Miscellaneous works
18 volumes
£605
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Bell, John. Observations on Italy. Edinburgh & London, 1825. First edition, 4to, 9 engraved plates, contemporary calf, some dampstaining, rebacked, rubbed;
[Lewis, Matthew Gregory] The Monk. London: J. Bell, 1797. Third edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed;
Hogg, James. The Brownie of Bodsbeck. Edinburgh, 1818. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, half-titles, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed;
[Midwifery] Aristotle's Compleat and Experienc'd Midwife... second edition. London: Printed and sold by the Booksellers, 1711. 12mo, [ii], iv, 280, [iv], engraved frontispiece (laid down), folding woodcut plate loosely inserted at end, later calf, quite a few pages trimmed by binder with some loss;
[Stonestreet, J.G.] Bodiam Castle, a Poem. London, 1818. 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e.;
James, J.T. The Italian Schools of Painting. London, 1820. 8vo, contemporary red half morocco, slightly rubbed;
Sheridan, Thomas. Lectures on the Art of Reading. London, 1805, 12mo, contemporary tree calf gilt;
Goethe. Faust. Vingt-six gravures d'apres les dessins de Retzsch. Paris, 1829. oblong 8vo, plates, contemporary green morocco gilt;
Lithgow, William. Travels & Voyages through Europe, Asia and Africa for Nineteen Years. Leith, 1814. 8vo, frontispiece, modern quarter calf, title & frontispiece spotted;
National History and Views of London, with its Environs. London: Allan, Bell & Co., 1834. 8vo, engraved title, plates, original boards, some spotting;
Wilson, William Rae. Records of a Route through France and Italy. London, 1835. 8vo, uncoloured aquatint plates, contemporary half calf, slight dampstaining;
Layard, A.H. A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh. 1858. 8vo, plates, contemporary calf;
Thackeray, W.M. Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo. 1864. 8vo, contemporary half calf;
Postel, Guillaume. De republica seu magistratibus. Leiden: J. Maire, 1645. 16mo, engraved portrait, 18th century calf;
Hugo, Hermannus. Pia Desideria. Antwerp: Lucam de Potter, 1668. 16mo, engraved title, engravings in text, 18th century calf, some headlines trimmed, rubbed; sold not subject to return
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.