317; for the binding, Anthony Hobson, Renaissance book collecting (Cambridge 1999), p. 247 (Appendix 5: The Mendoza Binder, no. 117)

View 1 of Lot 1353: Pontano, Opera omnia, Venice, Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, 1518, Venetian black goatskin by the Mendoza Binder,  ca. 1540

pontano, opera omnia, venice, heirs of aldo manuzio & andrea torresano, 1518, venetian black goatskin by the mendoza binder, ca. 1540

The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin

Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery

Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery The Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes, Unlawfully Held in Bondage. Begun in the year 1774, and enlagred [sic] on the twenty-third of April, 1787. To which are added, the Acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, for the Gradual Abolition of slavery. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph James, in Chesnut-Street, M.DCC.LXXXVII (1787) 8vo (198 x 128 mm). Half-title; lightly browned, some light dampstaining to upper margin of last few leaves. Stab-sewn in original blue wrappers; soiled, long, clean tear to front wrapper. First edition, first issue, with misspelling enlagred on title-page. In 1774 Anthony Benezet called the first meeting of the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully held in Bondage; most of its members were Quakers. The Society grew in numbers and reorganized several times; and it was joined by such prominent figures as Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush, who helped write the Society's new constitution—which was drafted and published in the same year and the same city—Philadelphia—as the Constitution of the United States, of which, of course, Franklin was also a significant framer. The preamble, or introduction, to the Society’s constitution states: “It having pleased the Creator of the world, to make of one flesh, all the children of men—it becomes them to consult and promote each other’s happiness, as members of the same family, however diversified they may be, by colour, situation, religion, or different states of society. It is more especially the duty of those persons, who profess to maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who acknowledge the obligations of Christianity, to use such means as are in their power, to extend the blessings of freedom to every part of the human race; and in a more particular manner, to such of their fellow-creatures, as are entitled to freedom by the laws and constitutions of any of the United States, and who, notwithstanding, are detained in bondage, by fraud or violence.— From a full conviction of the truth and obligation of these principles—from a desire to diffuse them, wherever the miseries and vices of slavery exist, and in humble confidence of the favour and support of the Father of Mankind, the subscribers have associated themselves under the title of the ‘Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage.’” Inevitably, some modern historians have questioned the sincerity of Franklin’s commitment to abolition; for example, Emma J. Lapsansky-Werner writes, “But in the end, Franklin’s abolitionism remains something of an enigma, replete with questions, contradictions, inconsistencies. Some have argued that Franklin’s apparent antislavery energy was little more than the backwater of his wife’s commitment to the cause. … The fact that there is no evidence that Franklin ever made friends with a black person gives cause to raise such a question. Apparently new insights did not alter his behavior toward the black people surrounding him” (“At the End, an Abolitionist?,” in Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World, ed. Talbott, pp. 294–96). However, the letter that Franklin sent to Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut, 12 January 1788, just three days after that state had ratified the proposed Constitution of the United States, leaves little doubt of the genuine abhorrence with which the elder statesman viewed slavery: “The Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of Slavery, & the relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage have taken the liberty to request your Excellencys acceptance of a few copies of their Constitution and the laws of Pennsa. which relate to one of the objects of their Institution. … The Society have heard with great distress that a considerable part of the Slaves, who have been sold in the Southern States since the establishment of the peace have been imported in vessels fitted out in the United States. From your Excellencys station they hope your influence will be exerted hereafter to prevent a practice which is so evidently repugnant to the political principles & forms of government lately adopted by the Citizens of the United States, & wch. cannot fail of delaying the enjoyment of the blessings of Peace & Liberty by drawing down the displeasure of the great and impartial ruler of the Universe upon our Country.” (Franklin’s letter to Huntington was sold by Sotheby’s New York, 7 December 1999, lot 34A, and, at $305,000, is the most expensive letter by Franklin ever sold at auction. The letter remains unpublished, but will be included in a forthcoming volume of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin; in the meantime, the text, without editorial apparatus, is available at franklinpapers.org.) REFERENCES ESTC W30521; Evans 20636; Federal Hundred 14; Sabin 60364

View 1 of Lot 139: Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery | “to extend the blessings of freedom to every part of the human race”

pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery | “to extend the blessings of freedom to every part of the human race”

(Washington, George) Washington Irving. Life of George Washington. New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1855–1859 5 volumes, 4to (302 x 240 mm). Engraved title-pages on India paper mounted, each with a different vignette, extra-illustrated with 29 autograph letters and documents and approximately 320 engraved portraits, maps, views, and other illustrations, including handcolored frontispieces; some occasional marginal spotting, a few leaves lightly browned. Full red levant morocco gilt by Rivière, covers with gilt borders and cornerpieces of patriotic shields, front cover with central gilt crest of Washington, rear cover with central gilt Great Seal of the United States (all enhanced with onlays of white and blue morocco), spines gilt in six compartments, lettered in the second and third, the others incorporating a stylized GW cipher in a foliate design, blue morocco doublures with elaborate dentelles and five medallion miniature portraits inlaid inside front covers (Washington after Trumbull, Irving, Washington after Peale, Martha Washington, Washington after Stuart; each 100 by 75 mm), purple moiré linings, top edges gilt. Red cloth slipcases, half red morocco chemises lettered gilt; slipcases and chemises rubbed and darkened, but the bindings brilliantly fresh. A magnificent set of the first edition, large-paper limited issue of Irving's influential biography of George Washington, extensively extra-illustrated and splendidly bound. This is no. 51 of 110 large-paper sets, advertised as "the Magnificent Quarto Edition … superfine paper, plates on India paper." Irving's "final project, long contemplated, was a five-volume Life of George Washington, elaborately researched and agonizingly completed as his health failed. … The book was designed … for both scholars and average American readers. It tended to reaffirm standard conceptions of the nation's most revered patriot, who, for Irving, was a nearly perfect hero. A country gentleman, a soldier, and republican, motivated by civic virtue as well as a sense of noblesse oblige, he had served his country disinterestedly, carefully mediating, for instance, while president, between Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian extremes, Irving went to great lengths to make him a less remote, less glacial figure" (William L. Hedges in American National Biography). Putnam issued the large-paper sets with 102 additional publisher's illustrations, on India paper mounted, not found in the standard octavo edition. A subsequent owner added more than two hundred further engravings and other illustrations, as well as twenty-nine original manuscripts. The letters and documents by Washington's associates and contemporaries (each one page unless otherwise noted) are inventoried below. Vol. 1: Robert Dinwiddie, as Gov. of Virginia. Printed DS, Williamsburgh, 16 August 1756, on parchment (slightly stained), being a land grant to Daniel Harris for land in Albemarle Co. — Sir William Pepperell, British officer in King George's War and the French & Indian War. ALS to Charles Apthorpe, Kittery, 11 March 1733, concerning litigation over the cargo of a vessel. — Guy Carleton, British Gen. and Gov. Gen. of Canada. Printed DS to John Powell, [London], 1 March 1781, requesting that Powell furnish "an Account at what period Lord Hollands Accounts were delivered to the Auditors." — George William Fairfax, friend and mentor to Washington. ADS to Thomas Rutherford Jr., n.p., September 24 [1755], appointing Rutherford to make a survey in Frederick County. — Artemus Ward, as Continental Maj. Gen. DS to Ebenezer Hancock (brother of John), Deputy Paymaster General, Boston, Headquarters, March 19, 1777, being a payment order to Joshua Davis, Barrack Master. This volume includes 71 extra-illustrations. Vol. 2 : Thomas Mifflin, as Gov. of Pennsylvania. DS to Christian Febiger, Treasurer, Philadelphia, 15 December, 1791 (closed tears), being an order to pay N. Falconer £79.2s. "for the pay of the Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia. …" — Henry Knox, as Sec. of War. ALS to Gen. Jackson, Philadelphia, August 8, 1791, concerning the purchase of some land. — George Clinton, patriot and Gov. of New York. ANS to Gilbert Livingston, Poughkepsie, n.p., 23 August, 1773. — Charles Lee, Continental Maj. Gen. ALS to an unidentified correspondent, n.p., n.d., 2 pp., a testy note about an altercation. — Aaron Burr, soldier & politician. ALS to William & George R. A. Ricketts, Executors, New York, 3 August 1816, concerning the legal claims of a Mr. Brown on a certain estate. This volume includes 68 extra-illustrations. Vol. 3: Anthony Wayne, as Senior Officer of the United States Army. Fragment of note signed, Greenville, 1 October 1795, requiring "The Cloathier General of the western army to issue shirts, overalls, shoes & boots etc." — Benjamin Lincoln, Continental Maj. Gen. ALS to an unidentified correspondent (but probably John Hancock), Boston, 4 December 1787, asking to confer about the militia. — Peter Gansevoort, American officer. DS, n.p., n.d., recommending five men for commissions. — Henry Lee III ("Light-Horse Harry"), soldier and politician. ALS to an unidentified correspondent, "City Tavern," n.d., (a few stains), proposing a visit to settle a debt. — Samuel Smith, soldier and Senator from Maryland. ALS to John S. Skinner, Baltimore, 24 October 1831, thanking the Maryland Jockey Club for electing him an Honorary Member. — Jedidiah Huntington, Continental Maj. Gen. ANS to J. Burrall, New London, 5 March 1808, regarding "Mr. Otis's bond." This volume includes 65 extra-illustrations. Vol. 4: Richard Varick, Continental officer, as mayor of New York. DS, New York, 2 February 1801, discussing bail in a case in the Court of Common Pleas. — George III, as King of England, & the Marquess Cornwallis. Printed DS, signed by both, [London], 4 April 1796, on vellum, being a commission for William Holcroft. — William Heath, as Continental Maj. Gen. DS to Ebenezer Hancock, Boston, 16 October 1778, being an order to pay an artillery supply merchant. — Louis-Marie, vicomte de Noailles, French officer. ALS, in English, to an unidentified correspondent, n.d., n.p., concerning the transfer of some share certificates of the "Asylum Company." — Robert R. Livingston, politician and diplomat. ANS to unidentified, n.d., n.p. 1p., small 4to. Accepting an invitation. This volume includes 68 extra-illustrations. Vol. 5: John Jay, diplomat and Chief Justice. Printed DS, Albany, 27 January 1800, 2 pp., being a militia commission for B. Williams. — Timothy Pickering, diplomat and politician. ALS to Gov. [Samuel] Huntington, Philadelphia, 17 December 1791, regarding the Post Office at Norwich. — Louis XVI, as King of France. DS, Versailles, 1 December 1768, a financial document with five other signatures. — James Madison, fourth President. Printed DS, Washington, Office of the American Colonization Society, an unaccomplished certification, lithographed, for Life Membership in the Society. — Edmund Randolph, as Gov. of Virginia. Printed DS, Richmond, August 25, 1788, appointing Samuel Griffin to be Sheriff for the County of James City. — Edmond C. Genet, French Minister to U.S. ALS to an unidentified correspondent, Prospect Hill, 29 October 1825 (small repair), discussing the publication of Genet's Memorials. — Rufus King, diplomat and Federalist politician. ALS to Timothy Pitkin, Senate Chamber, 12 February 1816, thanking Pitkin for sending "A Statistical View of the Commerce of the United States." — Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Continental officer, diplomat, and Federalist politician. ALS to Mr. Hodgson, Intendant of Military Stores, Sheppards Town, Headquarters, 5 June 1800, concerning the delivery of military supplies to a South Carolina Regiment. This volume includes 48 extra-illustrations. PROVENANCE Christie's New York, 14 June 2005, lot 470 (undesignated consignor) REFERENCE Celebration of My Country 189; BAL 10192; Langfield 42–43

View 1 of Lot 527: (Washington, George) | A sumptuously bound, extra-illustrated set of Washington Irving's influential biography of George Washington

(washington, george) | a sumptuously bound, extra-illustrated set of washington irving's influential biography of george washington

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana

Marion, Francis Partially printed estate document signed ("Frans Marion," with paraph), accepting the responsibility of discharging a debt as executor of the estate of Anthony Ashby, who fought with Marion in the South Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War Partially printed document (330 x 200 mm), printed by Bowen & Markland, Charleston, South Carolina, accomplished in a clerical hand, [Charleston], 1 January 1786, various dockets on verso, including records of three payments against the obligation witnessed by John Drayton; browned, stained, darkened at folds, fold separations and repairs. Housed between two sheets of mylar sealed with double-sided adhesive tape. The Swamp Fox acts as executor for the estate of comrade in arms. According to the dockets on the verso, it took nearly ten years for this obligation to be discharged. John Drayton, then a young lawyer in private practice, noted three payments: 10 October 1789, 22 June 1790, and 24 February 1796—this final installment was received from Robert Marion, his father, Francis, having died the previous year. Drayton went on to a distinguished career, serving as governor of South Carolina, and Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, appointed by President Madison.

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marion, francis | the swamp fox acts as executor for the estate of comrade in arms

Bibliotheca Brookeriana VIII

FONTANUS, JACOBUS. De bello Rhodio, libri tres. Rome: Francesco Minizio Calvo, February 1524

FONTANUS, JACOBUS. De bello Rhodio, libri tres. Rome: Francesco Minizio Calvo, February 1524 FIRST EDITION BOUND FOR GIOVANNI MERCURIO VIPERA (1436-1527), possibly a presentation copy from the author. This text is "by far the most popular of printed first-hand Western accounts of the great siege and capture of Rhodes by Suleiman I in 1522" and "that by which the majority of Europeans learned of the collapse of their last Christian outpost in the East" (Arthur Freeman, "Editions of Fontanus, De Bello Rhodio", The Library 4 (1969), pp.333-336, p.333). Mercurio Vipera (1436-1527) was Bishop of Bagnoregio, a jurisconsult, and Auditor of the Vatican tribunal, the Sacra Romana Rota. Another copy of this edition bound in Rome by the Cardinals’ Shop and belonging to G. M. Vipera is recorded by Anthony Hobson, "Two early sixteenth-century binder's shops in Rome" in De libris compactis miscellanea, Studia Bibliothecae Wittockianae (Brussels 1984), pp. 79-98 (p. 95, no. 21) and by Maria Luisa Agati & Paul Canart, "Copie et reliure dans la Rome des premières décennies du XVIe siècle: Autour du Cardinals' Shop" in Scripta 2 (2009), pp. 9-38 (p. 13, no. 3 and pl. 10). An inscription on the lower endleaf of the present volume notes that an "Alexander de Alexiis" left Rome for Mantua on 16 June 1524; we may presume that Vipera gifted him the book at this time. It was likely later acquired by Paolo Giovio of Como (1483-1552), Bishop of Nocera; some mathematical calculations on the lower pastedown appear to be in his hand. Folio (289 x 205 mm). Roman type, 40 lines plus headline. Collation: A-L4: 44 leaves (A3v, A4, L3r and L4r blank). Title in elaborate woodcut cartouche, initial spaces with printed guides, early marginal annotation to G4v and inscription to lower endpaper. (Damp mark throughout, leaves browned and foxed, some margins frayed, 25 mm stain to C3-4 slightly affecting text, leaf L1 loose, marginal tear without loss to L2.) Binding: Contemporary Roman brown morocco (295 x 210 mm) for Mercurio Vipera, tooled in low-grade gold (oxidised), 2 concentric frames formed by multiple fillets, fleuron at inner corners, centre of upper cover lettered ".R..D./MERCV/RIO.VI/PERE/.D.S.", centre of lower cover with large arabesque tête-bêche, stubs from 2 pairs of ties, edges gilt and gauffered. (Binding somewhat rubbed and scraped, some small neat repairs, lacking ties, upper endleaf removed, lower endleaf becoming detached, pastedowns frayed.) Provenance: Mercurio Vipera (1436-1527), Auditor of Rota, Bishop of Bagnoregio, name on binding, probably given to—Alexander de Alexiis, note on lower endleaf stating that he left Rome for Mantua on 16 June 1524—Paolo Giovio of Como (1483-1552), Bishop of Nocera, possibly his calculations on lower pastedown, sale of a portion of the remains of his library, Christie's, 17 November 1976, lot 304. Acquisition: Purchased in 1994 from H.P. Kraus, New York. References: Edit16 CNCE 19458; USTC 830287

View 1 of Lot 128: Fontanus, De bello Rhodio libri tres, Rome, 1524, Roman brown morocco gilt for Mercurio de Vipera

fontanus, de bello rhodio libri tres, rome, 1524, roman brown morocco gilt for mercurio de vipera

The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven Part II

John Gerarde The herball or generall historie of plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London master in chirurgerie, very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson citizen and apothecarye of London. London: printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636 Third edition (the second edition edited by Thomas Johnson), folio (339 x 228mm.), engraved allegorical title-page by John Payne, numerous in-text woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, main text in English, early nineteenth-century calf, spine with raised bands in six compartments, morocco label to second compartment, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, engraved title-page laid down, small rust hole and dampstaining to outer margin of Latin dedication leaf (not affecting text), small inkstain to outer margins of preliminary leaves (not affecting text), 2 leaves with tears at corners of lower margins (not affecting text), extremities slightly browned, lower joint splitting, extremities rubbed THIRD EDITION OF THE WORK CONTAINING THE FIRST ENGLISH DESCRIPTION OF THE POTATO. John Gerarde's Herball, originally published in 1597, would become a standard botanical text in seventeenth century England. It is in large part a plagiarised English translation of a 1554 herbal by Rembert Dodoens, and contains woodcuts derived from numerous Continental sources. Gerarde was an experienced practical botanist who cultivated rare plants at his garden in Holborn, including exotic species from the New World. He also supervised the gardens of noblemen including William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and was curator of the physic garden of the Royal College of Physicians. However, the Herball contains folkloric and mythical elements as well as a number of misconceptions and mistakes which betray his lack of scientific training. The second and third editions (1633 and 1636) were edited by Thomas Johnson (d.1644), lauded by the Oxonian antiquary Anthony Wood as "the best herbalist of his age in England". Johnson's editions contain more than 800 new species and 700 new figures, as well as numerous corrections, showing how far the field of botanical knowledge had advanced between the late Elizabethan era and the 1630s. LITERATURE: Hunt 230; Nissen BBI 698; STC 11752 PROVENANCE: Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd baronet and lord Minto (1722-1777), treasurer of the Navy, armorial shelf label with motto "credunt quod vident"

View 1 of Lot 341: John Gerarde | The herball or generall historie of plantes, London, 1636, early nineteenth-century calf

john gerarde | the herball or generall historie of plantes, london, 1636, early nineteenth-century calf

STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS. Statii Syluarum libri V Achilleidos libri XII Thebaidos libri II Orthographia et flexus dictionum Graecarum omnium apud Statium cum accentib. et generib. ex uarijs utriusque linguae authoribus. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, January 1519

STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS. Statii Syluarum libri V Achilleidos libri XII Thebaidos libri II Orthographia et flexus dictionum Graecarum omnium apud Statium cum accentib. et generib. ex uarijs utriusque linguae authoribus. Venice: Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, January 1519 The second Aldine edition, bound in contemporary Roman goatskin. Although Paolo di Bernardino Bancheli's ginkgo leaf tool appears here, Anthony Hobson did not believe the binding came from his shop. 8vo (155 x 98 mm). Italic type, 30 lines plus headline. Collation: a–z8 A–O8: 296 foliated leaves (K2 blank). Woodcut Aldine device on title-page and O8v, section-titles, two to five-line initial spaces with guide letters. (Very lightly browned, occasional minor staining.) Binding: Contemporary Roman brown goatskin (162 x 108 mm), ca. 1520, blind-tooled foliate border, outer cornerpieces of gilt floral tool, inner cornerpieces of multiple blind frame tools and ginkgo leaf, central roundel containing four ginkgo leaves in form of cross surrounded by sunburst, traces of four pairs of ties, spine densely gilt-tooled in four compartments, the second lettered, plain endpapers, edges gilt and gauffered. (Worn and repaired at extremities, upper cover detached.) Brown cloth folding-case with printed orange paper labels. Provenance: Roman bookseller’s mark (?), "n. 39" in ink in right arc of title-page printer’s device — unidentified owner, sixteenth-century inscription "De Giulio di Anto Ma Ghibertini et al servitio vostro" on K2 verso — unidentified owner, early inscription effaced from front free endpaper — unidentified owner, inscription "Ventianus de Venantiis fulgna" on title-page, perhaps the Venantius de Venantiis de Fulginia (Foligno), who matriculated at Perugia in 1642 (Studenti a Perugia. La matricola degli scolari forestieri (1511-1723), 2009, p. 76) — unidentified owner, inscription "Vendu 26# chez Silvestre" on front pastedown, [probably referring to an auction sale conducted by Jean-Charles Silvestre (active 1797–1827), or by his son Louis-Catherine Silvestre (1792–1867)] — Unidentified owner, twentieth-century armorial bookplate — Fiammetta Soave, Bibliotheca Aldina (Rome, 1991), item 40. Acquisition: Purchased from Fiammetta Soave, Rome, 1991. References: UCLA 175; Adams S1672; Cataldi Palau 43; Edit16 53846; Renouard 88/2; USTC 857456

View 1 of Lot 290: Statius, Syluarum, Venice, Heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, 1519, contemporary Roman brown goatskin, ca. 1520

statius, syluarum, venice, heirs of aldo manuzio & andrea torresano, 1519, contemporary roman brown goatskin, ca. 1520

The Ricky Jay Collection

Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton), Lavinia Warren

Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton), Lavinia Warren The Fairy Wedding Group. London: The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company[and] New York: E. & H.T. Anthony, [ca. 1863]. Eight cartes-de-visites (85 x 55 mm), seven printed by The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, one by E. & H.T. Anthony, the latter with facsimile signatures on verso, captioned "The Fairy Wedding Group" on the mat, and blindstamped twice in lower corners; signed mat a little browned though signatures are bright, spotting to images. Matted and framed. Souvenir cartes-de-visites sold on the occasion of General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren's wedding in 1863. The print by E & H.T. Anthony features facsimile signatures of Stratton, Lavinia Warren, Minnie Warren (Lavinia's younger sister and bridesmaid), and G.W.M. Nutt (Stratton's best man). The prints depict the group, along with other guests, on Stratton and Warren's wedding day. Matthew Brady produced the original cartes-de-visites, which sold by the thousands. They were so popular that he licensed the rights to other printers, who then reproduced them from the negatives. REFERENCE: Magic, 118; "Somebody's Luggage (Miniature Wedding Album of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren)," The Cleveland Museum of Art

View 1 of Lot 593: Tom Thumb (Charles Sherwood Stratton), Lavinia Warren | "The Fairy Wedding Group"

tom thumb (charles sherwood stratton), lavinia warren | "the fairy wedding group"

Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History

[Waghenaer, Lukas Janszoon]. The Sea Coastes of Norway as they doo appeare according to their Situation Der Noess & Mardou. [1586-1605], English text edition (translated by Anthony Ashley)Braun, Georg and Franz Hogenberg. [Stockholm]. [c.1620], hand-coloured, French text to verso, upper right corner repairedBlaeu, Willem. Tabula Islandiae, Auctore Georgio Carolo Flandro. [c.1630], hand-coloured, without text to verso, minor repair to lower marginBlaeu, Joan. Norvegia Regnum, vulgo Nor-Ryke. [1658-1672], hand-coloured, Spanish text to verso, slightly browned with minor tears to lower marginPitt, Moses and J. Janssonius-Waesberge. Magnus ducatus Finlandiae, [1680], hand-coloured, without text to versoKeulen, Gerard Van. Nieuwe Gelijk Gradige of Platte Zekaart Van Het Noorder deel van Europa, [1709], 2 sheets joined, hand-coloured, foldingDe Wit, Frederick. Sueonia Sive Regni Sueciae Propiae. [Covens and Mortier, c.1720], hand-coloured, without text to versoHomann, Johann Baptist. Regni Norvegiae Accurata Tabula. [c.1730], mounted on thick card

a collection of eight engraved maps. [c.1586-c.1730]

The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing

i. Arithmetique logarithmetique. Gouda: P. Rammazeyn, 1628, 8vo, errata on verso of last leaf, contemporary vellum, modern folding cloth box, title-page inscribed "A Philippe papillon de Dijon [and in a different hand:] Donné a D. Anthelme", (Anthony R. Michaelis, 1916-2008, book label; Reiss & Sohn, Auktion 89, 6-10 May 2003, lot 1890, Erwin Tomash), [T&W W92; Hoogendoorn p.988 Win01; not in STCN]ii. Arithmetique made easie... second edition. London: J. Flesher for Phil. Stephens, [1650], 8vo, a few woodcut diagrams, advert leaf at end, contemporary calf, (bought from Jeffrey D. Mancevice, Worcester, MA, 1998), [T&W W93; ESTC R26386; Hoock & Jeannin II/W21.2; Wing W2997], some leaves stained, a few cropped at head, slight worming at beginning (including some loss of imprint), binding rebackediii. Arithmetique made easie, the second book... second edition. London: Leybourn for Stephens, 1652, 8vo, 5pp. advertisements at end, later wrappers, modern folding calf box, (bought from E. M. Lawson, East Hagbourne, 1992, Catalogue 258, item 166), [T&W W94; ESTC R225442; Hoock & Jeannin II/W21.3; Wing W2998], last leaf browned and torn with loss of 2 wordsiv. Ludus mathematicus. London: R. & W. Leybourn for Philemon Stephens, [1654], FIRST EDITION, 12mo, folding engraved plate, contemporary calf, (Macclesfield bookplate, sale in these rooms, 25 October 2005, lot 2138, Erwin Tomash), [T&W Add49; ESTC R38315; Wing W3019], imprint cropped, lacking one plate, some soiling, spine rubbedv. The use of the rule of proportion in arithmetick and geometrie... second edition inlarged and amended. London: J.B. for Philemon Stephens, 1658, 8vo, woodcut diagrams, contemporary calf, (bought from Chaucer Head, Presteigne, 1999, Catalogue 43, item 298), [T&W W99; Wing W3026], title with loss of a few words, first and last few leaves soiled/stained, binding somewhat wornvi. Mr Wingate's arithmetic... now in this third edition digested... by John Kersey. London: for Philemon Stephens, 1658, 8vo, contemporary calf, modern folding cloth box, (bought from F.E. Whitehart, London, 1988), [T&W W100; ESTC R209644; Hoock & Jeannin II/W21.4; Wing W2999], binding slightly rubbed

a collection of six volumes by wingate, comprising:

Alexander Hamilton: An Important Family Archive of Letters and Manuscripts

4 1/2 pages (13 x 8 in.; 330 x 203 mm) hinged together, Supreme Court [New York], n.d. [after 22 October 1779 but before 3 September 1783], in Hamilton's hand, being a special verdict of the Court in the case of James Leonard/James Jackson v. Anthony Post; some browning and dampstaining at crease folds, folded into quarters, exposed quarter with docket browned.

autograph legal document, (confiscation act)

The James S. Copley Library: Magnificent American, Historical Documents: Second Selection

Autograph letter signed ("R. Butler"), one page bifolium (13 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.; 340 x 212 mm), Camp, 23 July 1780, to Anthony Wayne, consoling him on his defeat at Bull's Ferry on 20 July, integral address leaf docketed on verso by Wayne; top margin browned, tape repairs to central fold, edges a bit frayed. Teal cloth folding case, black morocco spine, red morocco lettering pieces.

butler, richard, continental general

THE JAMES S. COPLEY LIBRARY: ARTS & SCIENCES, INCLUDING THE MARK TWAIN COLLECTION

A group of 18 works in 26 volumes (some duplicates), many first editions, many with autograph letters or notes laid in, one presentation copy, all but six in chemises and slipcases. A complete listing is available from the Book Department.

A group of 18 works in 26 volumes (some duplicates), many first editions, many with autograph letters or notes laid in, one presentation copy, all but six in chemises and slipcases. A complete listing is available from the Book Department. Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, 1876. Half-title, frontispiece and title-page dampstained. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt and black; skillful restoration to spine, endpapers renewed. First edition.  BAL 3369. — Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, 1884. Text browned. Green library buckram; spotted, front cover of publisher's blue cloth laid in. Laid down on front pastedown: Autograph calling card signed ("Mark") with Villa Viviani imprint, n.d., to William Dean Howells, advising him that "Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge wants you and Mrs. Howells or Pilla to drop in tomorrow evening at 8. ... I'm to be there — also Rudyard. ..."  — A True Story. Boston, 1877. Publisher's terra cotta cloth blocked in gilt and black, lower cover stamped in blind; extremities rubbed. First edition.  BAL 3373. — Ibid. Green cloth chemise and slipcase, sheep spine. First edition, Jean Hersholt's copy (her library ticket and bookplate). — Punch, Brothers, Punch! And Other Sketches. New York, 1878. Publisher's green cloth blocked in black; upper cover and spine rubbed, a few spots on lower cover, blue-coated endpapers with scrap book illustrated on lower pastedown. First edition.  BAL 3378 (1). — Ibid. Modern brown morocco, publisher's red pictorial wrappers bound in. Laid in: Autograph note signed ("S. L. Clemens"), Hartford, 16 January n.y., to "Mr. Clemens": "How can I advise another man wisely, out of such a capital as a life filled with mistakes? ... Your own experiences may possibly teach you, but another man's can't. I do not know anything for a person to do but just peg along, doing the things that offer,  regretting them the next day. It is my way— & ev[erybody's].  I have to do all my work myself—I have tried assistance but couldn't make it go." BAL 3378 (2). —  A Tramp Abroad. Hartford, 1880. Publisher's brown cloth, upper cover blocked in blind with gilt emblem, publisher's monogram stamped in blind on lower cover, buff endpapers, spine gilt; spine rebacked with restoration to spine ends, split in cloth on upper joint, gilt faded on spine, upper cover faded and emblem tarnished, hinges cracked. BAL state B of the frontispiece, frontispiece captioned (a) Moses, blind border on binding (b) quite definitely curved at inner corners. Autograph letter signed ("SL Clemens") mounted to front pastedown, Guildford, 19 August 1896, to Andrew Chatto, thanks for the five books, reviews, bank-book, and check-book, is please with review in the Chronicle. First edition.  BAL 3386.— The Prince and the Pauper. Boston, 1882. Franklin Press imprint on copyright page; light fingersoiling throughout. Green cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in gilt and black ink, BAL state B of the binding; light rubbing to lower board edge and corners, foot of spine, and upper joint, upper hinge a little weak, lower hinge cracked. Autograph note signed ("SL Clemens") laid in, 9 March n.p., n.y., to a Mr. Anthony, regarding the depiction of the two principal characters: "It makes me grieve to think that I might have had access to those old books & pictures when I was writing the book. It would have been a great help. Please let the artist always picture the Prince & Tom Canty as lads of 13 or 14 years old. I knew I was making them too wise & knowing for their real age, so I studiously avoided mentioning any dates which would remind the reader that they were under 10 years old. Perhaps I mention the date of Henry VIIIs death, but I don't mention the date of Prince Edward's birth."  First American edition, BAL 3402  — Life on the Mississippi. Boston, 1883. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt and black ink on upper cover and spine, grey/tan endpapers.  First edition, second state (p. 441 urn not present, p.  443 captioned "St. Charles Hotel"). A very bright fresh copy. BAL 3411. — Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, 1885. Title-leaf is a cancel with copyright notice reading 1884 (state 2); p. the illustration captioned Him and another Man is incorrectly listed at p. 88 (state 1); p. 57 the eleventh line from the bottom reads: with the was (state 1); p. 283 leaf with illustration of Silas Phelps is a cancel (state 3); p. 155 the final five present but set above the line of the first (state 2(1?)); state 2 of the frontispiece portrait. Publisher's green cloth blocked in black ink and gilt on upper cover and spine, pale peach endpapers; spine ends restored, hinges strengthened, lacks front free endpaper.  First edition, with points as described. BAL 3415. — Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, 1885. Title-leaf is a cancel with copyright notice reading 1884 (state 2); p. the illustration captioned Him and another Man is incorrectly listed at p. 88 (state 1); p. 57 the eleventh line from the bottom reads: with the was (state 1); p. 283 leaf with illustration of Silas Phelps is a cancel (state 3); p. 155, with the final five lacking (state 1 (2?)); state 2 of the frontispiece portrait with imprint of the Heliotype Printing Company, the tablecloth visible. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt and black ink, peach endpapers; spine ends restored, extremities rubbed and darkened, upper hinge weak and splitting. First edition, with points as described. BAL 3415. — Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, 1891. Publisher's tan cloth stamped in black and brown ink, spine decorated in black ink with gilt lettering, brown floral endpapers, spine ends rubbed, lower corners bumped. Tipped in to front pastedown, Autograph letter signed ([S.L. Clemens"] | "Mark Twain"), 2 pages on mourning stationery with Riverdale imprint but dated York Harbor, Maine, 7 August 1902, to Messrs Klau and Erlanger, enclosing two samples of his signature(s), and with positive comments but guarded comments on Arthur's dramatization of Huckleberry Finn. Ironically, Klaw and Erlanger produced a musical of the same title that ran briefly in November 1902 in Hartford. The production used Jim and several other Huck Finn characters but it was actually based more on episodes from Tom Sawyer; one of the signatures (presumably S.L. Clemens) cut away. — The Tragedy of Puddn'Head Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins. Hartford, 1894. Publisher's brick cloth stamped in gilt and black ink on upper cover and spine, drab grey endpapers.  First edition, A fine bright copy. — The Adventures of  Huckleberry Finn. New York and London, 1904. Publisher's red cloth, monogram of Mark Twain stamped in gilt on upper cover and in blind on lower cover, spine lettered gilt; spine faded. Presentation copy with aphorism: "Taking the pledge will not | make bad liquor good, | but it will improve it. | Truly Yours, | Mark Twain | Yours ever, Robert Reid— | this from Clemens, S. L. | Jan. 06" — and 12 others.

clemens, samuel l.

The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield Removed from Shirburn Castle. Part Twelve: Continental Books and Manuscripts

Syntagma radicum linguae Graecae. Paris: Jean Libert, 1631, 16mo (114 x 53mm.), [12], 480, 429-534 pp., illustration: woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, typographic headpieces, binding: old vellum over boards

Syntagma radicum linguae Graecae. Paris: Jean Libert, 1631, 16mo (114 x 53mm.), [12], 480, 429-534 pp., illustration: woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, typographic headpieces, binding: old vellum over boardsPosselius, Johannes (1528-1591). Calligraphia oratoria linguae Graecae, ad proprietatem, elegantiam et copiam Graeci sermonis parandam utilissima. Geneva: Jacob Stoer, 1636, 8vo (163 x 98mm.), 16, 714, [106] pp., illustration: woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, binding: old vellum, staining [Saumaise, Claude (1588-1653)] Funus linguae hellenisticae sive confutatio exercitationis de hellenistis et lingua hellenistica. Leiden: Jean Maire, 1643, 8vo (151 x 95mm.), 390, [2]pp., illustration: woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initial. binding: contemporary calf, blind triple fillet border, binding rubbedEling, Lorenz Ingewald. Historia Graecae linguae. Leipzig: Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, 1691, 8vo (164 x 92mm.), [20], 354, [24]pp., illustration: woodcut initials and tailpiece, typographic headpieces, binding: contemporary calf, gilt double fillet border, gilt corner fleurons, spine gilt in compartments, edges gilt, ["ex dono comitis de shaftesbury" (?Anthony Ashley Cooper, second or third Earl of Shaftesbury)], pages brownedWetstein, Johann Rodolf (1647-1711). Pro Graeca genuina linguae Graecae pronunciatione. Amsterdam: Henricus Wetstein, 1681, 8vo (178 x 92mm.), [8], 304, [16], 46, [2]pp., illustration: woodcut device on title-page, binding: contemporary calf, blind double fillet and roll-tooled border, lacking ):( 2, 3, 6 and 7 and 24 leaves at end (Orationes apologeticae), spotting, binding rubbedIbid. Pro Graeca genuina linguae Graecae pronunciatione. Basel: Jacob Bertsch, 1686, 8vo (180 x 101mm.), [16], 304, [16], 170, [6]pp., title-page printed in red and black, illustration: woodcut initials, binding: old vellum over boards, [VD17 12:130166K], spotting together 7 volumes

thv elladov fwnhv epitomh seu graecae linguae breviarium graeco-latine. douai: jean bogard, 1626, 8vo (162 x 102mm.), [16], 265, [11]pp., illustration: engraved additional title-page, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, binding: contemporary calf, blind triple-fillet border, [thomas feriby, signature on rear flyleaf; samuel rymill, signature on title-page], title-page stained, binding worn

English Literature, History, Children&#39;s Books and Illustrations

together with signatures and inscriptions by: theodore roosevelt, leo tolstoy (23 May 1908), J.M. Barrie, Jerome K. Jerome, Neil Munro, Guy Thorne, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Lucas Malet and Anthony Hope Hawkins; John Philip Sousa, Sir Charles Santley and Sir Hubert Parry (all three with autograph musical quotations); Ira D. Sankey, James Russell Miller, Henry Grattan Guinness and William Booth; Edward J. Poynter (two signatures, one on a postcard) and William Holman Hunt; and several others including W.G. Grace

together with signatures and inscriptions by: theodore roosevelt, leo tolstoy (23 May 1908), J.M. Barrie, Jerome K. Jerome, Neil Munro, Guy Thorne, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Lucas Malet and Anthony Hope Hawkins; John Philip Sousa, Sir Charles Santley and Sir Hubert Parry (all three with autograph musical quotations); Ira D. Sankey, James Russell Miller, Henry Grattan Guinness and William Booth; Edward J. Poynter (two signatures, one on a postcard) and William Holman Hunt; and several others including W.G. Grace also containing signed photographs of musicians and actors such as enrico caruso, ellen terry, Marie Hall (1908), Auguste van Biene, Nellie Melba, Eugen Ysaye, Mark Hambourg, John McCormack, Luisa Tetrazzini, Wilhelm Backhaus, Edward Carson, Mary Anderson, Edward Compton and Phyllis Dare c.130 items in all, mostly mounted, in an oblong 8vo album bound in roan with gilt edges and the initials "A.M.M[acdonald]", c.1903-1926 where dated, a few loose items, leaves browned and brittle at edges (with some minor tears and creases), covers slightly worn

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