Antiquarian history and literature
Collection of works, mainly 17th-19th century
£1,071
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Moore, J. J. The British Mariner's Vocabulary; or Universal Dictionary of Technical Terms and Sea Phrases used in the Construction, Equipment, Management and Military Operations of a Ship. London: J. Cundee, 1801. First edition, 12mo, contemporary sprinkled tan sheep, engraved frontispiece, 8 plates, ownership inscription to head of title-page;
Abercromby, David. A Moral Discourse of the Power of Interest. London: Dorman Newman, 1691. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, early ownership inscription to head of title-page;
Bartholin, Caspar, the Younger. De tibiis veterum et earum antiquo usu. Rome: ex tyopgraphia Pauli Monetae, 1677. First edition, 8vo, contemporary blind-ruled sheep, 3 engraved plates, lacking portrait, binding worn, damp-staining, engraved bookplate (Gordon of Letterfourie), ownership inscription of one William Niven dated 1688 to initial blank;
[Defoe, Daniel]. A Military History of Germany, and of England; from the Year 1631, to the Year 1648. Being the Memoirs of an English Gentleman, who served in the Army of Gustavus Adolphus; and afterwards in the Royal Army of King Charles I. Edinburgh: for Ebenezer Wilson, bookseller in Dumfries, 1769. 12mo, contemporary tan calf, early ownership inscription (Helen Gordon, Letterfourie) to head of title-page;
and 16 others (not collated), including: ‘J. C.’, A Compleat History of the Affairs of Spain, 1708 (8vo, contemporary panelled calf, engraved portrait); James Anderson, Essays relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Edinburgh, 1777 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tan calf, engraved bookplates of Sir James Gordon, Baronet, of Letterfourie, showing Letterfourie in the background); R. H. Cromek, Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song, 1810 (8vo, contemporary streaked calf); John, Earl of Orrery, Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, 1752 (second edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, Gordon of Letterfourie bookplate); Henry Home, Lord James, Sketches of the History of Man, 1778 (second edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled tan sheep); and similar (28)
Provenance
From the library of the Gordon family of Letterfourie, Moray, Scotland.