Antiquarian literature
Collection of works, 17th-19th century
£1,638
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Hobbes, Thomas. Elements of Philosophy. The First Section, Concerning Body … To which are added Six Lessons to the Professors of the Institution of Sr. Henry Savile, in the University of Oxford. London: R. & W. Leybourn, for Andrew Crooke, 1656. First edition in English, 4to, [14] 394, [8] 64 pp., c.1900 marbled half sheep, 12 engraved plates (apparently of 14, the extant plates headed Ad Cap. XIV, Ad XVI, Ad Cap. XVII, Cap. XVIII, Ad Cap. XIX, Ad Cap. XXI, Ad Cap. XXIII, Ad Cap. XXIIII, Ad Cap. XXVI, Ad Cap XXVII, Ad Cap XXVIII et XXX, and Less. V), prelims loose and damp-stained with related losses (crudely repaired), retaining initial blank and medial blank 3E2 (extra-illustrated with engraved portrait of Hobbes trimmed and mounted to the former) [MacDonald & Hargreaves 56; Wing H2232 & H2261];
[Royal Binding - Queen Anne]. A Collection of the several Statutes, and Parts of Statutes, now in Force, relating to High Treason and Misprision of High Treason. London: by Charles Bull, and the executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty, 1709. 2 parts in 1 volume, 12mo (14.8 x 8.5cm), 113 [15], 44 [3] pp., contemporary black morocco, spine gilt in compartments with stylised flower tools, covers with decorative panels enclosing royal arms gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt;
Walpole, Horace. Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third. London: J. Dodsley, 1768. Second edition, 4to, contemporary tree calf, 2 etched plates, joints cracked;
Mandeville, Bernard. The Fable of the Bees. London: J. Tonson, 1728. Fifth edition, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked;
Idem. An Enquiry into the Origin of Honour and the Usefulness of Christianity in War. London: John Brotherton, 1732. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered;
and 10 others (these not collated, including Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 copies, eighth edition, 1799, 2 volumes, 4to, 20th-century half reversed calf, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, and ninth edition, 1805, 4 volumes, 8vo, attractive contemporary reversed full calf, twin morocco labels to spines; Joannes Boemus, Le recueil des pais selon leur situation, avec les moeurs, loix, et ceremonies, d'iceaux, Paris: Jean Ruelle, 1557, 16mo; and similar) (20)
Provenance
From the library of the Gordon family of Letterfourie, Moray, Scotland.