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16 July | Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts

Auction date Wednesday 16 July 2025 13:00 BST
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Wednesday 16th July
301- 428  Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts | 1 pm

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Total lots: 132

ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of autograph letters, clipped signatures etc. by Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, William O'Brien, Thomas Henry Huxley, Disraeli, Tennyson, Ruskin, etc. Please see the full description below.
Lot 301 Sold
ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of autograph letters, clipped signatures etc. by Daniel O'Connell, John O'Connell, William O'Brien, Thomas Henry Huxley, Disraeli, Tennyson, Ruskin, etc. Please see the full description below.
ALBUM, MAINLY OF IRISH INTEREST - A collection of c.50 autograph letters and clipped signatures,…
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
AMEDEO, Luigi (1873-1933). On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, London, 1903, 2 volumes, 4to, 16 photogravure plates, maps and illustrations, original pictorial buckram gilt. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. (2)
Lot 302 Sold
AMEDEO, Luigi (1873-1933). On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, London, 1903, 2 volumes, 4to, 16 photogravure plates, maps and illustrations, original pictorial buckram gilt. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. (2)
AMEDEO, Luigi, Duke of the Abruzzi (1873-1933).  On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea ... With the…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus (1527-98). Sacra geographiae tabulam, Antwerp: [Plantin], 1571 [but 1572], engraved twin-hemisphere world map, galleons and sea-monsters, 315 x 530mm. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE VERY RARE FIRST STATE. Shirley 125. RARE.
Lot 303 Sold
ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus (1527-98). Sacra geographiae tabulam, Antwerp: [Plantin], 1571 [but 1572], engraved twin-hemisphere world map, galleons and sea-monsters, 315 x 530mm. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY OF THE VERY RARE FIRST STATE. Shirley 125. RARE.
ARIAS MONTANUS, Benedictus (1527-98) [with variants].  Sacra geographiae tabulam ex antiquissimorum…
Hammer price: £3,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy, Concord [New Hampshire], 1827, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 3 other books of related interest. (4)
Lot 304 Unsold
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840). A System of Astronomy, Concord [New Hampshire], 1827, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 3 other books of related interest. (4)
ASTRONOMY, AMERICAN - John VOSE (1766-1840).  A System of Astronomy, on the Principles of…
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BAKER, Ezekiel (1758-1836). Remarks on Rifle Guns, London, 1835, 8vo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 9 plates, including 7 hand-coloured, tables, contemporary half black morocco (heavily restored). Eleventh edition.
Lot 305 Sold
BAKER, Ezekiel (1758-1836). Remarks on Rifle Guns, London, 1835, 8vo, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 9 plates, including 7 hand-coloured, tables, contemporary half black morocco (heavily restored). Eleventh edition.
BAKER, Ezekiel (1758-1836).  Remarks on Rifle Guns: Being the Result of Sixty Years' Practice and…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, London, 1854, 8vo, 6 coloured lithographed plates, attractively bound in modern green half morocco. FIRST EDITION.
Lot 306 Sold
BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93). The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon, London, 1854, 8vo, 6 coloured lithographed plates, attractively bound in modern green half morocco. FIRST EDITION.
BAKER, Samuel White (1821-93).  The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon ... With Numerous Illustrations…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £70 - £100
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BARRIE, J. M. (1860-1937). Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up [in: The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie]. London, 1928, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION of Barrie's play. With 2 other volumes from the same set. (3)
Lot 307 Sold
BARRIE, J. M. (1860-1937). Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up [in: The Uniform Edition of the Plays of J. M. Barrie]. London, 1928, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket. FIRST EDITION of Barrie's play. With 2 other volumes from the same set. (3)
BARRIE, James Matthew (1860-1937).  Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up [in: The Uniform…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (c.1203-72). De proprietatibus rerum, Cologne, 1481, folio, 456 leaves, contemporary pen flourishes in red and grey ink to initials on two pages incorporating drawings of hares, old calf. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). RARE.
Lot 308 Sold
BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (c.1203-72). De proprietatibus rerum, Cologne, 1481, folio, 456 leaves, contemporary pen flourishes in red and grey ink to initials on two pages incorporating drawings of hares, old calf. Provenance: John Yudkin (bookplate). RARE.
BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS or BARTHOLOMAEUS DE GLANVILLE [with many variants] (c.1203-72).  De…
Hammer price: £14,000
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR - Plan of the Attack of Lord Nelson, on the Combined Fleet, October 21st, 1805. [London:] November 1805, broadside, with a hand-coloured illustration of the Battle of Trafalgar (browned), 620 x 390mm., framed and glazed. RARE.
Lot 309 Sold
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR - Plan of the Attack of Lord Nelson, on the Combined Fleet, October 21st, 1805. [London:] November 1805, broadside, with a hand-coloured illustration of the Battle of Trafalgar (browned), 620 x 390mm., framed and glazed. RARE.
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR - Plan of the Attack of Lord Nelson, on the Combined Fleet, October 21st,…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed)]. Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns, London, 1808, 8vo, 13 engraved plates (stained), contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. With another related work. (2)
Lot 310 Sold
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed)]. Scloppetaria: or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns, London, 1808, 8vo, 13 engraved plates (stained), contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. With another related work. (2)
[?BEAUFOY, Henry Benjamin Hanbury (1786-1851, attributed; see note)].  Scloppetaria: or…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BERENGER, Charles Random de (1772-1845). Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property. With Instructions in Rifle and Pistol Shooting, London, 1835, 8vo, 10 plates, 2 of which folding, original green publisher's pebbled cloth. FIRST EDITION.
Lot 311 Sold
BERENGER, Charles Random de (1772-1845). Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property. With Instructions in Rifle and Pistol Shooting, London, 1835, 8vo, 10 plates, 2 of which folding, original green publisher's pebbled cloth. FIRST EDITION.
BERENGER, Charles Random de (1772-1845).  Helps and Hints How to Protect Life and Property. With…
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, London, 1599 [but later], [with:] Psalms of David, in Scots Meter, Edinburgh, 1632. 3 parts in one vol., square 8vo, titles with woodcut borders, contemporary calf (rubbed). Geneva Bible, with "breeches" reading in Genesis.
Lot 312 Sold
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, London, 1599 [but later], [with:] Psalms of David, in Scots Meter, Edinburgh, 1632. 3 parts in one vol., square 8vo, titles with woodcut borders, contemporary calf (rubbed). Geneva Bible, with "breeches" reading in Genesis.
BIBLE, in English - The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament.…
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, London, "Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament", 1653, tall 24mo, engraved title, contemporary calf with a design of tendrils and flowerheads and initials "F. P." stamped on each cover (rubbed, lacks clasps).
Lot 312a Sold
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, London, "Printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament", 1653, tall 24mo, engraved title, contemporary calf with a design of tendrils and flowerheads and initials "F. P." stamped on each cover (rubbed, lacks clasps).
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible Containing Ye Old and New Testaments Newly Translated out of ye.…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BINDING - E. B. CHANCELLOR (1868-1937). Memorials of St James’s Street, London, 1922, large 8vo, 16 plates, FINELY BOUND in red crushed morocco gilt by Bayntun. FIRST EDITION, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 74 engraved or aquatint plates, some hand-coloured.
Lot 313 Sold
BINDING - E. B. CHANCELLOR (1868-1937). Memorials of St James’s Street, London, 1922, large 8vo, 16 plates, FINELY BOUND in red crushed morocco gilt by Bayntun. FIRST EDITION, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 74 engraved or aquatint plates, some hand-coloured.
BINDING - Edwin Beresford CHANCELLOR (1868-1937).  Memorials of St James's Street together with The…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" (1832-98). Alice in Wonderland, London, 1940, square 8vo, coloured plates after John Tenniel, FINELY BOUND in red half morocco gilt by Bayntun (Rivière), the spine gilt in compartments with white rabbit and playing card motifs.
Lot 314 Sold
BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" (1832-98). Alice in Wonderland, London, 1940, square 8vo, coloured plates after John Tenniel, FINELY BOUND in red half morocco gilt by Bayntun (Rivière), the spine gilt in compartments with white rabbit and playing card motifs.
BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)].  Alice's Adventures in…
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1864, large 8vo, interleaved with 27 FINE FULL-PAGE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS ON VELLUM, IN A FINE HIGHLY ELABORATE 19TH-CENTURY EMBROIDERED BINDING.
Lot 315 Sold
BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer, London, 1864, large 8vo, interleaved with 27 FINE FULL-PAGE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS ON VELLUM, IN A FINE HIGHLY ELABORATE 19TH-CENTURY EMBROIDERED BINDING.
BINDING - The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... Together with the…
Hammer price: £3,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BINDING - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). Complete Works and Life, London, 1904, 4 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively bound in contemporary burgundy half calf gilt (covers stained, spines lightly rubbed). "The Hampstead Edition." (4)
Lot 316 Sold
BINDING - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). Complete Works and Life, London, 1904, 4 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively bound in contemporary burgundy half calf gilt (covers stained, spines lightly rubbed). "The Hampstead Edition." (4)
BINDING - William SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616).  Complete Works and Life. London: James Finch & Co.,…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BIZOT, Pierre (1630-96). Histoire Metallique de la Republique de Hollande, Paris, 1686, folio, additional engraved title, initials and illustrations, 12 engraved plates, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION of this work on Dutch coins, medals and emblems.
Lot 317 Sold
BIZOT, Pierre (1630-96). Histoire Metallique de la Republique de Hollande, Paris, 1686, folio, additional engraved title, initials and illustrations, 12 engraved plates, contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION of this work on Dutch coins, medals and emblems.
BIZOT, Pierre (1630-96).  Histoire Metallique de la Republique de Hollande. Paris: "Chez Daniel…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £300
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45). The Beauty of the Heavens, London, 1845, 4to, 104 FINE coloured aquatint and chromolithographed plates by Charles Blunt, contemporary burgundy half morocco gilt.
Lot 318 Sold
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45). The Beauty of the Heavens, London, 1845, 4to, 104 FINE coloured aquatint and chromolithographed plates by Charles Blunt, contemporary burgundy half morocco gilt.
BLUNT, Charles F. (fl.1811-45).  The Beauty of the Heavens. A Pictorial Display of the Astronomical…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BONNYCASTLE, John (1751-1821). An Introduction to Astronomy, London, 1786, large 8vo, engraved allegorical frontispiece and 20 plates, most folding, contemporary half calf (very worn). FIRST EDITION.
Lot 319 Sold
BONNYCASTLE, John (1751-1821). An Introduction to Astronomy, London, 1786, large 8vo, engraved allegorical frontispiece and 20 plates, most folding, contemporary half calf (very worn). FIRST EDITION.
BONNYCASTLE, John (1751-1821).  An Introduction to Astronomy. In a Series of Letters, from a…
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940). The Gap in the Curtain, London, 1932, 8vo, original green buckram, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the author's only novel which incorporates supernatural and science fiction elements.
Lot 320 Sold
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940). The Gap in the Curtain, London, 1932, 8vo, original green buckram, dust-jacket. A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the author's only novel which incorporates supernatural and science fiction elements.
BUCHAN, John (1875-1940).  The Gap in the Curtain. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932. 8vo (186 x…
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £120
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872, 8vo, illustrations by John Tenniel, original red buckram, "Twenty-Ninth Thousand". With the same author's Through the Looking-Glass (London, 1872, "Thirty-Second Thousand"). (2)
Lot 321 Sold
"CARROLL, Lewis" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London, 1872, 8vo, illustrations by John Tenniel, original red buckram, "Twenty-Ninth Thousand". With the same author's Through the Looking-Glass (London, 1872, "Thirty-Second Thousand"). (2)
"CARROLL, Lewis" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)].  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
CASAL, Gaspar (1680-1759). Historia Natural, y Medica de el Principado de Asturias. Obra. Posthuma. Madrid, 1762, 4to, engraved frontispiece (some staining), contemporary vellum. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
Lot 322 Sold
CASAL, Gaspar (1680-1759). Historia Natural, y Medica de el Principado de Asturias. Obra. Posthuma. Madrid, 1762, 4to, engraved frontispiece (some staining), contemporary vellum. Provenance: From the Collection of John Yudkin (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
CASAL, Gaspar (1680-1759).  Historia Natural, y Medica de el Principado de Asturias. Obra Posthuma …
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £500 - £800
16 July 2025
16 July 2025
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84). La Meridienne de l' Observatoire Royal de Paris, Paris, 1744, 4to, 14 folding engraved plates and maps, contemporary mottled calf gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
Lot 323 Sold
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84). La Meridienne de l' Observatoire Royal de Paris, Paris, 1744, 4to, 14 folding engraved plates and maps, contemporary mottled calf gilt (rubbed). FIRST EDITION.
CASSINI DE THURY, César-François (1714-84).  La Meridienne de l' Observatoire Royal de Paris,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
16 July 2025
16 July 2025

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