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282.
Urquhart (Sir Thomas, of Cromarty) The Works.... Reprinted from the Original Editions. Edinburgh: [Maitland Club,] 1834
ONE OF 92 COPIES, 4to., pp.[viii]+xxii+419+[1], fine engraved portrait and 3 (on 2) other plates, handsomely printed on Club paper, sporadic slight marginal soiling; orig. half tan morocco, gilt, some rubbing
£425
ONE OF 92 COPIES, 4to., pp.[viii]+xxii+419+[1], fine engraved portrait and 3 (on 2) other plates, handsomely printed on Club paper, sporadic slight marginal soiling; orig. half tan morocco, gilt, some rubbing
Terry 30. With the armorial bookplate of a later Cromarty on the front pastedown.
Still the best edition of Urquhart's original works (Epigrams, The Trissotetras, Logopandecteision, or an Introduction to the Universal Language, Proquiritations, etc.), edited by Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan, with a bio-bibliographical introduction. Presented to the Maitland Club by Sylvester Douglas Stirling.
Still the best edition of Urquhart's original works (Epigrams, The Trissotetras, Logopandecteision, or an Introduction to the Universal Language, Proquiritations, etc.), edited by Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan, with a bio-bibliographical introduction. Presented to the Maitland Club by Sylvester Douglas Stirling.
283.
[Uvarov (Sergyei Semenovich, Count)] Essay on the Mysteries of Eleusis. Translated from the French, by J.D. Price. With Observations by J[ames]. Christie [the Younger]. London, Printed for Rodwell and Martin, 1817
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, 8vo., pp.xv+[i]+188, folding frontispiece, engraved and letterpress titles each with neat old stamp of ownership, engraved head- and tail-piece, sporadic light foxing; contemp. half calf, gilt, slightly rubbed
£150
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, 8vo., pp.xv+[i]+188, folding frontispiece, engraved and letterpress titles each with neat old stamp of ownership, engraved head- and tail-piece, sporadic light foxing; contemp. half calf, gilt, slightly rubbed
Blackmer 348. Uvarov's early work on the Eleusinian mysteries had previously been published in French at St. Petersburg (1812, 100 copies only) and at Paris (1815, revised). The present translation is taken from the revised edition, and appends thirty-eight pages of "Observations" by James Christie, whose Disquisitions upon the Painted Greek Vases and their Probable Connection with the Shows of the Eleusinian and Other Mysteries, including his theories upon the connection between the figures and the Eleusinian mysteries, was published in full in 1825. Uvarov's text and Christie's observations consist of exercises in comparative mythology. The Eleusinian mysteries were supposed to have their origin in Egyptian and Hindu rituals, and the paintings on Greek vases were supposed to illustrate aspects of the mysteries.
284.
Victorian Book Design. LONGFELLOW (H.W.) The Poetical Works...with prefatory notice. Edinburgh [and] London, Gall & Inglis, [1865?]
8vo., pp.xx+700, text on thin paper, 4 engraved plates, text within landscape borders; orig. green cloth, front cover and spine pictorially gilt and black, back cover blind-stamped, front cover with sunken arabesque panel containing fine stylised angel with harp in ivory and gilt on a red background, g.e., a little rubbing, and slight crack to front inner hinge, really a very good example
£30
8vo., pp.xx+700, text on thin paper, 4 engraved plates, text within landscape borders; orig. green cloth, front cover and spine pictorially gilt and black, back cover blind-stamped, front cover with sunken arabesque panel containing fine stylised angel with harp in ivory and gilt on a red background, g.e., a little rubbing, and slight crack to front inner hinge, really a very good example
Prize label of Kenilworth College Hastings; printed in gold and completed in ms. dated 1883, awarded to Miss R. Cranstone for "having passed the Trinity College exam" in music. Published in (on spine) the Landscape Series of Poets.
285.
Virgil. [Opera.] Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex editione Petri Burmanni. Glasguae: In Aedibus Academicis excudebant Andreas Foulis, 1784
F'cap 8vo. in fours, pp.[iv]+240+157+[3], issue on superior quality paper, old inscription neatly erased from head of title; nineteenth century half green morocco, gilt, marbled endpapers, r.e.
£215
F'cap 8vo. in fours, pp.[iv]+240+157+[3], issue on superior quality paper, old inscription neatly erased from head of title; nineteenth century half green morocco, gilt, marbled endpapers, r.e.
Gaskell 673. From the library of Gerald Fitzgibbon (1793-1882, Irish barrister with a taste for the classics), with his round "G. Fitzgibbon Q.C. Dublin", stamp to title-page, and his bookplate on the front pastedown. The binding, which incorporates the initials G.F.G. at tail of spine, was clearly done for him; presumably in Dublin.
With the terminal leaf of advertisements for books printed and sold by A. Foulis and A. Tilloch.
With the terminal leaf of advertisements for books printed and sold by A. Foulis and A. Tilloch.
286.
Volney (Constantin François, Comte de) Oeuvres Complètes. Paris, Bossange Frères, 1821
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 8 Vols., 8vo., 23 engraved plates, most folding and/or maps and plans, several folding tables in vol.viii, scattered light foxing; contemp. tree calf, gilt, double red morocco labels, excellent and handsome
£650
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 8 Vols., 8vo., 23 engraved plates, most folding and/or maps and plans, several folding tables in vol.viii, scattered light foxing; contemp. tree calf, gilt, double red morocco labels, excellent and handsome
An attractive set, directly acquired from a country house library (armorial bookplates of William Fullarton Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie & Boysack), and undoubtedly as issued; yet it does not have the portrait of Volney - the volume i frontispiece is illustrative of Les Ruines.
287.
Voutier (Olivier) Mémoires du Colonel Voutier sur la Guerre Actuelle des Grecs. Paris, Bossange Frères, 1823
FIRST EDITION, 8vo., pp.xiv+396, "Soldat Grec" frontispiece and 4 other engraved portraits after the author (Colocotroni et al.), slight foxing; contemp. tree calf, gilt, red morocco label, excellent
£200
FIRST EDITION, 8vo., pp.xiv+396, "Soldat Grec" frontispiece and 4 other engraved portraits after the author (Colocotroni et al.), slight foxing; contemp. tree calf, gilt, red morocco label, excellent
Blackmer 1750: "Voutier went to Greece in 1821 and acted as ADC to Mavrocordatos on the Peta campaign. He returned to France in 1823 and published his memoirs, mostly imaginary and extremely flamboyant, confirming all the philhellenic myths...."
288.
Walpole (Horace) The Works. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1798
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, secondary issue, 5 Vols., stout 4to., complete with 166 engraved plates, some folding (including many of those of Strawberry-Hill), many of artists and engravers, vignettes to titles and occasionally elsewhere, half-titles discarded from vols. ii & iv, sporadic slight foxing but contents generally fresh; contemp. half calf, gilt, orange morocco labels, spines rubbed and vol.iii back joint partly cracked, a good and sound set
£650
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, secondary issue, 5 Vols., stout 4to., complete with 166 engraved plates, some folding (including many of those of Strawberry-Hill), many of artists and engravers, vignettes to titles and occasionally elsewhere, half-titles discarded from vols. ii & iv, sporadic slight foxing but contents generally fresh; contemp. half calf, gilt, orange morocco labels, spines rubbed and vol.iii back joint partly cracked, a good and sound set
Hazen 27. From the Gladstone library at Fasque, with bookplates.
Edited by Mary Berry, who "made a careful collection of HW's published and unpublished writings..., and carrying out the directions left in manuscript by HW. The result is a handsome and satisfying memorial to the literary life of her dear friend. She omitted numerous ephemeral pieces, it is true, but these five volumes supplemented by HW's letters and his historical memoirs present a relatively complete picture." (Hazen)
Edited by Mary Berry, who "made a careful collection of HW's published and unpublished writings..., and carrying out the directions left in manuscript by HW. The result is a handsome and satisfying memorial to the literary life of her dear friend. She omitted numerous ephemeral pieces, it is true, but these five volumes supplemented by HW's letters and his historical memoirs present a relatively complete picture." (Hazen)
289.
[Walpole] The Character of Pericles; a Funeral Oration. Sacred to the Memory of a Great Man. London, Printed for M. Cooper..., 1745
FIRST EDITION, 8vo., pp.[iv]+27+[1], half-title and last leaf slightly dusty; disbound
£50
FIRST EDITION, 8vo., pp.[iv]+27+[1], half-title and last leaf slightly dusty; disbound
An anonymous satire on the "great man," Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford.
290.
Walpole (Robert) Specimens of Scarce Translations of the Seventeenth Century from the Latin Poets. To which are added Miscellaneous Translations from the Greek, Spanish, Italian, &c. London: Printed [by R. Taylor and Co.] for J. Mawman, 1805
FIRST EDITION, sm.8vo., pp.xii+164, some parallel texts, some Greek text; contemp. polished calf, gilt, morocco label, slight cracking of front joint, very good
£100
FIRST EDITION, sm.8vo., pp.xii+164, some parallel texts, some Greek text; contemp. polished calf, gilt, morocco label, slight cracking of front joint, very good
Pretty copy of an uncommon little book, with the armorial bookplate of the statesman Henry Goulburn.
291.
[Warton (Thomas), Editor] The Union: or Select Scots and English Poems. The Third Edition. London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1766
Sm.8vo., pp.[viii]+184, contemp. tree calf, gilt, red morocco label, slight wear to extremities
£55
Sm.8vo., pp.[viii]+184, contemp. tree calf, gilt, red morocco label, slight wear to extremities
Armorial bookplate of Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan, with his ink note "Duplicate Sold TM." More recently the copy of the soldier and scholar Douglas Grant, with his pencilled note: "Includes 10 poems not in the first edition including T. Warton's Progress of Discontent, & Shenstone's Elegy."
292.
Weber (Henry) Metrical Romances of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Centuries; published from Ancient Manuscripts. With an Introduction, Notes, and a Glossary. Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Co..., 1810
FIRST EDITION, 3 Vols., 8vo., half-titles and errata-leaf present; nineteenth century red hard-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., very good and attractive
£250
FIRST EDITION, 3 Vols., 8vo., half-titles and errata-leaf present; nineteenth century red hard-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., very good and attractive
Weber was described by Scott as "a man of very superior attainments, an excellent linguist and geographer, and a remarkable antiquary." The present work, "admirably edited" (Southey), includes King Alisaunder; Sir Cleges; Lai le Fraine; Richard Coer de Lion; The Seuyn Sages and Sir Amadas.
293.
Wedgwood (Hensleigh) A Dictionary of English Etymology. London: Trübner & Co., 1859-65
FIRST EDITION, 3 Vols. in 2, 8vo., contemp. half calf, spines with geometrical designs in blind between raised bands, double red morocco labels, marbled endpapers, r.e.
£325
FIRST EDITION, 3 Vols. in 2, 8vo., contemp. half calf, spines with geometrical designs in blind between raised bands, double red morocco labels, marbled endpapers, r.e.
Cordell W-444. "...a work far in advance of all its predecessors, displaying an extraordinary command of linguistic material and considerable insight.... Wedgwood himself regarded language as the elaborated imitation of natural sounds... ...his theory was place in a new context by the publication of The Origin of Species by his cousin Charles Darwin." (Oxford DNB)
294.
Whymper (Edward) Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator. London, John Murray, 1892
Roy.8vo., pp.xxii+[ii]+456, 4 maps (3 folding, one in rear endpaper pocket), numerous plates and text illustrations; orig. cloth somewhat discoloured, but a decent and sound copy
£50
Roy.8vo., pp.xxii+[ii]+456, 4 maps (3 folding, one in rear endpaper pocket), numerous plates and text illustrations; orig. cloth somewhat discoloured, but a decent and sound copy
Second edition, without appendix.
295.
Wicquefort (Abraham de) Memoires touchant les Ambassadeurs et les Ministres Publics. A la Haye, Chez Jean & Daniel Steucker, 1677
8vo., pp.[xii]+624+[88 index], contemp. English mottled calf, red morocco label, m.e., rubbed, with short crack to head of front joint and wear at tail of spine, but a very good and crisp copy
£65
8vo., pp.[xii]+624+[88 index], contemp. English mottled calf, red morocco label, m.e., rubbed, with short crack to head of front joint and wear at tail of spine, but a very good and crisp copy
Written in prison, and previously published 1676. Fine armorial bookplate of William Fraser of Fraserfield to front pastedown and with neat, extensive and interesting notes upon the author on the free endpaper.
296.
Williams (Thomas Walter) The Whole Law relative to the Duty and Office of a Justice of the Peace. Comprising also the Authority of Parish Officers. Second Edition, considerably improved, including the statutes and adjudged cases to the present time. London: Printed for W. Clarke and Sons..., 1808
4 Vols., stout 8vo., 2 folding tables in vol.i; contemp. half calf, marbled boards, red morocco labels
£120
4 Vols., stout 8vo., 2 folding tables in vol.i; contemp. half calf, marbled boards, red morocco labels
From the Gladstone library at Fasque, with bookplates.
Affray, Ale-Houses, Apprentices, Bankrupt, Bastardy, Bawdy-Houses, Bread....
Affray, Ale-Houses, Apprentices, Bankrupt, Bastardy, Bawdy-Houses, Bread....
297.
Wilson (John Mackay) Wilson's Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Tales of the Borders. Published for Behoof of the Widow of John Mackay Wilson, Berwick, by John Sutherland..., Edinburgh..., 1835-40
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 6 Vols. in 3, 4to., portrait frontispiece, text in double column; contemp. half calf, green morocco labels, vol.i well rebacked with orig. spine relaid, slight crack to head of vol.iii front joint, very good
£250
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 6 Vols. in 3, 4to., portrait frontispiece, text in double column; contemp. half calf, green morocco labels, vol.i well rebacked with orig. spine relaid, slight crack to head of vol.iii front joint, very good
John Mackay Wilson (1804-1835) was born and died at Berwick. After completing his apprenticeship as a printer he removed to London for a time, followed by a period as an itinerant lecturer on literature. In 1832 he became editor of the Berwick Advertiser. "On 8 Nov. 1834 Wilson began the weekly publication, in threehalfpenny numbers, of The Tales of the Borders, which speedily attained an extraordinary popularity both in Great Britain and in America. Realistic narratives of simple sentiment and impressive situations, these stories made a direct appeal to the general reader, and the weekly circulation steadily rose from two thousand to sixteen or seventeen thousand. Wilson published in all forty-eight numbers, comprising seventy-three tales.... The series was continued by Wilson's brother [James], and much prolonged by Alexander Leighton...." (DNB) The completed Tales comprise 412 eight-page numbers.
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Worcester. DIRCKS (Henry) The Life, Times, and Scientific Labours of [Edward Somerset] the second Marquis of Worcester. To which is added, a reprint of his Century of Inventions, 1663, with a Commentary thereon. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1865
FIRST EDITION, roy.8vo., pp.xxiv+624, 2 engraved portraits, folding plan of Raglan Castle, text engravings, errata-slip present, leaf of ads. at end; contemp. green calf, gilt, red morocco label, g.e., a little shaken, but an attractive copy
£100
FIRST EDITION, roy.8vo., pp.xxiv+624, 2 engraved portraits, folding plan of Raglan Castle, text engravings, errata-slip present, leaf of ads. at end; contemp. green calf, gilt, red morocco label, g.e., a little shaken, but an attractive copy
Worcester's cryptic descriptions of a hundred mechanical inventions, written while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, include (article 68) a method to "drive up water by fire", and at article 100 the "water commanding engine," for which Worcester "appears to be due the credit of proposing, if not making, the first useful steam engine." (Ency.Brit.) Usher, in the History of Mechanical Inventions, states that although the evidence is "less conclusive than might be desired, there is little ground for challenging the account of his biographer, Dircks," and notes that one may still see the empty spaces in the masonry at Raglan Castle that presumably contained the engine.
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Worlidge (Thomas) A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems; most of them in the possession of the nobility and gentry of this kingdom; etched after the manner of Rembrandt. London: Printed by Dryden Leach, for M. Worlidge...; and M. Wicksteed, Seal-Engraver at Bath, 1768 [1780?]
2 Vols., 4to., complete with etched portrait frontispiece and 182 fine etched plates of gems, including the uncalled-for Medusa plate commencing vol.ii and the supplementary plate of Hercules slaying the Nemean lion, in excellent state; early red straight-grain morocco, broad gilt borders and fan cornerpieces, spines divided into six panels by double raised bands, attractively tooled in gilt, g.e., silken endleaves bordered in gilt, a few minor repairs, some rubbing to extremities, very good
£750
2 Vols., 4to., complete with etched portrait frontispiece and 182 fine etched plates of gems, including the uncalled-for Medusa plate commencing vol.ii and the supplementary plate of Hercules slaying the Nemean lion, in excellent state; early red straight-grain morocco, broad gilt borders and fan cornerpieces, spines divided into six panels by double raised bands, attractively tooled in gilt, g.e., silken endleaves bordered in gilt, a few minor repairs, some rubbing to extremities, very good
Finely bound in handsome unsigned bindings: almost certainly the work of Staggemeier and Welcher or Kalthoeber. This work was usually bound by one of the top London binders for the nobility and gentry who subscribed (ten pages in volume i list 170 subscribers) and who, for the most part, provided Worlidge with the original gems.
300.
Wycliffe (John), attributed to. An Apology for Lollard Doctrines.... Now first printed from a manuscript in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. With an Introduction and Notes, by James Henthorn Todd.... London: Printed for the Camden Society, 1842
FIRST EDITION, sm.4to., pp.lxiii+[i]+206+[2 errata]
WITH
RUTLAND PAPERS. Original Documents illustrative of the Courts and Times of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. selected from the private archives of His Grace the Duke of Rutland.... By William Jerdan.... London: Camden Society, 1842
FIRST EDITION, sm.4to., pp.xii+133+[1]
TOGETHER in contemp. polished calf, gilt, spine rubbed, front joint cracked, still very good
£35
FIRST EDITION, sm.4to., pp.lxiii+[i]+206+[2 errata]
WITH
RUTLAND PAPERS. Original Documents illustrative of the Courts and Times of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. selected from the private archives of His Grace the Duke of Rutland.... By William Jerdan.... London: Camden Society, 1842
FIRST EDITION, sm.4to., pp.xii+133+[1]
TOGETHER in contemp. polished calf, gilt, spine rubbed, front joint cracked, still very good