Peacock, Francis
Sketches relative to the History and Theory, but more especially to the Practice of Dancing
£404
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
… intended as Young Teachers of the Art of Dancing. Aberdeen: J. Chalmers & Co., 1805. First edition, 8vo, 224 pp., uncut in original boards, contemporary ownership inscription ('Colonel Forbes') to the title-page, a little wear to binding, contents lightly spotted and browned;
Shirrefs, Andrew. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Edinburgh: printed for the author, 1790. First edition, 8vo, xxviii [2] 365 41, uncut in original boards, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription ('Colonel Forbes') to the title-page, spine worn, front free endpaper loose, old finger-soiling to lower fore corner of half-title, frontispiece (tipped to half-title) detaching at head;
Gisborne, Thomas. An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex. London: for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. Third edition ('corrected'), 8vo, viii 448 pp., uncut in original boards, contemporary ownership inscription ‘M D. Horn Elphinstone’ (Margaret Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, c.1765-1849) to preface;
Denon, Vivant. Travels through Sicily and Malta: from the French. Perth: R. Morison Junior, 1790. 12mo, [4] 210 pp., uncut in original boards, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, ownership inscription ‘A. Forbes’ to title-page, binding slightly worn and marked;
Lady's Magazine. The Lady's Magazine, or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex. London: for G. and J. Robinson, 1805. Volume 36 only, 8vo, contemporary half calf, engraved frontispiece and additional title-page, hand-coloured engraved plates of women's fashion, other engraved plates including needlework patterns (not collated, paper lifting from covers) (5)
Provenance
From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association.