Lot 59
Bell, John
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
Bell's British theatre. London: John Bell, general title dated 1780, individual play titles dated 1776-78. 20 volumes, 12mo, engraved plates, blue quarter morocco by Birdsall, spines gilt; Cruikshank, George - Roscoe, Thomas, editor The novelist's library, with biographical and critical notices by Thomas Roscoe, and illustrations by George Cruikshank. London: Cochraine and Pickersgill, 1831-32. 12 (of 14) volumes, 12mo, engravings by Cruikshank, contemporary green half morocco gilt by Birdsall, spines gilt, t.e.g.; Locke, John An essay concerning humane understanding. London, 1805. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf gilt; Hume, David Essays and treatises on several subjects. Edinburgh, 1817. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf; Barlow, Frederic The complete English peerage. London, 1775. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, half calf gilt; Warner, F. A full and plain account of the gout. London, 1768. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, upper cover detached; [Anstey, Christopher] The new Bath guide. London, 1767. 8vo, frontispiece, half-title, contemporary calf, upper cover detached; Haydn, Joseph Oeuvres de Haydn en partitions quatuors. Paris: Pleyel, [c.1805], 8vo, engraved portrait, engraved throughout, contemporary half calf; [Idem] Oeuvres de Haydn en partition simphonies. Paris: Pleyel, [c.1805]. Volume 1 only, 8vo, engraved portrait, engraved throughout, contemporary half calf ; Rousseau, J.J. Letters on the elements of botany. London, 1807. 8vo, folding table, contemporary calf, joints splitting (43)