Brereton, Henry
Newes of the Present Miseries of Rushia: occasioned by the Late Warre in that Countrey
£1,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: for John Bache, 1614. First edition, 8vo (18.4 x 11.5cm), modern quarter leather, [4] 56 pp., woodcut title-device, headpiece and initials, text mainly in black letter, loss to head of title-page partly affecting words 'Newes of', lower margins extended throughout with loss of all catch-words and signature-marks and frequently obscuring at least part of last line of text [ESTC S114176; STC 3609];
Molesworth, Robert, Viscount Molesworth. An Account of Denmark, as it was in the Year 1692. London: printed in the year 1694. First edition, 8vo (18 x 11cm), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, browning [ESTC R29546; Wing 2832A];
Vertot, René-Aubert. The History of the Revolutions in Portugal. Translated from the French. London: Sam. Buckley, 1712. First edition in English, 8vo (18.8 x 11.5cm), contemporary panelled calf, G1-3 fore margins extended at an early date [ESTC T81951];
Idem. The History of the Revolution in Sweden. London: for James and John Knapton [and others], 1729. Sixth edition in English, 8vo (19.5 x 11.8cm), contemporary panelled calf, B2 with extensive closed tear and marginal repairs, light damp-staining towards rear, marginal loss to final leaf [ESTC 006352494];
Burnet, Gilbert. Some Letters containing an Account of what seem'd most Remarkable in travelling thro' Switzerland, Italy, some parts of Germany, etc. In the Years 1685 and 1686. London: J. Lacy, 1724. 8vo (19.4 x 12cm), contemporary calf, rubbed, front joint cracked [ESTC T144978];
Lyell, Charles. Travels in North America; with Geological Observations on the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. London: John Murray, 1845. First edition, 2 volumes, large 12mo (19.3 x 11.5cm), contemporary green half calf, 7 lithographic or engraved plates and maps (3 hand-coloured), advertisements discarded [Ward & Carozzi 1431];
[Gleig, George Robert]. A Narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans. London: John Murray, 1826. Second edition, 8vo (21.2 x 12.5cm), contemporary half vellum, ex libris Matthew Whitworth Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer (1775-1850), British soldier and colonial governor in North America, with his bookplate and ownership inscription ('Aylmer 1827') (8)
Footnote
Note: Brereton's work, an account of the Polish-Russian war of 1609-18, is rare, ESTC tracing eight copies only in libraries world-wide, and no copies found in auction records.
Provenance: Professor G. E. Aylmer FBA (1926-2000), historian of 17th-century England and sometime master of St Peter’s College, Oxford (with his bookplates).