Lot 501
Death, Suicide & Sacrifice - Dagley, R.
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
Death's doings. London, 1827, second edition, 8vo, engraved title, 30 engraved plates, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, foxing; Taylor, J. The danger of premature interment. London, 1816, 8vo, frontispiece, modern half calf gilt, ink inscription on title; Drelincourt, Charles The christian's defence against the fears of death. London, 1719, 8vo, frontispiece, panelled calf, hinges splitting; Spinckes, N. The sickman visited. London, 1717, second edition, 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary calf, red label, hinges split; Piggott, Rev. S. Suicide and its antidotes. London, 1824, 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary half calf, rubbed, inner hinges weak, browning; Dodd, William Reflections on death. London, 1763, 12mo, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, lacking index; Norris, John A philosophical discourse concerning the natural immortality of the soul. London, 1708, 8vo, contemporary calf, red label, worn, hinges splitting, heavy foxing throughout, ink notes on endpapers; Myers, Eliab & Sullivan, F.A. The champion text book on embalming. Ohio, 1897, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, interior clean; Vrown, Capt. Thomas The taxidermist's manual. London, 1885, 8vo, 6 plates, original cloth, sunned; Greenhill, Thomas Nekrokedeia: or the art of embalming. London, 1705, 4to, 12 [of 14] plates including folding map, 19th Century half calf gilt, rubbed, hinges splitting, foxing throughout; Hartshorne, Albert Hanging in chains. London, 1891, 8vo, illustrated, original vellum, dustmarked, page 109 tape repaired; [Defoe, Daniel] The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665. London, 1819, 8vo, frontispiece, original boards, rebacked, foxed and stained throughout; Watts, Isaac The world to come. London, [1815], 8vo, portrait frontispiece, engraved title, 6 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked and heavily restored, browning throughout and 3 other editions; and a quantity of other material relating to death (qty)