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ROXBURGHE CLUB. JAMES (Montague Rhodes)
A Peterborough Psalter and Bestiary of the Fourteenth Century.
Folio (380 x 245mm), 35pp., followed by 75 fine collotype plates, including 3 in gold and colours, with the bookplate of the Printer's Library, Oxford University, title printed in red and black, orig. half Roxburghe morocco, lightly rubbed, corners bumped, spine lettered in gilt, uncut, t.e.g. This illuminated manuscript is held in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (MS. 53). Barker, 178.
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KLOSS (Dr. [George Franz Burkhard])
Catalogue of the Library of Dr. Kloss, of Franckfort aM., Professor; Including Many Original and Unpublished Manuscripts, and Printed Books with MS. Annotations, by Philip Melanchthon. Which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son... on Thursday, May 7th, and Nineteen Following Days...
8vo (225 x 140 mm), xxiii, [1], [3]-343, [1]pp.,, 8 lithographed plates (5 folding), later calf brown morocco, uncut, t.e.g. a nice copy. Scarce sale catalogue of the large celebrated collection of incunabula (mainly from German presses) and manuscripts gathered together by Professor Kloss, a physician from Frankfurt, built on the collections of Johannes von Dalberg, Bishop of Worms, Adelmann von Adelmannsted and the Church Library at Essligen. 4,682 lots. Provenance: From the reference library of E. P. Goldschmidt with initials stamped in gilt at base of spine. De Ricci, p.117.
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[DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall)] LICQUET (Th?odore)
Lettre Neuvi?me relative Biblioth?que Publique de Rouen, traduite de l'Anglais, avec des notes, par Thre. Licquet, Conservateur de cette Biblioth?que.
First edition, royal 8vo (270 x 178 mm), 48pp., one of 100 copies, half title, some light spotting, minor worm holes to blank gutter margin, original blue boards, upper joint split, uncut. 'Despite Dibdin's protestations... M. Licquet's corrections of his rather careless account of some of the books he was shown at Rouen was sufficiently embarrassing to cause Dibdin to omit the whole account of that library in his second edition.'?Jackson. The half-title reads: 'Voyage Bibliographique Arch?ologique et Pittoresque, en France et en Allemagne, par le Rev. Th. Frognall'. Jackson, 52; Windle & Pippin, A41.
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MIDDLE HILL PRESS. [NERI (Antonio)]
Neri's Art of Glass, Translated by C. M. [Christopher Merrett].
Folio (320 x 200 mm), [2], viii, 33, [3]pp., text in double columns, this being the variant edition with engraved vignette of the Broadway Tower above the imprint, closed tear to lower blank margin of signature D, bound in contemporary half green calfskin and Middle Hill boards for Phillipps by George Bretherton, his binder's ticket "Bretherton, Ligavit, 1850" pasted on the inside front cover, a nice copy. Christopher Merrett's translation of Neri's famous book on the manufacture of glass which was first published in 1662. The present edition, edited by Phillipps, was printed by F. T. G. Crees who only worked at the Middle Hill press for six months (January to July, 1826). Fenwick 109; Martin, p. 457 ("One hundred copies were printed"); Lownes, p. 1857; Kraus 215; Holzenberg 353.
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MORRELL (Jason)
Manuscript of paper entitled "A Catalogue of the Books of Jas. Morrell made 2d of April 1760,".
Folio single sheet (315 x 190 mm), written on both sides in a neat cursive hand, mounted on a stub with neat repairs to folds. A listing of 54 titles mostly pertaining to law and history which belonged to Jason Morrell, starting with Folios, including: Guillims' Heraldry, Rapin's History of England 2 vols, Jacob's Law Dictionary, Wood's Institutes, Davies' Law of bankruptcy, etc., this is then followed by Quarto's: Attorney's Common Pleas, Harrison's Chancery Practice, Shaw's Justice 2 vols, etc.
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[OLDYS (William) JOHNSON (Samuel) & MAITTAIRE (Michel)
Catalogus Bibliothecae Harleianae, in locos communes distributus cum indice auctorum.
5 Vols., 8vo (198 x 125 mm), [6], 8, 488; xx, 489-1034, 37, [3]; [6], [xiii]-xvi, 408; [2], 409-858; [4], 448pp., lacking in vol. 1 an advertisement leaf; vol. 3 6pp. 'Proposals' and in vol. 4 4pp. of imprimatur, 'Proposals' and advertisements, woodcut initials and head-pieces, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary mottled calf, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original red morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed. The enormous library of 50,000 printed books, and some 7639 manuscripts formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st Earl of Oxford, Edward Harley (1689-1741), second Earl of Oxford, and their librarian Humfrey Wanley (1672-1726). The first Earl of Oxford "was one of the first collectors who systematically acquired early printed books; his son Edward... continued the library. After the latter's death in 1741, his widow sold the library for 13,000 pounds to the London bookseller Thomas Osborne (d. 1767), who employed Dr. Johnson and William Oldys, antiquary and later Norroy King-of-Arms, to catalogue it." (Breslauer & Folter). The catalogue was planned by Michael Maittaire who also wrote the Latin dedication to Lord Carteret. Dr. Johnson shared the cataloguing of the collection with Oldys, as well as adding the prefatory eight-page 'An Account of the Harleian Library' to volume one. Although this was a bookseller's catalogue, the prices were not published, but Osborne marked a minimum price it each, which were then sold to the highest bidder. The bulk of the manuscripts were sold to the nation for ?10,000. Provenance: Bookplate of the 'Afhaendet Fra Bibliotheket'; Classenske Bibliotek, Copenhagen; booklabel of Sotheby & Co. reference library. De Ricci, pp. 33-38; Breslauer & Folter, 102; Fleeman, 43.1CBH.
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[PARIS DE MEYZIEU].
Bibliotheca Parisiana. A Catalogue of a Collection of Books, Formed by a Gentleman in France, not less Conspicuous for his Taste in Distinguishing, than for his Zeal in Acquiring, whatever, of this kind, was most Perfect, Curious, or Scarce. It includes... Books Magnificently Printed on Vellum, with Illuminated Paintings; Manuscripts on Vellum, Embellished with Rich Miniatures... They will be Sold by Auction, in London, on Monday the 26th of March, 1791, and the Five Days Following.
8vo (195 x 125 mm), viii, 164pp., with half-title, original pink boards, rubbed, spine rather chipped, but still a nice uncut copy. First issue of the title page with the 26th instead of the 28th of March as the first day of the sale. An interesting sale of mysterious ownership put together by James Edwards who had already brought the Pinelli books from Venice for sale in London. The additions came from the library of Cardinal de Brienne and from Italy. The sale also contained Aldines which never existed. Renouard in his Annales de Alde suggested that Edwards had purchased these books in Italy and had used the Italian booksellers notes to catalogue them without having seen them personally. The deception created five fictitious Aldines (lot 18, 171, 206, 223 and 526). De Ricci, p. 89; Munby and Coral, p. 90, Arthur Rau, Bibliotheca Parisiana in 'The Book Collector', Autumn, 1969.
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RAVEN (James) GARSIDE (Peter) & SCHOWERLING (Rainer)
The English Novel 1770-1829: A Bibliographical Survey of Prose Fiction Published in the British Isles.
First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (240 x 160 mm), 864; 753pp., orig. cloth. Volume 1 records full details of all known prose novels in English first published in the British Isles from 1770 to 1799, with the second volume continuing on to 1829. Except for some forty titles of which no surviving copy could be found, all the entries are derived from actual examination of the books themselves. A particularly important facet of volume 2 is that information includes a study of the recently discovered Schloss Covey collection of English novels in Germany, the holdings of which, for the years 1796-1834, are more comprehensive than any other library, including the British Library.
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STOWE MANUSCRIPTS. [THOMPSON (Sir Edward Maunde)]
Catalogue of a Selection from the Stowe Manuscripts Exhibited in the King's Library in the British Museum.
Small 4to (250 x 180 mm), iv, 83, [1, blank]pp., 8 facsimile plates, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, a little worn. Provenance: Bookplate of Rev. Charles H. Middleton-Wake with A.L.s from the author tipped-in.
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GATHORNE-HARDY (Robert) & WILLIAMS (William Proctor)
A Bibliography of the Writings of Jeremy Taylor to 1700. With a Section of Tayloriana.
First Edition, frontis., orig. cloth, d.w. rubbed.
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EADS (Peter)
H. E. Bates: A Bibliographical Study.
First Edition, frontis., author's presentation inscription, orig. cloth, d.w. Gives full details of first editions of all Bates work and adds comments from his autobiography and reviews. Short stories, poems, essays and articles are listed chronologically, with full details of the journals and collections in which they were published.
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SERNA SANTANDER (Carlos Antonio de la)
M?moire sur l'Origine et le Premier Usage des Signatures et des Chiffres, dans l'Art Typographique.
8vo, 30, [2 blank]pp., lightly waterstained throughout, orig. drab paper wrappers, bound in patterned paper boards. First edition of a fascinating early monograph on printed signatures, foliation, registers and catch-words in 15th-century books. It is dedicated to the great Belgian collector Charles van Hulthem. Count Serna, who is here given the timely title of "Citoyen", was an important incunabulist and printing historian. He correctly attributes the first use of signatures to Johann Koelhoff the elder in Nider's Praeceptorium 1472, and of foliation to Arnold Ther Hoernen in Adrianus Carthusiensis' De remediis utriusque fortunae 1471. He agrees with Marolles (Recherches sur l'origine et le premier usage des registres 1783) that Sweynheym and Pannartz were the first printers to employ a register [the table in the 1469 Caesar], but it is now thought that the anonymous Hieronymus' Epistolae [Rome: probably Sixtus Riessinger, c. 1468--69] may be the first book to have been issued with one. The author rightly identifies Vindelinus de Spira (and not his brother Johannes) as the printer of Tacitus' Opera [now assigned a somewhat later date than Haebler's 1471], the first printed book with catch-words. Provenance: Bookplate of A. W. Barten. Bigmore & Wyman II, 352.
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JAMES (Montague Rhodes)
The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. A Descriptive Catalogue.
4 vols., 4to, xxiii, [i], 549, [1]; xxvii, [i],428; xxxi, [i], 532; xvi, [1-]40pp., 17 plates (3 with small repair to blank margin), vol. III in orig. cloth with a couple of small unobtrusive neat stamps, other vols., in later cloth, small hole to spine of vol. II (see image), spines gilt. Pfaff, p.186. "The masterpiece among the early catalogues".
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HAGELIN (Ove) Compiler.
Rare and Important Medical Books In the Library of the Swedish Society of Medicine. A Descriptive and Annotated Catalogue.
First edition, large 8vo, 176pp., illustrs., throughout (some coloured), orig. decorated boards. For each item full collation is given as well as information on edition, binding and provenance.
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MAGGS BROS.
Catalogue of a Unique Collection of Early Editions of Ronsard by Seymour De Ricci.
Folio (290 x 225 mm), 208pp., large paper copy, numerous illustrs., of title-pages, orig. printed wrappers, a little soiled, slight tear to head of spine, uncut, 95 items. The English edition of De Ricci's catalogue of the Maggs Bros. collection of Ronsard, which contains 16 additional items. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of the Stanley family, Earls of Derby; book label of Alan G. Thomas.
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SHAKESPEARE (William)
British Museum. Catalogue of Printed Books. Shakespeare (William).
Folio, 232pp., printed in double-column, orig. cloth, spine defective. Catalogue of the British Museum holdings of books relating to William Shakespeare.
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GREG (W. W.)
A Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration.
4 Vols., 4to, 1752pp.,138 plates, orig. cloth. Very detailed; essential reference.
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MUIR (Percy)
English Children's Books 1600 to 1900.
First Edition, 4to, 256pp., coloured frontis., 107 illustrs., (some coloured), orig. cloth, d.w.
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HUTH (Henry)
The Huth Library. A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and Engravings, Collected by Henry Huth, with Collations and Bibliographical Descriptions.
5 Vols., 4to (268 x 180 mm), limited to 130, frontis., portrait, a very good ex-library set, later red quarter calf, cloth boards. Huth's collection, which ranked among the finest in England, was rich in incunabula, voyages, Shakespearean and early English literature, and Bibles. He began compiling this catalogue late in life, but finding it too time-consuming, he employed W.C. Hazlitt and F. S. Ellis to do most of the work. "With the assistance of Ellis and Hazlitt, Huth had started printing a magnificent catalogue of his library, with full titles of every item and exact collations, both entirely novel features in a library catalogue. The work was completed in five volumes two years after his death and has remained... a corner-stone of British bibliography." De Ricci, p. 151.
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JAGGARD (William)
Shakespeare Bibliography: A Dictionary of Every Known Issue of the Writings of our National Poet and of Recorded Opinion Thereon in the English Language.
4to, [xxiv], 729pp., frontis., 24 plates, orig. decorated buckram, uncut, a nice copy.
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PEPYS LIBRARY.
Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College Cambridge. Volume II. Ballads. Part i: Catalogue. Part ii: Indexes. Compiled by Helen Weinstein.
2 Vols., 4to, lxii, 425; xxii, [2], 183pp., 4 illustrs., orig. cloth, gilt. Pepys' ballad collection is the largest surviving collection of English ballads printed in London in the seventeenth century, and is an outstanding source for English popular culture of the period. Ballads: i. Catalogue provides a full bibliographical history of each ballad; ii. Indexes and Lists, organises and presents information on the ballads, classified as titles, tunes, music, first lines, refrains, authors, licenses, printers/publishers/imprints, and watermarks.
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FULTON (John F.)
A Bibliography of The Honourable Robert Boyle Fellow of the Royal Society.
Second edition, 4to, xxvi, 218pp., frontis., 26 facsimiles, orig. cloth.
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ROTHSCHILD (Lord)
The Rothschild Library. A Catalogue of the Collection of Eighteenth-Century Printed Books and Manuscripts Formed by Lord Rothschild.
First edition, 2 vols., 4to, xxii, 400; x, 401-840, 60 plates, orig. two-toned cloth, spine lightly faded. The title of every book and pamphlet is given in full, with a description of the binding, collations, bibliographical notes and other points of special interest.
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BROOKS (Harold F.)
A Bibliography of John Oldham, the Restoration Satirist.
4to, 47pp., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings & Papers Vol. V, Part I.
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FREEMAN (Arthur & Janet Ing)
Anatomy of an Auction: Rare Books at Ruxley Lodge, 1919.
First edition, viii, 169, [1]pp., frontis., orig. cloth, d.w. The dispersal of the Foley family library in October 1919 was notable for the richness of the books sold - and for the general inadequacy of the prices they fetched. Drawing on records kept by principal participants in the sale and in the four subsequent "knock-outs", the Freemans reveal the intricacies of a practice whose workings have not previously been subject to such detailed and informed scrutiny.
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DE RICCI (Seymour)
Catalogue d'une Collection Unique Editions Originales de Ronsard par Seymour De Ricci. [With:] Supplement...
4to, 156;16pp., facsimiles, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut, 87 items. Special Paris Catalogue 1.
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FRERE (Walter Howard)
Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica. A Descriptive Handlist of the Musical & Latin-Liturgical MSS. of the Middle Ages, Preserved in the Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland.
First edition, 2 vols., 4to, [12], 164; xvii, [1], 189, [1]pp., numerous plates, vol. I in orig. half red morocco, marbled boards, vol. II. in orig. red cloth. Provenance: Vol. I with the bookplate of Estelle Doheny.
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DIBDIN (Thomas Frognall)
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.
First edition, 3 vols., bound in 4, 4to (279 x 185 mm), ONE OF 100 COPIES PRINTED ON THICK AND LARGE PAPER WITH EXTRA PLATES, [4], xxv, [7], 462,lxxix, [1]; [2], 555, [1]; [2], 298; [2], 299-622, lxiipp., with the author's wood-engraved device on each title-page, a wood engraving of the elaborately-quartered coat of arms of the Roxburghe Club on the dedication page, 85 engraved plates ((including the private plate of 'Diana de Poictiers' in vol. 2, which was apparently destroyed after only 50 copies had been printed, and a proof of the 'Prater' plate in vol. 3), 62 illustrations printed on fine and thin "India" paper and mounted on the text leaves, 55 other illustrations in the text, with the additional sixty engraved plates on 52 leaves from Lewis' Series of Groups bound in at the appropriate places as designated by Lewis in his 'Directions to the binder', contemporary notes in pencil to several endpapers and a few within the text, text and plates have staining of varying degrees, pale stain to many lower margins, a little damage to endpapers where bookplates have been removed, full red hard grain red morocco,,covers waterstained, spines lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Unfortunately this handsome large paper copy has suffered from water damage sometime in the past, additional photographs are available upon request. This set with the additional set of etchings on india paper by George Lewis, of a classic work of the utmost importance for its wealth of eye-witness information and anecdotes about printed books, manuscripts, buildings, other artefacts and people, both from past centuries and from the author's own day, for the extraordinary collection of illustrations, mostly drawn during the tour itself, and finally as a sumptuous piece of book production. As soon as the book appeared, leading scholars derided Dibdin for his lack of scholarship, especially concerning early manuscripts and printed books. But one must distinguish between the extensive and extremely useful information about things and people Dibdin saw during his 1818 tour, and his own interpretations and conclusions, which now serve only as a window to the attitudes of the time. Dibdin's enthusiasm, readable style and entertaining anecdotes, moreover, caught the mood of his age, making the book extremely popular and influential. Lewis' A Series of Groups... was intended to accompany Dibdin's Tour but was rejected by Dibdin as unworthy of his book. Lewis, most perturbed, issued them at his own expense and presented his case in the eight-page Advertisement which was separately printed. Jackson 48; 56; 56n: Windle & Pippin A38a; A44; D13.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
A Bibliography of Henry King D.D. Bishop of Chichester.
First edition, 8vo, THIS BEING ONE OF THE 45 SPECIAL NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY KEYNES, this is number XXXIII, 39 full page facsimiles, orig. quarter morocco, uncut.
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LOWENDAHL (Bjorn)
Sino-Western Relations, Conceptions of China, Cultural Influences and the Development of Sinology. Disclosed in Western Printed Books 1477-1877. Supplement.
4to, xxiv, 207pp., numerous coloured and black and white plates, orig. cloth, d.w, in a cloth box. Supplement to the important reference work on Western books on China published between 1477 and 1877: An extensively annotated catalogue in English of books on China in Western languages (1550 entries, each with a minute collation), arranged chronologically. With an introduction, references, indices, and a preface by Professor Han Qi of the Institute for the History of Natural Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The L?wendahl - von der Burg collection is a most important assembly of Western books on China, written by sinologues, missionaries, travellers, merchants and other authors. The collection also includes works by Chinese authors translated and edited by Western scholars. The contents cover Chinese history, language, philosophy, religion, society, science, medicine, missionary work and the "Chinese Rites" controversy, trade (incl. treaties with foreign powers), Hong Kong, foreign aggression, and travel accounts.
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DOHENY (Estelle)
The Estelle Doheny Collection from The Edward Laurence Doheny Memorial Library St. John's Seminary, Camarillo, California.
7 Vols., 4to, numerous coloured plates throughout, illustrs., orig. cloth, 2,370 lots. Part I. Fifteenth-Century Books including The Gutenberg Bible. Part II. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Part III. Printed Books and Manuscripts including Western Americana. Part IV. Printed Books and Manuscripts including Early Printing, Literature and Fine Bindings. Part V. Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana, Literature and Fine Bindings. Part VI. Printed Books and Manuscripts concerning William Morris and his Circle. Part VII. Index and Price Lists.
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DIBDIN (Rev. Thomas Frognal)
The Bibliographical Decameron: or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography.
First edition, 3 vols., 4to (270 x 185 mm), [6], vi, [2], ccxxv, [1], 410, [2]; [4], 535, [3]; [4], 544, [4]pp., with half-titles, ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, 37 engraved plates (without the 'Presentation in the Temple' plate which was not ready at publication and occurs in only a very few copies and the 'Portrait of Los Rios' which Windle & Pippin suggest is an extra-illustration), also without the engraved portrait of Dibdin by Henry Mayer, numerous woodcuts engraved vignettes, several printed in red or blue, some mounted, some light spotting and offsetting as usual, marbled endpapers, contemporary full blue-green morocco, decorated in gilt with interlacing geometrical design on the covers, richly tooled gilt morocco doublures, flat spines lettered in gilt direct, all edges gilt, spine slightly faded, corner of lower board of vol. II bumped, some slight edge-wear to bindings otherwise a handsome set. A fine copy of the rare large paper issue of the author's most lavish publication and the high water of Dibdinian Bibliomania. Jackson 40; Windle & Pippin A28.
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GREG (W.W.)
The Printing of Mayne's Plays.
First Edition, 4to, 7 plates, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut, 247-326pp. Includes: WILKINSON (C.H.) The Library of Worcester College. Oxford Bibliographical Society Proceedings & Papers Vol. 1 pt. 4.
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PHILIP (I.G.)
William Blackstone and the Reform of the Oxford University Press in the Eighteenth Century.
First Edition, 4to, 130pp., frontis., 1 plate, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications Series Vol. 7.
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OVENELL (R.F.)
Brian Twyne's Library.
First Edition, 4to, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, 42pp. Also includes: CRASTER (Sir Edmund) Co-Operation Between College Libraries. MADAN (Francis F.) Some Notes on the Bibliography of Francis Osbourne. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. 4.
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SIMPSON (Percy)
Literary Piracy in the Elizabethan Age.
First Edition, 4to, orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut, 20pp. Also includes: KRONENBERG (M.E.) A Printed Letter of the London Hanse Merchants (3 March 1526). FULTON (J.F.) Second Addenda to a Bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle. Oxford Bibliographical Society Publications New Series Vol. 1, Fascicule 1.
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TAYLOR (Archer)
Book Catalogues: Their Varieties and Uses. Revised by Wm. P. Barlow.
First Edition, Robert Collison's copy signed by him in pencil to front endpaper, frontis., front endpaper signed by orig. cloth. Concerned with catalogues mostly prior to 1800 that lists printed books owned by private persons, institutions, booksellers and publishers. Great attention is paid to the list of private library catalogues - probably the most frequently consulted section of the book.
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LOWE (Robert W.)
A Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature: from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
First edition, small 4to, xii, 384 + adverts, one of 500 numbered copies, orig. cloth, rebacked with orig. spine laid-down, uncut, a very good copy.
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PARRISH (M.L.)
Victorian Lady Novelists. George Eliot, Mrs. Gaskell and the Bronte Sisters. First Editions in the Library at Dormy House, Pine Valley, New Jersey.
4to, 162pp., limited to 150 copies, illustrs., orig. cloth. Parrish's collection of Victorian lady Novelists was one of the most complete extant. The collection contains all the extant work of George Eliot, all but two works of Mrs. Gaskell, and all that was published during the lifetime of the Brontes. Books are described in exhaustive detail, often necessitating one full page of description for each entry.
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BRITISH LIBRARY. PAISEY (David)
Catalogue of Books Printed in the German-Speaking Countries and of German Books Printed in other Countries from 1601 to 1700 now in the British Library.
5 vols., 4to, from the library of Professor Birrell, with a letter from the author tipped-in, orig. cloth, a fine set. The British Library's rich holdings of German books of the 17th century comprise over 26,000 items in all subjects and most genres. This is a catalogue of the Library's collection of the products of the German presses of the period, and is intended for scholars of all historical disciplines. It is arranged in author sequence followed by a full range of indexes, most importantly of subjects, but also of printers and publishers, collaborators and literary genres.
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LEMON (Robert) Compiler.
Catalogue of a Collection of Printed Broadsides in the Possession of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
First edition, large 8vo, xi, [1], 228pp., numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth, head of spine a little frayed, uncut. Provenance: Booklabel of Downside Abbey.
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ROTHSCHILD (Lord)
The Rothschild Library. A Catalogue of the Collection of Eighteenth-Century Printed Books and Manuscripts Formed by Lord Rothschild.
2 Vols., 4to, xxi, 400; viii, 401-840pp., 60 plates, orig. two-toned cloth. The title of every book and pamphlet is given in full, with a description of the binding, collations, bibliographical notes and other points of special interest.
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GALLATIN (A. E.) & OLIVER (L. M.)
A Bibliography of the Works of Max Beerbohm. Soho Bibliographies III.
Small 4to, xii,60pp., ex-library, orig. cloth, d.w.
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KEYNES (Sir Geoffrey)
A Bibliography of the Writings of Dr William Harvey 1573-1657.
Second Edition, revised, 4to, one of 750 copies, frontis., 7 plates, facsimiles, orig. buckram, spine faded, t.e.g.
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KEYNES (Geoffrey)
A Bibliography of Dr. John Donne Dean of Saint Paul's.
Second edition, 4to, 195pp., limited to 350 copies, illustrs., orig. cloth.
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WOODFIELD (Denis B.)
Surreptitious Printing in England 1550-1640.
First Edition, 4to, x,203pp., numerous illustrs., throughout, orig. cloth. History of those books that were printed in England with false information on the title page etc.
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TYPE SPECIMENS. FRY, STEELE, AND CO.
A Specimen of Printing Types, By Fry, Steele, and Co. Letter-Founders to the Prince of Wales, Type-Street. [Bound with:] Specimens of Metal Cast Ornaments, Curiously Adjusted to Paper, by Edmund Fry and Isaac Steele...
2 Vols., in one, small 4to (260 x 160 mm), 103 leaves including title and two advertisement leaves; 22 leaves including title and advert leaf (ornaments numbered 1-103), all printed on rectos only, printed on thick paper stock, 'Lepard' watermark, orig. boards with marbled covers, printed paper title label to spine (rubbed), inner hinges expertly repaired, a very good uncut copy with wide margins. The Fry's were a Bristol family, and Joseph Fry (1728-87) established the foundry at Bristol in 1764, in partnership with William Pine and Isaac Moore as manager and type-designer. By 1766 the foundry had moved to London, with Moore retiring in 1776 and Pine shortly after. In 1782 Fry took his sons Edmund (especially interested in exotic founts) and Henry into partnership, and made considerable purchases of Greeks and Orientals at the sale of James' foundry. Joseph retired in 1787 and in 1794 Isaac Steele joined as partner until 1808, when Edmund Fry was left in sole control until he admitted his son to partnership. In 1829 the foundry was acquired by William Thorowgood. A very good copy of this extremely rare and substantial specimen book. Berry & Johnson, p. 45; Mosley, 118 & 119.
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JENNETT (T[homas])
A Catalogue of Cheap Books, now on Sale by T. Jennett, Stockton, at the Prices affixed, including Several Rare Works, Books printed at Strawberry Hill, &c. &c. Stockton: Printed at the Office of T. Jennett, 1824. [2], 146pp., title printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, 2534 items. [Bound with:] CARNLEY (Emerson) Catalogue of the Extensive and Truly Valuable Collection of Books, for 1836, Consisting Principally of History, Biography, Voyages, Travels, Dictionaries, Divinity, Ecclesiastical History, Mathematics, Arts, Sciences, Natural History, Heraldry, Bibliography, Medicine, Surgery, Chemistry, Poetry, Plays, Romances &c. &c. and Extremely Rich in the Works of the Celebrated Bewick... for Ready Money, by Emerson Charnley, 45, Bigg Market, Newcastle.
[4], 284pp., running title at head of final two leaves slightly shaved, 9013 items. 2 works bound in one, 8vo (205 x 125 mm), cont. half calf, rebacked, corners rubbed, spine gilt. Thomas Jennet (1769-1846) bookseller and printer, a native of Kirkdale, Yorkshire, was apprenticed to, and later partnership with, Robert Christopher, trading as 'Chrisopher & Jennet'. After Christopher's death in 1819 Jennet traded alone. He was the most important printer in Stockton, a magistrate and three times Mayor. After his death the business was continued as 'Jennet & Co'. A search of both Copac and OCLC fails to find any catalogues issued by Jennet. Emerson Charnley I (1782-1845) bookseller and politician, son of William and Elizabeth, 'the veteran emperor of Northumbrian booksellers' according to Dibdin who stayed with him in 1834. He published many important catalogues of antiquarian books until he gave up that side of his business to concentrate on new books in 1843. He supplied 'Literary societies, mechanics societies, book clubs, village libraries, schools... on the most liberal terms' according to an advertisement of 1839. He was active in Newcastle politics, his shop being the headquarters of the Whigs on the town council. Succeeded by his son, Emerson II. Not listed on Copac; OCLC finds a single copy at Huntington Library. Provenance: Woodcut bookplate of Wm. and Elizabeth Anderson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to front paste-down; Presented to the Auctioneers' & Estate Agents' Institute by Wm. Anderson, with their bookplate to rear paste-down (with a couple of unobtrusive stamps). Hunt, The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860. p. 53 & 21.
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TYPE SPECIMENS. FRY, STEELE, AND CO.
A Specimen of Printing Types, By Fry, Steele, and Co. Letter-Founders to the Prince of Wales, Type-Street.
Small 4to (250 x 155 mm), title with vignette, 2 ff. adverts, 126 ff. (i.e., 100ff. type specimens, 26 ff. ornaments, numbered 1-130) all printed on rectos only, printed on thick paper stock, 'Lepard' watermark, occasional spotting and turned corners, cont. calf, rubbed, joints cracked, black morocco spine label. The Fry's were a Bristol family, and Joseph Fry (1728-87) established the foundry at Bristol in 1764, in partnership with William Pine and Isaac Moore as manager and type-designer. By 1766 the foundry had moved to London, with Moore retiring in 1776 and Pine shortly after. In 1782 Fry took his sons Edmund (especially interested in exotic founts) and Henry into partnership, and made considerable purchases of Greeks and Orientals at the sale of James' foundry. Joseph retired in 1787 and in 1794 Isaac Steele joined as partner until 1808, when Edmund Fry was left in sloe control until he admitted his son to partnership. In 1829 the foundry was acquired by William Thorowgood. A very good copy of this extremely rare and substantial specimen book. Following an introduction, the specimens proceed from Ten line Pica to Diamond: 'the smallest Letter in the World. It gets in considerably more than the famous Dutch Diamond.' There are type in Hebrew and Greek, ornamental, Blacks, Exotics, Ships, Bands, frames, & decorative pieces composed of flowers continuing to a priced section of cast ornaments. This edition not listed by ESTC, Berry & Johnson and Mosley both cite the St. Bride copy only. Berry & Johnson, p. 46; Mosley, 122.
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ALDINE PRESS. RENOUARD (Antoine-Augustin)
Annales de l'Imprimerie des Alde ou Histoire des Trois Manuce et de Leurs Editions.
Second edition, 3 vols., royal 8vo (235 x 155 mm), large paper copy, [4], 425, [1]; [4], 434, [2]; xl, 420, [4]pp., with half-titles and engraved frontispiece portrait to first and second volumes as called for, 10 facsimile plates, 6 of which are double-page or folding, some occasional light spotting to text (mainly prelims), marbled endpapers, cont. red morocco, spines gilt extra, marbled boards, spines just slightly faded, uncut, t.e.g. an attractive set. This famous bibliography of the output of the Manutius family and their Aldine Press, 1494-1598, has remained the standard work on the subject and has been praised as a classic of its kind. Over 1,500 entries given. Provenance: From the library of Charles Butler (1821-1910), Warren Wood in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The majority of the library was sold at Sotheby's, London, on 5 April 1911.
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