1824Best.-Nr. 62264G and WB Whittaker. 1824. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes. 4 288pp viii 2 303pp 50 plates 1 vignette frontis in volume 1 is not the illustration listed. Odd minor spotting Plate list mentions additional plate at page 17 but an inserted slip states this was never in fact taken bound in green cloth spines/grey boards.; Large Octavo . G and WB Whittaker hardcover
1791Best.-Nr. QQ0508J & J Boydell / For the author No. 3 Poets' Corner; Mr. Nicol and Messrs. Boydell 1791. Original tree calf boards; remains of gilt decor to board edges. Rebacked in dark brown calf two black gilt labels per spine some mild cracking to surface of spine leather. Gilt ruling to spines. 8vos 15 x 23.6cm. Wear and some unobtrusive repairs to board corners. Hinges sound. Replacement laid paper terracotta endpapers reinforced at gutters with cloth. Replacement blank front and rear endpages. Vols I & II published 1791; vol. III 1798; all first editions. Engraved title pages to vols I & II; additional engraved title page to vol. III variant with date 1798. Engraved dedication to vol. III with variant 'W: Hogarth' signature. Minor scattered foxing throughout. Frontis to vol. I carefully remounted on new page stub with no impact on image. All plates present: plate listed as accompanying vol. I p. xciv 'Time smoking a picture' has been bound in after vol. II title page. Plate to accompany vol. I p. 286 bound by p. 288; plates to accompany p. 223 in vol. III bound by p. 233. 3pp. list of Hogarth's works to end of vol. II. Brown imprint to vol. I p. 70 & following page with no impact on text apparently left by loose spine label inserted as bookmark . Pencil inscription to blank front endpage of vol. I: 'Belonged to George F. Carline probably acquired abt. 1890/1900. Then to Richard C. Carline Rebound Feb: 1979 £11'. The Carlines were a well-known family of artists: George Carline 1855-1920 was a successful painter of landscapes and portraits while his son Richard Carline 1896-1980 was likewise a landscape artist - particularly known for his views from the air as a war artist during WWI - as well as his work as a convener and organiser across the art world. John Ireland c. 1742–1808 biographer. The son of a farmer he trained as a watchmaker and later established himself as a dealer in prints and writer for newspapers becoming a fixture in London literary and artistic circles and a friend of artists including Thomas Gainsborough and John Hamilton Mortimer: the frontis of vol. I is engraved after Mortimer's portrait of Ireland. Ireland was an inveterate collector and preserver of prints and drawings and it was this instinct that made him the ideal presenter of Hogarth's engravings in Hogarth Illustrated which presents Hogarth's plates - the rights to which had been transferred from Mary Lewis executrix of Hogarth's widow's will to the publisher Boydell - together with Ireland's commentary. Ireland notes in his preface that 'every plate has been carefully cleaned -and the rolling-presses now in use being on an improved principle the paper superior and the art of printing better understood impressions are more clearly and accurately taken off than they have been at any preceding period' p. cxv. Ireland's attention to detail extends to the colour of paper used - as a note in vol. III specifies 'As this print to heighten the burlesque was almost invariably impressed on blue paper I have stamped the annexed copy on the same colour' p. 18. Ireland's Supplement to Hogarth Illustrated vol. III an account of the artist 'based on Hogarth's manuscripts and autobiographical notes' ODNB was for many years the standard biography. ESTC T2314 and T2313. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good. 8 cxxii 311 2 312-607 3 xxiv 380pp. J & J Boydell / For the author, No. 3, Poets' Corner; Mr. Nicol and Messrs. Boydell Hardcover
1812Best.-Nr. 68244London: Boydell and Co. 1812. 8vo. Three volumes. Burgundy full straight grained morocco with gilt decorated spine and boarders; all edges gilt. Slight wear to the spine and corners gilt bright. Slight damage to the top corner of the third volume. Bindings firm with slight separation to the front hinges. Some scatted foxing and slight offsetting to some of the leaves. Bookplate of the nineteenth century MP John Walbanke Childers to the front pastedown. Illustrated with black and white wood engravings. A beautifully bound set. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Gilt-decorated Morocco. 1812. Boydell and Co. 1812 unknown
Best.-Nr. 228242Paris, Imprimerie de Goetschy, 1825 petit in-8, 111 pp., demi-veau fauve, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, tranches rouges, couverture citron imprimée conservée (Ateliers Laurenchet).
1666Best.-Nr. 42595Paris, Robert de Ninville, 1666. In-12 de (8)-334-(4) pp., veau brun, dos fleurdelisé à nerfs (reliure de l'époque).
1579Elegante piccola carta geografica dell'isola tratta dai Dialoghi Notturni del Capitano Francesco Ferretti Cavaglier di S. Stefano, edito ad Ancona da Giovan Battista Ciotti, nel 1604. Si tratta della seconda edizione del celebre “isolario” di Francesco Ferretti (per la prima volta edito nel 1579), che contiene 28 mappe di isole europee incise in rame, e racchiuse dentro una cornice ornamentale di forma rotonda, che conferisce alle carte un’inusuale e particolarissima forma alla mappa. Questo raro trattato che fornisce nozioni scientifiche e militari, oltre che geografiche e matematiche. La parte geografica costituisce il corpus principale dell’opera, con le 28 mappe raffiguranti le principali isole del Mediterraneo rappresentate con l’inusuale forma circolare, finemente intagliate da Michelangelo Marelli. Le carte derivano da quelle intagliate da Girolamo Porro per L’isole Piu Famose Del Mondo Descritte Da Thomaso Porcacchi Da Castiglione, edito per la prima volta nel 1572. Ogni carta è racchiusa entro una cornice ornamentale, e mostra le linee dei venti. Il titolo, racchiuso nella parte superiore, è molto grande ed è espresso con la formula Ragionevol’ Forma et vera postura del’ Isola di, seguito dal nome dell’isola. Le mappe sono di piccole dimensioni ma molto accurate. L’opera del Ferretti venne ristampata nel 1608 con il titolo di Arte Militare. Acquaforte e bulino, rifilata la rame o con piccoli margini, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Bibliografia Mortimer 184; Olschki 4539; Cockle 548; Shirley T.FRR-1a. - Nordenskiold Collection I, p.156 no.73; Dufour/La Gumina, p. 85; Ganado 1985 S. 231; Stylianou 81, Navari 33; Zacharakis/Scutari 1499/1003-1518/1022; King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 62/3. Nice miniature map of the island, taken from Dialoghi Notturni del Capitano Francesco Ferretti Cavaglier di S. Stefano published in Ancona in 1604. It's the second edition of the rare “Isolario” by Ferretti, that provides scientific knowledge and military, as well as geography and mathematics. The geographical part is the main body of the work, with 28 maps depicting the main islands in the Mediterranean represented with the unusual circular shape, finely carved by Michelangelo Marelli. The maps derive from those engraved by Girolamo Porro for the L’isole Piu Famose Del Mondo Descritte Da Thomaso Porcacchi Da Castiglione, published for the first time in 1572. Each map is enclosed within an ornamental frame, and shows the lines of the winds. The title, enclosed at the top, is very large and is expressed by the formula Ragionevol’ Forma et vera postura del’ Isola di, followed by the name of the island; the maps are small but very accurate. The work of Ferretti was reprinted in 1608 with the title Arte Militare. Literature Mortimer 184; Olschki 4539; Cockle 548; Shirley T.FRR-1a. - Nordenskiold Collection I, p.156 no.73; Dufour/La Gumina, p. 85; Ganado 1985 S. 231; Stylianou 81, Navari 33; Zacharakis/Scutari 1499/1003-1518/1022; King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 62/3.
1826Best.-Nr. G105958Buckingham/ London, Seeley/ Payne 1826 Volume 4 only (out of 4): [4] + 388 + 25 pp., limited edition of only 200 copies printed at the expense of the first Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, modern hardcover with gilt title on spine, 30cm., stamp and small inscribed number on blanco endpaper, pages still uncut, some occasional foxing (text always well readable), good copy, weight: 1.6kg., G105958
1826Volume 4 only (out of 4): [4] + 388 + 25 pp., limited edition of only 200 copies printed at the expense of the first Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, modern hardcover with gilt title on spine, 30cm., stamp and small inscribed number on blanco endpaper, pages still uncut, some occasional foxing (text always well readable), good copy, weight: 1.6kg., G105958
1931(mm. 92 x 143), datata: 17th Feb 1931, indirizzata al “Prof. Luciano Magrini, Via Castelmorone 35 - Milano”, affrancata e timbrata: “I like the Lago Maggiore because (a) it is a sea and not a ditch with monstrous hedges of mountain looming over it, and (b) because there are no mosquitos. / Also because Troubetzkoy and a lot of interesting people live there. / G. Bernard Shaw Besides, it is near Varallo, discovered by the great Samuel Butler, and dear to all connoisseurs in sculpture and painting”. Ben conservata.
1793Best.-Nr. 55054London, W. Faden, 1793. (75 x 62 cm.). Engraved map of Ireland for travelling use, sectioned and laid down on linen. With 2 large fine engraved cartouches and handcoloured in outline.
1793Best.-Nr. 55054London W. Faden 1793. 75 x 62 cm. Engraved map of Ireland for travelling use sectioned and laid down on linen. With 2 large fine engraved cartouches and handcoloured in outline. unknown
First and only edition, small 4to (205 x 155 mm), 4pp., drop-head title, small piece torn from inner upper blank margin, disbound. Effusive praise of the politician soon to become Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The occasion of the present pamphlet was Brodrick's return to power as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons after being out of office for two years. He was returned at the 1713 election, held under the lord lieutenancy of the Duke of Shrewsbury, and presumably the date in the title of the poem refers to the occasion of his being chosen as speaker, in a contest with a court-sponsored Tory candidate. What was presumably a Tory reply, A Letter to the Author of the Speaker, appeared soon after (Foxon, L154). Foxon, S620; ESTC locating 5 copies in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge, House of Lords, Dublin Honourable Society, National Library of Ireland); one copy in North America (University of Chicago).
First edition, 4to (310 x 210mm), 1,000pp., one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author and publisher, former owners name in ink to front-free endpaper, numerous plates, orig. cloth, light wear, label on upper cover. Ireland and the Printed Word A Short Descrptive Catalogue
1805Best.-Nr. 66794London: printed for C. Chapple Pall-Mall and Southampton Row Bloomsbury 1805. First edition 12mo pp. 2 vi 151 1; engraved frontispiece by Rhodes after Craig 7 wood-engraved tailpieces ostensibly by Bewick; original drab paper-covered boards slightly later brown paper shelfback; a bit worn but generally good and sound. Early ownership signature at the top of the title page of E. Wilding 1809. Ireland 1775-1835 is known primarily as a forger of would-be Shakespeare documents and plays; he was exposed in 1796 but less than ten years later he was at it again with Effusions of love from Chatelar to Mary Queen of Scotland. "First edition of a quasi-forgery by William Henry Ireland focusing on Pierre de Boscosel de Chastelard the French noble poet who was executed after trespassing Queen Mary Stuart's quarters. Ireland claimed to have found Chastelard's manuscripts at the Scots College in Paris including his poems addressed to Queen Mary" Johns Hopkins. printed for C. Chapple, Pall-Mall, and Southampton Row, Bloomsbury unknown
1805Best.-Nr. 66794London: printed for C. Chapple Pall-Mall and Southampton Row Bloomsbury 1805. First edition 12mo pp. 2 vi 151 1; engraved frontispiece by Rhodes after Craig 7 wood-engraved tailpieces ostensibly by Bewick; original drab paper-covered boards slightly later brown paper shelfback; a bit worn but generally good and sound. Early ownership signature at the top of the title page of E. Wilding 1809. Ireland 1775-1835 is known primarily as a forger of would-be Shakespeare documents and plays; he was exposed in 1796 but less than ten years later he was at it again with Effusions of love from Chatelar to Mary Queen of Scotland. "First edition of a quasi-forgery by William Henry Ireland focusing on Pierre de Boscosel de Chastelard the French noble poet who was executed after trespassing Queen Mary Stuart's quarters. Ireland claimed to have found Chastelard's manuscripts at the Scots College in Paris including his poems addressed to Queen Mary" Johns Hopkins. printed for C. Chapple, Pall-Mall, and Southampton Row, Bloomsbury unknown books
1795Best.-Nr. 018414London: R. Faulder and T. Egerton 1795. - - - - Full brown marbled leather with gilt tooled spine with red leather title insert. Beautiful sepia tint engraved titled page depicting Nature and Shakespeare along the river's edge. 284 pp with errata inserted as last page. 32 plates including the frontispiece. Many woodcut devices throughout. Polished cinnamon paper edges. Spine is dried out with chipped head. Corners bumped with losses. Interior very clean and bright. Some tissue guards folded stained or torn. First Edition. Full Calf Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. R. Faulder and T. Egerton Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 29383Amsterdam. Chez les Freres Chatelain. 1708. No Binding. Fine. 45x 52.5cm 17.5"x 20.5" image 34.5x 46cm with 2 small inset maps: 11cm x 8cm 4.5cm x 3cm uncoloured indexes in fine condition The copper-plate maps from Chatelain's "Atlas Historique" published 1705-1720 in 7 vols. are based on the work of French cartographer Guillaume De L'Isle. There were four issues/editions of this seven volume atlas; 1705-1720 1712-20 1718-120 & 1732-1739. In these subsequent edition the present map appears in Vol. 3. The inset maps are of ancient Ireland and contemporary ecclesiastical Ireland with descriptions in French on both. Tables include political ecclesiastical and geographical information. - "Title appears outside the neat line across the top. The main map is again flanked by columns of engraved text. In this instance each column is headed by a small map of the country that on the left shows the ancient religious divisions that on the right the present day 1708 divisions. There is a single scale line towards the border of the main map. The box at the title now has 'Tome 2 / Nop 58' and the imprint Avec Privilege de Nosseigneurs les Etats'd'Hollande et de Westfri; appear at the bottom of the left column". Bonar Law #47. Amsterdam. Chez les Freres Chatelain. 1708 unknown
1982Best.-Nr. J5-STYB-JPDRHMSO 01-01-1982. Very Good. By Northern Ireland. Published by HMSO. Hugely impressive 13-volume set with ISBN 0337233640. Volumes may also be available under their own individual ISBNs. HMSO unknown
Best.-Nr. 24764One with annotated with date 28 March 1792 the others undated. None with place. See image. It is hard to see how this collection could be bettered the range of signatures from sanity to madness being of particular interest. All seven examples laid down on a folio leaf extracted from an album. The leaf is in poor condition creased and with closed tears but the parchment and paper bearing the signatures themselves in good condition the six parchment items having the usual discoloration but the example on paper in excellent condition. Six of the signatures on rectangles ranging in size from 10 x 7 cm to 8 x 5 cm are arranged in two columns of three items each and beneath this arrangement across the foot of the page is the irregular fragment cut from the top left-hand corner of a warrant 16cm at its widest and 12.5 cm at its longest. The largest and clearest of the six signatures above the warrant is the one at top left which is on paper. Here the ‘George R.’ is neatly boldly and stylishly written. The signature beside this at the head of the right-hand column is the one which has been neatly annotated with the date: it is somewhat faded and has been laid down upside down. The signature at the bottom of the right-hand column has clearly been written while insane or blind. The warrant has a similarly afflicted signature at top right and beneath this is the king’s circular seal 4cm in diameter with the crest of the United Kingdom on the customary diamond of paper 6 cm square laid over the red wax. The surviving text a mixture of printed and manuscript the latter given in square brackets below reads: ‘George the Third . / Great Britain and . / and Wellbeloved . / We do by the . / here of . / L. / G.’. One with annotated with date 28 March 1792, the others undated. None with place. unknown
1841Best.-Nr. 319367London: How and Parsons 1841. First Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout 18 maps and many engravings. xii iv 435; vii 468; viii 511pp. 3 vols. 4to. Bound in full polished tan contemporary calf edges marbled. Nice set. First Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout 18 maps and many engravings. xii iv 435; vii 468; viii 511pp. 3 vols. 4to. How and Parsons unknown
1841Best.-Nr. 319367London: How and Parsons 1841. First Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout 18 maps and many engravings. xii iv 435; vii 468; viii 511pp. 3 vols. 4to. Bound in full polished tan contemporary calf edges marbled. Nice set. First Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout 18 maps and many engravings. xii iv 435; vii 468; viii 511pp. 3 vols. 4to. How and Parsons unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 53907Austin: University of Texas Press 1965. Hardcover. Very good/Good plus. Hardcover. Catalogue Raisonne. Quarto. 475pp. Color frontispiece. 1540 works fully described most almost 1000 with a b&w illustration. Additional list of undated previously unrecorded pieces some of which may be listed in the main catalogue. Includes chronology and exhibition list. SIGNED by Leroy Ireland. Green cloth has light rubbing to edges in pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket is lightly faded on spine rubbed and has edge wear and small edge tears. University of Texas Press hardcover
1800Best.-Nr. 52382London: R. Faulder 1800. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Quarto. xvi 254 1pp. 21 20 plates. Rebound in three-quarter black cloth over marbled boards with gilt double framed lettering on leather label of cover gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering and ruling on spine; raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. Additional twenty engravings bound in two of them loose and two in-text engravings. The additional plates present facing pages 6 10 78 82 83 laid in 86 100 112 114 116 118 2 one laid in 157 158 160 164 168 192 212 232. A tour through Holland Brabant etc. of picturesque views of the rivers Thames Medway Avon and Wye and of graphic illustrations of Hogarth etc. Contains Errata page at rear. Three quarter inch closed tear at top joint at spine half and inch at bottom. Some light scuffing along hinges. Five line printed description of book pasted to front endpaper glued only at left edge. Lightly starting at inside front cover. Interior in very good condition. R. Faulder hardcover
1795Best.-Nr. 216451795 1ed Warwickshire River Avon England Illustrated Castles Picturesque ViewsSamuel Ireland was an 18th-century English author whose "Picturesque Views" books were some of the most desirable and impressive illustrated works of the era. Ireland known for his engravings published numerous volumes in his 'Picturesque' series focusing on London Holland the Brabant France River Medway environs and Westminster. But perhaps his best volume was 'On Warwickshire Avon'. First published in 1795 'Picturesque Views on Warwickshire Avon' was the first work dedicated solely to illustrating the environs of the River Avon and the small village of Naseby. The 32 engravings depict quaint scenes bridges landscapes castles mansions cathedrals and portraits of famous figures.Item number: #21645Price: $750IRELAND Samuel Picturesque views on the upper on Warwickshire Avon from its source at naseby to its juction with the Severn at TewkesburyLondon: R. Faulder 1795. First edition.Details: • Collation: Complete with all pageso xviii 284 2o 32 plates includes 29 aquatint engravings• Provenance: Handwritteno Frances R. Reido F. A. McKenna• Language: English• Binding: Leather; tight and secureo Decorative black Moroccan leather• Size: ~9.5in X 6.75in 24cm x 17cmOur Guarantee:Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 21645Photos available upon request. R. Faulder hardcover
1800Best.-Nr. 52382London: R. Faulder 1800. First edition. Hardcover. Good- to very good condition. Quarto. xvi 254 1pp. 21 20 plates. Rebound in three-quarter black cloth over marbled boards with gilt double framed lettering on leather label of cover gilt ruling on covers gilt lettering and ruling on spine; raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. Additional twenty engravings bound in two of them loose and two in-text engravings. The additional plates present facing pages 6 10 78 82 83 laid in 86 100 112 114 116 118 2 one laid in 157 158 160 164 168 192 212 232. A tour through Holland Brabant etc. of picturesque views of the rivers Thames Medway Avon and Wye and of graphic illustrations of Hogarth etc. Contains Errata page at rear. Three quarter inch closed tear at top joint at spine half and inch at bottom. Some light scuffing along hinges. Five line printed description of book pasted to front endpaper glued only at left edge. Lightly starting at inside front cover. Interior in very good condition. R. Faulder hardcover books