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Lot 200

IRELAND (W H)

IRELAND (W H)A New and Complete History of the County of Kent, in 4 vols., 1828-30, thick 8vo, some extra-illustration, engraved title foxed, half...

ANNESLEY (George, Viscount Valentia)Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, ...

SHAKESPEARE. First folio in facsimile.Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: E. & J. Wright, [1808], folio, engraved portrait on title, Whatman...

DARWIN (Charles)Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the W...

Lot 205

WALSH (Thomas)

WALSH (Thomas)Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt, 2nd edition, London: for T.Cadell and W.Davies 1803, 4to, maps and plates including folding a...

DIBDIN (Rev. Thomas Frognall)A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, 3 vols. London: Shakspeare Press for the Au...

Theatre. MATHEWS (Charles)Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, by Mrs Mathews, in 8 vols, London: R. Bentley 1839, 8vo, extra illustrated with an...

STORCH (Heinrich Friedrich von)The Picture of Petersburg, from the German, London 1801, 8vo, frontispiece, engraved title, folding plan (short tea...

Lot 209

DEFOE (Daniel)

DEFOE (Daniel)The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, in 2 vols., London: John Stockdale 1804, 4to, engraved titles, portrait and 15 plates, s...

LEWIS (Matthew Gregory)Journal of a West India Proprietor, kept during a Residence in the Island of Jamaica. London: John Murray 1834, 8vo, half t...

Lot 211

ANSTEY (John)

ANSTEY (John)The Poetical Works of the late Christopher Anstey. London 1808, 4to, portrait frontispiece, [includes 'The New Bath-Guide'], diced ca...

Lot 212

RUTTER (John)

RUTTER (John)Delineations of Fonthill and its Abbey, 1823, 4to, large paper copy, 3 hand coloured plates including title and frontispiece, folding...

TEGG (Thomas; publisher)[Mariner's Marvellous Magazine or Wonders of the Ocean - shipwreck tales], 17 parts (each with 28pp.) bound in one vol., 1...

Travel. SYMES (Michael)An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava. London 1800, 4to, lacking general map, all other plates present, author's i...

HORNEMANN (Friedrich Konrad)The Journal of... Travels, from Cairo to Mourzouk, London 1802, first edition, 4to, with 2 large folding maps with the...

BROWN (Captain Thomas)Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, 2nd edition, London 1844, 4to, 62 hand coloured plates ...

Lot 217

GROSE (Francis)

GROSE (Francis)The Antiquarian Repertory: A Miscellaneous Assemblage of Topography, History, Biography, Customs, and Manners... , in 4 volumes, ne...

Angling. Various 19th century works.TAYLOR (Samuel) Angling in all its Branches, 1800, 8vo, later half morocco; BAINBRIDGE (G C) The Fly Fisher's ...

Lot 219

ROBERTS (David)

ROBERTS (David)The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 6 vols. in 3, London: Day & Son 1855-56, small 4to, tinted lithograph titles ...

Lot 220

VISCONTI (E Q)

VISCONTI (E Q)Iconografia Opera, 4 vols., Museo Pio-Clementino, 7 vols, circa 1820, 4to, numerous outline plates, variable foxing and dust stainin...

Lot 221

SMITH (Adam)

SMITH (Adam)An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Edinburgh, 1817, 3 vols., half calf; MALTHUS (T R) An Essay on the Pri...

Lot 222

EVELYN (John)

EVELYN (John)Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber, 3rd edition in 2 vols., York 1801, 4to, portrait and 41 plates, ...

Lot 223

WHITE (J)

WHITE (J)Ægyptiaca: or Observations on Certain Antiquities of Egypt.... Oxford, 1801, 4to, Part I only, 6 plates and folding map, slight foxing, c...

Lot 224

ROSS (Sir John)

ROSS (Sir John)Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage. London: A.W. Webster, 1835, 4to, folding map (some mottled staining...

Literature - bindings.RUDGE (Rev. T) The History of Gloucestershire, in 2 vols., 1803, 8vo, folding map, light foxing, half calf, rebacked; BECKFO...

COOPER (Thomas Sidney)Groups of Cattle Drawn From Nature. Ackermann 1839, large folio, lithographic title and 25 plates, variable light mainly mar...

BARRINGTON (George)The History of New South Wales, including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney and all its dependencies..., London: M. ...

RICHARDSON (Sir John)Arctic Searching Expedition: A Journal of a Boat-Voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the Discovery ...

Lot 230

BACK (Captain)

BACK (Captain)Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition, to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the year...

Travel - Turkey and Egypt.ETON (W A) A Survey of the Turkish Empire, London 1798, 8vo, tree calf; DENON (Vivant) Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt,...

Far Eastern travel.HERVEY (Mrs) The Adventures of a Lady in Tartary, Tibet, China and Kashmir, 1853, 3 vols., large 12mo, frontispieces, 2 folding...

Lot 233

BEWICK (T)

BEWICK (T)A History of British Birds; ...Quadrupeds, Newcastle 1811-16, together 3 vols., 8vo, some foxing, half calf; [Anon] A Tour of England an...

BUFFON (Count de)Natural History, Notes by William Smellie, new edition in 20 vols., London 1812, 8vo, portrait, plates, variable offsetting and l...

GAMBADO (Geoffrey) [pseud. of Henry Bunbury]An Academy for Grown Horsemen, 3rd edition 1808, 4to, 12 etched plates; bound with - Annals of Horsema...

Lot 236

STUART (Robert)

STUART (Robert)Caledonia Romana, A Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquities of Scotland, 1845, 4to, light foxing, lithograph plates and plans,...

Fore-edge paintings.COWPER (William) Poems, 2 vols. London 1810, 12mo, full green morocco gilt, each fore-edge painted with a view of Olney Bridge...

COTMAN (John Sell)Architectural Antiquities of Normandy ... accompanied by Historical and Descriptive Notices by Dawson Turner, 2 vols., London 18...

Lot 239

VIRGIL.

VIRGIL.MARTYN (John) The Eclogues of Virgil, 1813, large 8vo, 37 coloured botanical plates, calf, rebacked; Georgicorum Libri Quatuor. The Georgic...

Flora and fauna.VIRGIL. Bucolica, London T Bensley 1810, 12mo, 24 coloured plates, handmade paper, later half calf; The Garden or Familiar Instruc...

Lot 241

HARRADEN (R B)

HARRADEN (R B)Small Views Drawn by Rd Harraden, 1800, oblong folio, aquatint title (trimmed at head) showing Great St Mary's Church, frontispiece ...

Lot 242

ELLIS (Henry)

ELLIS (Henry)Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China, in 2 vols., 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1818, 8vo, two folding maps, p...

Human anatomy - atlas.Illustrations of all the most celebrated Medical and Surgical works, comprising a complete system of Morbid and Descriptive ...

Lot 244

HOLBEIN (John)

HOLBEIN (John)The Dances of Death, 46 etchings by Deuchar, 1803, 8vo, variable foxing, half calf rubbed; another edition with illustrations by Bew...

Broadside sheet, 1804, Government Bounties on Fish, City of Bristol,printed in three columns with Rules and Orders, tonnage bounties payable for d...

Horticultural Society of London.Transactions. Volume I, London 1812, with 16 plates as called for including a few coloured, pasted in member's fee...

Lot 247

[NOBLE (W B)]

[NOBLE (W B)]A Guide to the Watering Places, on the Coast, between the Exe and the Dart; including Teignmouth, Dawlish, and Torquay, etc : 1817, 8...

DISRAELI (Benjamin) seven contemporary copies of letters,Shrewsbury and London August 1844 - April 1845, to an unknown recipient, referring to his...

James George SEMPLE LISLE (1759-1815) Scottish adventurer and confidence trickster.Autograph letter signed, 2pp., 8vo, dated 28th October 1813, to...

Literature - bindings.CLARK (R) An Account of the National Anthem entitled God Save the King!, 1822, 8vo, 1st edition, list of subscribers, engrav...

Lot 251

Travel.

Travel.M'LEOD, (John) Narrative of a Voyage in His Majesty's late ship Alceste to the Yellow Sea, 2nd edition 1818, 8vo, illustrations, boards, wo...

Bindings and literature.BUCKLAND (F T) Curiosities of Natural History, 4 vols. 1882-83, 12mo, half calf; BUTLER (Samuel) Hudibras, 2 vols., 1819, ...

Francis BARLOW circa 1820s.Four small sketchbooks, oblong 8vo, with pencil or pen with wash sketches and drawings, mainly named scenes in the West...

An album of watercolour sketches and drawings dated 1797, 20 x 26cm,probably by Francis Barlow, mainly including views in Wales - the Devil's Brid...

Seven 19th century albums.An account of a Continental tour through France, Austria, Switzerland and Italy in 1820, written in a continuous cursive...

A pencil musical score, 19th century,'Musique de F. Herold', for voice and piano, one leaf, signed to lower right 'Courner (?)' c.21 x 27.5cm ......

Lot 257

The Holy Land.

The Holy Land.KELLY (W K) Syria and the Holy Land, Chapman and Hall, no date, cloth; BANNISTER (J T) A Survey of the Holy Land, Bath no date, illu...

Bishops Palace Norwich, Plan of Grounds.A 19th Century manuscript plan, ink and watercolour on Whatman paper (watermark date 1856), laid down on l...

19th Century Postal Art.A small folder containing franked penny red and other covers each illustrated with humorous sketches, one by Edward H. Cor...

Sporting and equestrian, including bindings.HAWKER (P) Instructions to Young Sportsmen... Shooting, 3rd edition 1824, LP copy, coloured plates; an...

Cambridge - literature, etc.DYER (G) History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge, in 2 vols., 1814, 8vo, extra illustrated, red morocco; G...

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