Lot 157
Bible; Dutch; States Translation
Biblia dat is de gantsche H. Schrifture
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
Dordrecht: Pieter en Jacob Keur, 1730. Folio in sixes (35.7 x 23cm), contemporary diced calf over wooden boards, embossed central design, with metal corners and 3 (of 4) metal anchor plates for 2 metal clasps (now missing), 6 double page maps by Bastiaan Stoopendaal (double hemispherical map, map depicting the Holy Land, map showing the area of the Children of Israel wandering in the desert, plan of Jerusalem, map showing Paul's travels, map showing the Promised Land of Canaan), hemispherical map detached, joints of binding cracking, spine lacking head and tail bands;
Leycester, Peter. Historical Antiquities, in Two Books. London: printed by W.L. for Robert Clavell, 1673. First edition, folio (33.8 x 21cm), later half calf, rebacked, with final errata leaf and folded map of Cheshire, edges of boards worn, with occasional annotations, library book label of The Surveyors' Institution (now Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) on front pastedown [ESTC R2116; Wing (2nd ed.) L1943];
Sibbald, Robert. Scotia illustrata sive Prodromus historiae naturalis. Edinburgh: ex officina, typographica Jacobi Kniblo, Josuae Solingensis & Johannis Colmarii, 1684. Folio, 22 engraved plates mounted on 10 sheets of paper bound at end of volume, modern green buckram with new endpapers, spotting to title page and initial leaves, with armorial bookplate pasted on verso of title page of George Paton (1721-1807) [ESTC R9747; Wing (2nd ed.) S3727];
Fréart, Roland. A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern … Made English for the Benefit of Builders … By John Evelyn. London: printed by T. W. for J. Walthoe, 1733. Fourth edition, folio (35.1 x 21.8cm), contemporary mottled calf, raised bands on spine, engraved illustrations, many full-page, binding worn at extremities and tear on leather of lower board with small patch missing, minor damp-staining on bottom corner of initial leaves, with armorial bookplates on front pastedown of Sir Hew Dalrymple and Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton [ESTC T117369] (4)
Provenance
From the collection of the late Professor Roland Paxton MBE FICE FRSE (1932-2025), 'Britain's foremost historian of civil engineering' (Telegraph, obituary, 12th November 2025). Professor Paxton was also a leading conservationist of Britain's engineering heritage, and led successful campaigns to restore two of the world's most important railway structures, the Laigh Milton Viaduct in Ayrshire, the world's oldest surviving railway bridge, and the Union Chain Bridge, the world's oldest suspension bridge still carrying road traffic.