Miscellaneous antiquarian books and fine bindings
Collection of works
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Hutton, William. The Battle of Bosworth-Field, between Richard the Third and Henry Earl of Richmond, August 22, 1485. Birmingham: printed by Pearson and Rollason, 1788. First edition, 8vo, 19th-century tan calf, rebacked, gilt arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet to covers, engraved portrait, folding plan, title-page and portrait spotted, bound with a copy of the second edition (1813), with 11 etched portraits, plates and plans, one of which 'Richard the Third's House and Bedstead' misbound to face p. 49 in the first edition;
Cervantes, Miguel de. Novelas exemplares. Nueva impresion corregida y adornada con laminas. Valencia: Salvador Fauli, 1797. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary Spanish marbled sheep, etched portrait frontispiece, 14 etched plates (one for each ‘Novela’);
Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations … Complete in One Volume. Edinburgh: Peter Brown, 1838. 8vo, contemporary half calf;
Locke, John. An Essay concerning Human Understanding … A New Edition. London: for Thomas Tegg, 1828. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spine with twin black morocco labels and broad flat bands tooled in gilt, contemporary bookseller's ticket 9Wrightson & Webb, Birmingham);
Johnson, Samuel. Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which are added Some Poems, never before printed. Published from the Original MSS. in her Possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi. Dublin: for G. Burnet [and others], 1788. 2 volumes in 1, 8vo, later black half morocco;
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. 8vo, contemporary half calf, engraved portrait frontispiece, 41 etched plates by George Cruikshank ('Phiz'), plates spotted;
and 11 others including: Byron, Marino Faliero, 1821; Sotheran's York Guide, 1796; Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language … Seventh Edition, Corrected by the Author, 1783 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, rubbed, volume 1 rear joint cracked); T. H. Huxley, [Volume of pamphlets and journal extracts]; Bede, The History of the Primitive Church of England from its Origin to the Year 731 … Now translated by the Rev. William Hurst. London: for the translator, 1814 (first edition thus, 8vo, contemporary tree sheep, lacking frontispiece); and similar (24)
Provenance
From the library of the Gordon family of Letterfourie, Moray, Scotland.