£555
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
[Clarke, Edward Daniel] Testimonies of different authors, respecting the Colossal Statue of Ceres Placed in the Vestibule of the Public Library at Cambridge, July the First 1803, with a Short Account of its Removal from Eleusis, 22nd November, 1801. Cambridge: Francis Hodson, 1803. First edition, 8vo, [2], 25pp., engraved frontispiece, disbound;
Morritt, John Bacon Sawrey. A Vindication of Homer and of the Ancient Poets and Historians, who have recorded the Siege and Fall of Troy. York: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1798. First edition, 4to, folding map and 5 folding bistre aquatint plates, modern brown half morocco, uncut;
Carlyle, Joseph Dacre. Poems Suggested chiefly by scenes in Asia Minor, Syria and Greece. London: W. Bulmer, 1805. First edition, 4to, half-title, 2 sepia aquatint plates, list of subscribers, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, pencil inscription of H. Gould, pencil inscription by William St. Clair "this book belonged to Rev. Philip who accompanied Carlyle on Elgin's Embassy. It was given to me by Mrs A.C. Langland, a descendant of the Hunt family. Gould was the name of Hunt's nephew referred to in Stockdale's book.";
[Idem]. An Account of the Greek Manuscripts, chiefly Biblical which had been in the possession of the late Professor Carlyle... now deposited in the Archepiscopal Library at Lambeth Palace. London: R. Gilbert, [1831]. 8vo [iv], 74, original boards uncut, Hugh Percy bookplate, upper board and title detached, spine worn, but very clean internally
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.