Hopton Hall contents auction 1989

In 1989 the contents of Hopton Hall were auctioned by Sotheby's. This is a transcription of the catalogue of that Auction. An outline of the history of Hopton Hall and the Gell family, from earliest times to the circumstances leading to the sale of Hopton Hall and the auction of the contents, is given in the catalogue. It is hoped that the description of items for auction will give the reader a glimpse into the history and way of life of perhaps the oldest and wealthiest family who have lived in the Wirksworth Area studied by this website. OCR has been used to produce the text below. Reader, please excuse the errors inherent in this time-saving system. Also excuse the absence of most of the 140 illustrations in the catalogue. They are just too expensive in web space. Items with a picture are marked "+ image". Contact the webmaster if you would like see a picture by email This transcription was produced by at Ardroil in the Outer Hebrides while the webmaster was on holiday.

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More details on this website Hopton House Contents - advance notice leaflet Chandos-Pole Gell (pedigree + 24 photos of family) History of Hopton Hall Hopton House memories Hopton House 1900 X059, X071

First day of Sale, Tue 5 Sept 1989 001 Silver Plate 130 Objects of Vertu 200 Ceramics and Glass Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours, Prints 300 Frames 313 Drawings and Watercolours 328 Oil paintings 400 Printed books Second day of Sale, Wed 6 Sept 1989 1000 Oriental Rugs, Carpets and textiles 1025 Ethnographica Fine English and Continental Furniture 1050 Morning Room 1065 Drawing Room 1095 Main Hall 1113 Emblems, Village & Friendly Socs 1119 Entrance Hall 1126 Dining room 1134 Landing and stairs 1142 Master bedroom 1160 Bedroom 1 1169 Bedroom 2 1183 Bedroom 3 1197 Clocks, Works of Art, Household Furniture and Effects 1329 Costume and clothing 1338 Uniforms 1342 Swords and weapons 1351 Household Furniture and Effects (continued) 1478 Games and Sporting items 1493 Garden Furniture, Ornaments, Machinery, Tools and Outside Effects 1563 End of Sale

Transcript of Auction Catalogue Pre-sale estimate £417,000-£556,000 Goto ITEM number: 001 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 | 800 | 900 | 1000 | 1100 | 1200 | 1300 | 1400 | 1500 | 1562 ---Page 033----------------------------------------------- EMPTY PAGE ---Page 034----------------------------------------------- Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours and Prints FRAMES 300 A Quantity of 19th and 20th Century Picture Frames (qty) PRINTS 301 A Quantity of Miscellaneous Decorative Prints and Reproductions after Turner, Reynolds, Corot, Teniers, David Shepherd, Bartolozzi, and others various subjects and sizes; also an oil by B. Rumsby (19) £80-120 302 A Large Folio of Miscellaneous Etchings and Engrav ings and other Prints, largely portrait studies; also a Volume of English town and parish Maps, late 19th century £60-100 303 A Quantity of Decorative Prints, to include examples by or after A. H. Haig, J. E. Liotard, T. Hudson, Rembrandt and Peter Graham (19) £100-150 304 A Volume of Miscellaneous Prints, to include samples after William Green of Ambleside and others, poor condition £200-300 305 Two Large Volumes of British and Foreign Maps, some coloured, in generally poor condition (2) £180-220 306 After Cecil Aldin THE SOUTH BERKS HUNT colour reproduction, signed in pencil, published Alfred Bell, 1925, 33 by 59.7cms. (13 by 23-'12ins.); also a signed coloured print by Wanklyn of the Royal Horse Artillery; and another coloured print (3) £80-100 307 G. Belzoni Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia; with a volume of lithographs and etchings to include plates by G. Ricci and A. Aglio, most coloured; also 26 plates of the Maps of Western Palestine, photozincographed, 1880 £200-400 308 A Large Quantity of Miscellaneous Prints and Photo graphs, various subjects and sizes £50-80 ---Page 035----------------------------------------------- 309 A Quantity of Decorative Reproductions; and an Oriental watercolour (9) £40-50 310 Lionel Edwards THE MIDDLETON artist's proof, signed, 33 by 49.6cms. (13 by 19-'12ins.); also a reproduction after Cecil Aldin - The Plough Team (2) £50-80 311 No lot. 312 After William Heath BRITISH ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY two lithographs by Colnaghi, each: 22.2 by 35.2cms. (8314 by 1411-,ins.) (2) £60-100 DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS 313 A Quantity of Drawings, Watercolours, Reproductions and an Oil Painting (9) £30-40 314 + image Joan Wanklyn THE KING'S TROOP, ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY ENTER ING THE ARENA watercolour, signed, 32.4 by 52.7cms. (12314 by 2WI4ins.); also a study of a Trooper; and a similar print (3) £200-300 315 English School, 19th Century A Collection of fourteen full length Portraits of Earls, each standing as a knight in armour, watercolour on paper, each approx. 86.4 b 53.3cms. (34 by 21ins.) (14) £200-300 ***Reputedly by William Porden. See lot 365. 316 Lilian R. Bell CHILDREN ON A BEACH watercolour, signed, 22.9 by 33cms. (9 by 13ins.); also ten miscellaneous framed watercolours and drawings (11) £60-100 317 C. May Gell and other hands A Large Volume of Decorative and Topographical African, Indian and European Views, many signed and inscribed (a volume) £500-800 ---Page 036----------------------------------------------- 318 + image Harry Sutton Palmer A MOORLAND NEAR BARNARD CASTLE watercolour, signed, also inscribed on a label on the backboard, 35.6 by 53.3cms. (14 by 21ins.) £300-500 319 Edmund Morison Wimperis THE SUSSEX DOWNS watercolou- r, signed with initials and dated '94, 15.2 by 24.2cms. (6 by 9115ins.) £120-180 320 Wilfred Williams Ball SHACKLEFORD COMMON, SURREY watercolour, inscribed on the backboard, 17.8 by 27.9cms (7 by 11 ins) £80-120 321 S** Bond PORTRAIT OF A MOTHER AND CHILD signed indistinctly, pastels on paper, laid on canvas, 55.9 by 45.7cms. (22 by 18ins.); also a portrait of the Revd. John Phillip Gell (2) £120-180 322 Thomas Nicholson Tyndale A VILLAGE STREET watercolour, signed, 14.6 by 22.9cms. (5314 by 9ins.); also a church interior by a follower of Margaret Rayner (2) £100-150 323 A Quantity of Decorative Pictures, comprising of water colours and one oil (9) £60-80 ---Page 037----------------------------------------------- 324 English School, 1826 A COUNTRY HOME, said to be that of the late Philip Gell of Matlock, grisaille, watercolour, dated August 1826, 12.1 by 19.1cms (4314 by 7112ins.) £20-30 325 Charles Horsley A WINDING RIVER IN A FLAT COUNTRY watercolour, signed, 51.4 by 68.,6cms. (20114 by 27ins.) £100-150 326 C. Percival Small A PATH ACROSS THE MOOR watercolour, signed and dated 1906, 24.2 by 30.5cms (9112 by 12ins.) £20-30 327 Thomas Hart A MOUNTAIN PASS watercolour, signed, 39.4 by 27.3cms. (15'12 by 10314ins.) £40-60 OIL PAINTINGS 328 English School, 19th Century THE YOUNG FISHERMAN oil on canvas, 50.8 by 76.2cms. (20 by 30ins.) £150-200 329 E. M. McCarthy BRITTANY COAST a pair, oil on board, each: 15.2 by.22.2cms. (6 by 8314ins.) (2) £60-100 330 + image After Philips Wouwermans, 19th. Century THE HAWKING PARTY on panel, 48.3 by 36.9cms. (19 by 14112ins.) £500-700 331 English School STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS AND BUMBLE BEE oil on canvas, 86.4 by 43.2cms. (34 by 17ins.); also an oil by Russell; and a reproduction after Morland (3) £80-120 332 ** Nisbet PORTRAIT OF COLONEL GELL half length wearing Colonel's military uniform, in a library, signed, oil on canvas, 74.3 by 62.3cms. (29`12 by 24115ins.) £200-300 ---Page 038----------------------------------------------- 333 + image William Heath Wilson PALERMO signed, oil on panel, also signed, inscribed and dated 1888 on reverse, 11.5 by 19.1ms. (4.112 by 7112ins.) £300-500 334 + image William Heath Wilson GIRGENTI, SICILY signed, oil on panel, 15.2 by 22.9ms. (6 by 9ins.) £300-500 335 + image William Heath Wilson MONTE PELLEGRINO, PALERMO oil on panel, signed, 11.5 by 19.1ms. (4112 by 7112ins.) £300-500 336 + image William Heath Wilson GOATS BY THE SEA oil on panel, signed, also inscribed and dated on reverse and painted verso with a view of Palermo, 15.2 by 22.9ms. (6 by 9ins.) £500-800 ---Page 039----------------------------------------------- 337 + image Edward M. Elliot THE LLEDR VALLEY oil on canvas, signed, inscribed on the label and stretcher, 48.9 by 75cms. (19114 by 29112ins.) £200-300 338 ** Tucker A VIEW ON THE PLYM, BICKLEIGH, DEVON oil on panel, inscribed on the frame, 17.1 by 25.4 cms (6314 by 10ins.) £150-200 339 F. J. Sims DRIFTED SANDS signed and inscribed as title on reverse, oil on canvas, 44.5 by 83.Ams. (17112 by 32112ins.) £200-300 340 Dutch School, 19th. Century, in the style of Jan Wynants FIGURES IN AN EXTENSIVE WOODED LANDSCAPE oil on canvas, 26.7 by 35.6cms. (10112 by 14 ins.) £500-800 341 + image Henry Valter A REEDY POOL signed, oil on board, inscribed on the reverse, 38.1 by 61cms. (15 by 24ins.) £200-300 ---Page 040----------------------------------------------- 342 + image Attributed to Andries Franciscus Vermeulen DUTCH SKATERS IN A WINTER LANDSCAPE oil on canvas, 59.7 by 78. 1 cms. (23112 by 30-114ins.) £6,000-8,000 Provenance: Purchased November 1958, Slaley House Sale, Wirksworth. ---Page 041----------------------------------------------- 343 + image David Cox Senior BY THE COMMON oil on panel, signed and dated 1851, 27.9 by 39.4 cms. (11 by 15112ins.) £2,000-3,000 Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Son, London Exhibited: David Cox Exhibition 1890, lent by Mr Nettlefield ---Page 042----------------------------------------------- 344 + image Circle of Michele Marieschi PIAZZETTA LOOKING TOWARDS THE GRAND CANAL oil on canvas, 40.5 by 47ms. (12 by 18.112ins.) £3,000-4,000 ---Page 043----------------------------------------------- 345 + image Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller (1683-1770) PORTRAIT OF CASSANDRA LOWE, WIFE OF THOMAS GELL OF THE GATEHOUSE half length, wearing a green dress and pink mantle 72.4 by 59cms. (28112 by 23114ins.) £400-600 346 + image Circle of John Vanderbank PORTRAIT OF THE HON. WILLIAM TOWNSHEND, 2ND VISCOUNT TOWNSHEND long bust length, wearing a russet coat and white stock, bears later erroneous inscription (as Thomas Town shend), 73.7 by 6]cms. (29 by 24ins.) £1,200-1,800 ***The sitter was M.P. for Great Yarmouth, 1723-38. ---Page 044----------------------------------------------- 347 + image George Aikman, A.R.S.A. UNLOADING THE DAY'S CATCH IN A SCOTTISH INLET oil on canvas, signed, 61 by 101. 6ms. (24 by 40ins.) £3,000-5,000 ---Page 045----------------------------------------------- 348 + image Thomas Sidney Cooper, R.A. AT THE WATER'S EDGE signed and dated 1887, oil on canvas, 50.8 by 76.2ms. (20 by 30ins.) £2,000-3,000 Provenance: Purchased for 20 gns. in 1946 at the Oakover Sale. ---Page 046----------------------------------------------- 349 + image After Sir Joshua Reynolds PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM MASON, POET LAUREATE, (1724 1797) half length, wearing black, and holding rolled papers oil on canvas, 74.3 by 61.6cms. (29114 by 24114ins.) £500-800 ***After the original at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where Mason was a fellow. His poetry ranged from drama, through to satire. He was an able Composer of Church Music and Inventor of the Celestina, a musical instrument. Mason was a close friend of William Porden (See lot 365). 350 + image After Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 19th Century PORTRAIT OF MARY WOODWARD, 1767-1799, DAUGHTER OF THE BISHOP OF CLOYNE, WIFE OF THE HON. CHARLES BRODRICK, ARCHBISHOP OF CASHEL seated, half length, wearing a white dress and mustard coloured shawl, 76.2 by 63.5cms. (30 by 25ins.) £300-500 ---Page 047----------------------------------------------- 351 + image Circle of George Dance, R.A. PORTRAIT OF RICHARD WOODWARD, BISHOP OF CLOYNE, born 1726 -died 1794 three-quarter length, wearing cleric's robes, holding an Act, his right hand resting on a table on which rests architectural plans, oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame, 123.2 by 99. Icms. (48112 by 39ins.) £1,200-1,800 ***Richard Woodland became Bishop of Cloyne, South ern Ireland, in 1781, and was buried at Cloyne Cathedral where there is a memorial to him. He helped to found the House of Industries in Dublin, and sat as a member of the House of Peers. The Bishop is notable for having persuaded the Irish Parliament to pass its first Poor Law; the paper he holds is believed to refer to this and this portrait was painted to commemorate this incident in his public life. He also drew up several Acts under which the House of Industries was founded, and for this he received thanks from both the Irish and English Houses of Parliament. He married Susanna, daughter of Richard Blake. They had five sons and two daughters. He was also Chancellor of St. Patrick's and Rector of St. Wer burgh's, Dublin. Lot 352 352 + image Attributed to John james Chalon PORTRAIT OF GEORGIANA GELL (1799-1825), ELDEST DAUGHTER OF PHILIP GELL, MARRIED THOMAS POYSER F.R.C.S. OF WIRKSWORTH, half length, seated, wearing a green dress and white ruff, oil on canvas, 75 by 62.3cms. (29`12 by 24.112ins.) £700-1,000 ---Page 048----------------------------------------------- 353 + image After Hugh Douglas Hamilton PORTRAIT OF THE HON. CHARLES BRODRICK D.D., BISHOP OF CASHEL (1761-1822), SON OF THE 3RD VIS COUNT MIDDLETON half length, seated, wearing black, oil on canvas, 74.3 by 6]cms. (29114 by 24ins.); together., with an engraving of the subject by C. Turner. (2) £600-800 354 + image Ida Verner PORTRAIT OF THE HON. EDITH BRODRICK (1860-1942) half length, seated, wearing an embroidered dress and black shawl, holding a fan, signed, inscribed and dated May 1899-92 76.2 by 63.5cms. (30 by 25ins.) £600-800 ***Given as a wedding present to Philip Lyttelton Gell and Edith Brodrick, from the Reverend John Philip Gell. ---Page 049----------------------------------------------- Lot 355 355 + image George Elgar Hicks THE DREAMER, PORTRAIT OF THE HON. MISS. ELEANOR GELL, BORN 1850 signed and dated 1872, oil on paper, 39.4 by 29.8ms. (15.112 by 11314ins.) £2,000-3,000 ***Portrait of Eleanor Gell, eldest daughter of the Reverend John Philip Gell. ---Page 050----------------------------------------------- 356 W. W. Bagshawe, after Phillips PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL SIRJOHN FRANKLIN oil on canvas; and a portrait of a lady (2) £100-200 357 G. C. Poole JESS, A BLACK TERRIER oil on canvas, signed on the stretcher, 35.6 by 45.7cms. (14 by 18ins.) £200-300 358 ** Phillips, 20th Century PORTRAIT OF A BESPECTACLED LADY seated, half length, wearing a blue dress with fur shawl, oil on canvas, signed, 75 by 62.3cms. (29112 by 24112ins.) £150-250 359 *** Patten PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH (1794-1864), wife of the Rev Philip Gell, co-heiress of Chadwick Dod seated half length, wearing a black dress with ermine shawl white veil, oil on canvas, 75 by 62.3cms. (29112 by 24-'1-,ins.) £300-500 360 Circle of Robert Gibb PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM, 8TH VISCOUNT MIDDLETON half length, seated, wearing black, and holding specta cles and papers, oil on canvas, 90.2 by 69.9cms. (35112 by 27112ins.) £200-300 361 Circle of Robert Hunter PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN half length, wearing a brown coat, oil on canvas, 73.7 by 59.7cms. (29 by 23112ins.) £300-400 Lot 362 362 + image English School, 18th Century PORTRAIT OF HONOR (1712-1771), WIFE OF PHILIP GELL OF THE GATEHOUSE, DAUGHTER OF ISAAC BOROUGH oil on canvas, in a half painted oval, 72.4 by 59.7cms. (28112 by 23112ins.) £500-800 ** The sitter was a daughter of the Recorder at Derby. 363 H** T** G** PORTRAIT OF ALFRED LORD MILNER (1854-1925) seated, half length, wearing a black coat and red tie, his arms folded, signed with initials and dated '87, oil on canvas, 75.6 by 62.3cms. (29112 by 24112ins.) £150-250 ***Milner was High Commissioner for South Africa 1877-1905, and played an influential role in diffusing political tension between Boers and the British. He was subsequently a member of Lloyd George's small War Cabinet of 1916. ---Page 051----------------------------------------------- 364 + image English Provincial School, 1755 PORTRAIT OF CATHERINE CHESHIRE, AGED 13, DAUGH TER OF GILBERT CHESHIRE AND DOROTHY LOWE, half length, standing, wearing a white dress, with a pet dog, oil, in a half oval, 29.2 by 22.9cms. (11112 by 9ins.) £800-1,200 Catherine and her sister Dorothy were co-heiresses. Catherine left her share of Langley to her cousin Dr. Philip Gell Ist. Dorothy married a member of the Peach family. ---Page 052----------------------------------------------- 365 + image Sir William Beechey, R.A. PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM PORDEN, (1755-1822) half length, wearing a dark brown coat, oil on canvas, 75 by 62.3ms. (29112 by 24-'12z'ns.) £3,000-5,000 ***William Porden, who studied under James Wyatt, designed Eaton Hall, Cheshire, 1804-12. Father of Eleanor Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin, (see lot 366). ---Page 053----------------------------------------------- 366 + image Mary Ann Flaxman PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR ANNE PORDEN (1797-1825) seated, full length, on a chaise-longue, in a neo-classical interior, wearing a white dress and holding a quill pen, oil on canvas, 111.8 by 141cms. (44 by 55112ins.) £20,000-30,000 Exhibited: Royal Academy 1811, no. 645 ***Eleanor Anne Porden was the daughter of William Porden (see lot 365), the architect responsible for the building of Eaton Hall, the Duke of Westminster's seat in Cheshire. Eleanor wrote a novel in two volumes entitled The Veils... This novel was highly acclaimed and she received the distinction of being created a member of the Institut Francais. It was at one of her Sunday meetings in her father's London home that Eleanor first met Captain John Franklin. He continued to attend these discussion groups, they later became engaged, and he married Eleanor. They had one child, a daughter, also Eleanor, who was mother to Philip Lyttelton Gell of Hopton. Captain Franklin was preparing to set out on a voyage to Hudson Bay Territory when he discovered that his wife was suffering from a fatal disease. Despite his attempts to cancel his voyage, she insisted that he continued. She died three days after the Captain's departure. As no letter concerning his wife could reach him for a year, he continued to write her letters and poems. Also included in this lot are two volumes of Eleanor Porden's 'Coeur de Lion' (1822), inscribed by her to William Porden. They are to be seen in the background of the painting. (3) 367-399 No lots. ---Page 054----------------------------------------------- EMPTY PAGE ---Page 055----------------------------------------------- Printed Books Your attention is particularly drawn to Clause 16 of our Conditions of Business printed in full at the back of this catalogue. 400 Pope (Alexander) The Works, 9 vol., plates, contemporary calf, rather worn, 1751; [Aiken (John)] Essays on Song writing with a collection of such English Songs.---second edition, the blank and a few printed leaves with manuscript songs added by a previous owner, contemporary calf-backed boards, somewhat worn, 8vo, Warrington, 1774; and 28 others, 8vo & infra (38) £75-100 401 Goldsmith (Oliver) A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 4 vol., contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, joints rubbed or cracked, York, 1804; [Dossie (Robert)] The Elaborately laid open, or the Secrets of Modern Chemistry and Pharmacy revealed, second edition, old calf, somewhat worn, 1748; Plates to the Geometrical and Graphical Essays by the late George Adams ... corrected and enlarged by Williarn Jones, engraved plates, folding, catalogue of Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments made and sold by W. and S. jones at end, contemporary calf, some rubbing, 1813; A Course of Practical Chemistry, first edition, engraved plates by William Lewis, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, some rubbing, joints broken, 1746; and 6 others, 8vo (13) £250-300 402 + image Plumier (Charles) Vart de tourner ou de fair en perfection toutes sortes d'ouvrages au tour, 2 vol., engraved title and 72 plates (one double-page), printed title in red and black, afew dampstains, old boards, rubbed with slight wear to corners, covers of the text vol. marked by damp, bookstamp of Lord Milford, Lyon, 1701 £150-200 ---Page 056----------------------------------------------- EMPTY PAGE ---Page 057----------------------------------------------- 403 Browne (W. G.) Travels in Africa, Egypt and Syria, engraved plates and folding maps, frontispiece cropped, a few minor tears, occasional slight spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine gilt, 4to, 1806 £100-150 404 Gellert (Christlieb Ehregott) Metallurgic Chymistry being a System of Mineralogy in General ... translated from the original German ... by [John Seiferth], engraved folding plates at end, contemporary calf, worn, 8vo, 1776 £100-150 405 Chandler (Richard) Travels in Asia Minor; Travels in Greece, first edition, 2 works in one vol., engraved maps and plans, some folding, with the book-label of Philip Gell and library-stamp of P. Gell, occasional slight spotting, contempor ary calf, rubbed in places, spine gilt, 4to, London and Oxford, 1776 £400-500 406 Hall (Captain Basil) Forty Etchings from Sketches made with the Camera Lucida in North America, engraved folding map, coloured by hand, 40 etched plates on 20 leaves, original printed boards, somewhat worn, upper cover detached, 4to, Edinburgh and London, 1829 £200-300 407 Gray (T.) Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, engraved plates and illustrations, spotted and slightly stained, half-title, contemporary calf worn, folio., 1753; [Churchill (C.)] Poems, contemporary calf, somewhat worn, 4to, 1763; and 2 others, folio and 4to (4) £80-120 408 + image Gell (Sir William) The Topography of Troy and its vicinity, first edition, 28 hand-coloured aquatint plates, several showing more than one subject, a few folding, 2 engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, hand-coloured illustrations in the text, contemporary Russia gilt, somewhat rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, folio, 1804 £800-1,000 ***This work is considered to be the most beautiful ever to have been published on Troy. (See colour illustration) 409 Pope (Alexander) The Works, 4 vol., folding portrait in vol. 1, some spotting, contemporary calf, worn, 4to. 1717-1741 £100-150 410 Pope (Alexander) - Homer. The Iliad, 6 vol., a few engraved plates, a few leaves spotted, contemporary panelled calf, somewhat worn, folio, 1715-1720 £80-120 411 Fuller (Thomas) The Historie of the Holy Warre, engraved folding map, additional engraved title, a few small dampstains, [Cambridge], printed by Thomas Buck, 1651; The Holy State, engraved portraits in text, additional engraved title. R.D. for john Williams.' 1652. together 2 works in one vol., printed titles within typographical borders, old calf. covers detached, folio £50-70 412 + image Jewel (John, Bishop of Salisbury) A Defense of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande, flaw in corner F3-4 with some loss, hole in N6 with slight loss, 1571; A Replie into M. Hardinges Answeare, title cut down and mounted, slightly wormed towards end, 1566, 2 works in one vol., old calf, worn, folio, sold not subject to return £100-200 ---Page 058----------------------------------------------- 413 Bacon (Francis) The Works, 3 vol., frontispiece, slight spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, joints split, lacking some labels, folio, 1753 £60-90 414 Ecclesiaticae historiae. Eusebii Pamphili..., title in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, occasional very slight worming in margins, old panelled calf, worn, bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, [Adams E1093], folio, Paris, Robert Stephanus, 1544 £75-100 415 Stow (John) Annales, or, a Generall Chronicle of England ... continued and augmented... by Edmund Howes ... [An Appendix or Corollory of the Founda tions and Descriptions of the three most famous Universities of England, viz. Cambridge, Oxford, and London], 2 parts in one vol., title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials, black letter, contemporary calf, metal comers and centre pieces removed, some wear, folio, Richard Meighen [and Aug. Matthewes for Richard Meighen], 1631 (-1632) £60-90 416 Speed (John) The Historic of Great Britaine under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Nor mans ... third edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcuts in text including some full-page genealogical tables, short tear 5Z3, old calf, "Henry Evans" stamped in gilt on upper cover, lacking clasps, somewhat worn, folio, John Dawson for George Humble 1632 £80-120 417 Davila (Enrico Caterino) The Historic of the Civill Warres of France, first edition in English, licence leaf, contemporary calf, rubbed, some wear, upper cover detached, folio, printed by R. Raworth, 1647 £50-70 418 Scott (David) The Historic of Scotland, engraved map of Scotland and the Isles by Herman Moll, folding, and frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, somewhat rubbed, joints cracked, folio, Westminster, 1727 £40-60 419 Daniel (S.) The Collection of the History of England, slight soiling, contemporary calf, rather worn, folio, 1634; and 3 others, 4to (4) £60-80 420 Brent (Nathaniel) The Historic of the Councel of Trent, 1629- [Dugdale (W.)] Monasticon Anglicanum, vol. 1 only, signature of Sir Philip Gell on title, plates, 1693- Strype (J.) Memorials of Thomas Cranmer, plates, 1694- du Pin (L.) A New Ecclesiastical History of the Sixteenth Century, 2 vol., some browning and spotting, 1703-1706- Fiddes (R.) The Life of Cardinal Wolsey, portrait (detached), plates, 1724, contemporary calf, varying degrees of wear, folio (6) £150-200 421 Ludlow (Edmund) Memoirs, engraved portrait, contempor ary half calf, rubbed, 1751 - Dugdale (Sir William) A Short View of the Late Troubles in England, 2 parts in one vol., engraved portrait, 1 leaf detached, contemporary calf, slightly worn, Oxford, 1681; and 6 others, folio (8) £100-150 422 + image Diderot (Denis) Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers, comprising vol. 1-17 text, vol. 1 with frontispiece, vol. 1-7 with half-titles, pub. Paris, 1751-1757, others pub. Neu/chastel, 1765; Receuil de planches sur les sciences, les arts liberaux et les arts mechaniques, vol. 1 - 11, approximately 2578 engraved plates, many folding or double-page, half-titles, Paris, 1762 1772; Supplement a l'encyclopedie, vol. 1-4, half-titles, Amsterdam, 1776-1777; Suite du receuil de planches sur les sciences.--- 215 engraved plates, some folding, half-title, Amsterdam, 1777, together 21 vol. text (without the 2 Index vol.) and 12 plate vol. containing approximately 2793 plates, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, spines gilt, some worn, lacking some labels, joints split, sold not subject to return, folio (33) £10,000-15,000 423 Strada (F.) The History of the Low Country Warres Englyshed by Sr. Robert Stapleton, engraved portraits (1 detached), slight dampstaining, contemporary calf, worn, 1667- Temple (Sir William) The Works, 2 vol., engraved portrait, contemporaiy calf, slightly worn, 1726, folio (3) £80-100 424 Brandt (Gerard) The History of the Reformation, 4 vol., a few engraved plates, wide margins, titles printed in red and black, a few leaves slightly spotted, the first few leaves of vol. 1 slightly wormed at lower inner margin, p. 481 vol. 1 cut down and mounted, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, lacking labels, womfolio, 1720-1723 £60-90 ---Page 059----------------------------------------------- EMPTY PAGE ---Page 060----------------------------------------------- 425 Vertot (Rene Aubert, Abbe de) The History of the Knights of Malta, 2 vol., wide margins, 75 engraved maps, plans and portraits, a few folding, a few folding, a few small wormholes vol.1, invitation to Brig.-Gen. H.A. Chandos-Pole Gell from the Knights of Malta (dated 1921) pasted to front pasted down endpaper of vol.], contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, wornfolio, 1728 £300-400 426 Luther (Martin) Colloquia Mensalia, or Dr. Martin Luther's Divine Discourse, first edition in English, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, defective, printed by William Du-Gard, 1652; and another, folio (2) £75-100 427 Murray (Hugh) Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa, 2 vol., engraved folding map, half-title, rather affected by damp, contemporary half calf, somewhat rubbed, spine gilt, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 8vo, Edinburgh. 1818 £50-70 428 Field (Barron, editor) Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales, engraved frontispiece, coloured by hand, engraved plates and folding maps, slight offsetting onto text, calf gilt, lettered in gilt on upper cover "MASLAN", worn, upper cover detached, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 8vo, 1825 £200-300 429 Kane (Elisha Kent) Arctic Explorations, the Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 2 vol.' engraved additional titles, Portrait-frontispieces, folding maps, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text,. onkinal cloth, spines gilt, slightly torn at head and foot, 8vo, Philadelphia, 1856 £120-180 430 Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol. in 4, wood-engraved illustrations by Bewick, nineteenth - century green morocco, somewhat rubbed, 8vo,, Newcastle', 1826 £80-100 431 Stanley (H.M.) The Congo, 2 vol., plates, maps, illustra tions, half calf by Mudie, 8vo, 1885 £75-100 432 Livingstone (David and Charles) Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries, plates, illustrations, folding map at end, half calf by Morrell, 8vo, 1865 £60-90 433 Livingstone (David) Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, plates, illustrations, folding map at end, half calf by Morrell, 8vo, 1857 £80-120 434 Livingstone (David) The Last journals, 2 vol., plates, maps, illustrations, half calf by Morrell, 8vo, 1874 £60-80 435 [Pennant (Thomas)] British Zoology, 4 vol. engraved plates, some folding, additional engraved titles, a few leaves loose vol.3, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, slight wear to spines andjoints, 8vo, Warrington and London, 1776-1777 £80-120 436 Fuller (Thomas) The Historie of the Holy Warre, second (2) edition, folding engraved map (short tear from edge), additional wood-engraved title (cropped at foot), printed title within typographical border, Cambridge, R. Daniel for Thomas Buck, 1640; The Holy State, first edition, engraved portraits in text, title within typographical border, Cambridge, Roger Danielforjohn Williams3 1642, some dampstaining, together 2 works in one vol., contemporary calf, old rebacking, spine gilt. somewhat rubbed, folio £100-150 437 + image Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) Traite des arbres fruitiers, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece and 180 plates, half titles, bookstamp or booklabel of Philip Gell on titles, front free endpaper loose vol.1, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt, somewhat rubbed, some wear to spines, labels lacking or defective, 4to, Paris, 1768 £2,500-3,000 ---Page 061----------------------------------------------- 438 Moore (John Hamilton) A New and Complete Collec tion of Voyages and Travels, 2 vol., numerous engraved plates and maps, some folding, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, joints split, spine gilt, folio, [c. 1780] £300-400 439 Chishull (Edmund) Travels in Turkey and back to England, first edition, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, joints split, folio, 1747 £250-350 440 Swinburne (Henry) Travels through Spain, engraved folding map, plates, some folding, contemporaiY calf, somewhat worn, lower joint split, upper cover detached, with the book-label of P.Gell, 4to, 1779 £150-200 441 Anson (George) A Voyage round the World, engraved folding plates, maps and plans, slight worming at outer blank margin at beginning, contemporary calf, worn. one cover affected by damp, spine gilt, 4to. 1767 £200-250 442 Wildman (Thomas) A Treatise on the Management of Bees, 3 engraved folding plates, 1768; bound with: Whitehurst (John) An Enquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth, 8 engraved plates on 4 leaves, 2 folding, half-title, 1778; and: Ferguson (John) An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Edinburgh, 1767, together 3 works in one vol., first editions, title of first discoloured at margins, occasional very slight spotting or soiling, old calf, somewhat rubbed, joints split, spine gilt, 4to £1,200-1,800 443 Solis y Ribadeneyra (Antonio de) The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, done into English... by Thomas Townsend, first edition in English, engraved maps and plates, most folding, frontispiece slightly spotted, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints cracked, folio, 1724 £150-200 444 Baker (Sir Richard) A Chronicle of the Kings of England, engraved frontispiece (lacking lower outside corner, blank), title within wood-engraved border with views of London, York, Lincoln and St. Albans, lacking first leaf of "An Epistle to the Reader" near the end, old calf, some wear, folio, printed for Daniel Frere, 1643 £40-60 ---Page 062----------------------------------------------- 445 + image Swinburne (Henry) Travels in the Two Sicilies, 2 vol., engraved plates, maps and plans, a number folding, one or two minor repairs, half-title, contemporary tree calf, rubbed in places, joints split, spine gilt, with the ownership inscription of P. Gell, 4to, 1783 (See illustration, page 61) £200-300 446 Raleigh (Sir Walter) The History of the World, folding engraved maps and battle plans, additional engraved title, engraved vignette on printed title, a few holes, some slight worming towards end, some dampstaining, old calf, worn, folio, printed for Walter Burre, 1614-[1621]; sold not subject to return £60-90 447 [Buffon (G. Leclerc, Comte de)] Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, vol. 1-15, 1749-1767; Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, vol. 1-2, 1770-1771, together 17 vol., engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, somewhat rubbed, lacking a few labels, 4to £150-250 448 Duhamel de Monceau (Henri Louis) A Practical Treatise of Husbandry, engraved plates, most folding, title printed in red and black, afew spots, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, some slight wear to head of spine, 4to, 1762 £100-150 449 Fortis (Alberto) Travels into Dalmatia, engraved plates and maps, mostly folding, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, spine gilt, 4to, 1778 £200-250 450 M'Leod (John) Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste along the Coast of Korea to the Island of Lewchew, engraved portrait-frontispiece, hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary tree calf, rather rubbed, upper cover detached, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell and the ownership inscription of ?J.Gell, 8vo, 1818 £80-120 451 Felibien (Michel) Histoire de Pabbaye royale de Saint Denys en France, engraved frontispiece and plates, most double-page, occasional slight spotting, a few small wormholes, contemporary calf, spine gilt, worn, folio, Paris, 1706 £200-300 452 Universal History (An) from the Earliest Account of time to the Present, compiled from Original Authors, 7 vol. (including supplement vol. of "Additions"), engraved maps and plates, many folding, contemporary panelled calf, spines gilt, rubbed, lacking some labels, some joints cracked some wear to heads ofspines, folio, 1736-1750 £80-120 453 Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works ... compared with the former editions, and many valuable MSS., out of which Three Tales are added which were never before Printed, engraved portrait and title vignette, a few small wormholes, contemporary calf, spine gilt, worn, folio, 1721 £100-150 454 Caussin (Nicholas) The Holy Court... translated into English by Sr. T.H. and others ... the third edition, 5 vol. in one, engraved illustrations, title printed in red and black, half-title, early eighteenth-century panelled calf, gilt, somewhat worn, g. e., folio, 1663 £50-70 455 Campbell (John) A Political Survey of Britain, 2 vol., half-titles, contemporary calf, rather rubbed, one cover detached, with the book-label of Philip Gell, 4to, 1774 £200-300 456 + image Freycinet (Louis Claude Desaulses de) Voyage de decouverte aux Terres Australes, Atlas historique, deuxieme partie, only, engraved title and 14 maps and plans, 2 folding, one torn, a number showing several subjects, onkinal boards, rather worn, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gellfolio, Paris, 1811 £1,200-1,800 ***These distinctive charts show what were largely unknown areas of southern Australia. ---Page 063----------------------------------------------- 457 Southey (Robert) Letters written during a short resi dence in Spain and Portugal,first edition, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, Bristol, 1797- [Sherer (J.M.)] Recollections of the Peninsular, fourth edition, contemporary half calf rubbed, 1825- Hervey (C.) Letters from Portugal, Spain, Italy and Germany, 2 vol., contemporajy half leather, rubbed, 1785, 8vo (4) £60-80 458 Eliot (George) Rornola, 2 vol., mounted photographs, Leipzig, 1863- Browning (R.) The Poetical Works, 6 volumes, 1886; Ferishtah's Fantasy, 1885 - Emerson (R.W.) Works, 6 volumes, 1884; and 2 others, parchment or vellum gilt, spines elaborately so, some with the bookplate of Philip or Edith Lyttelton Gell, mostly top edge gilt or edges gilt, small 8vo (17) £200-300 459 Staunton (George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 vol., without Atlas vol, engraved folding maps, contempor- ary cloth-rebacked calf, rubbed, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 8vo, 1797 £80-120 460 Lilburne (John) - A collection of works on the trials and imprisonments of John Lilburne including: The Triall of Lieut. Collonell John Lilburne ... at the Guild-Hall of London, the 24, 25, 26 of Octob. 1649 ... published by Theodurus Verax, engraved frontispiece, [16491- The Resurrection of John Lilburne, now a Prisoner in Dover Castle declared and manifested in these following lines penned by himself, printed for Giles Calvert, 1656; and 16 other separately paginated works, a few leaves dampstained, a few leaves cropped at head or foot, contemporary rough calf, upper joint cracked. 4to, seventeenth-century; sold as a collection not subject to return £80-120 461 Cumberland (Richard) An Essay Towards the Recovery of the Jewish Measures & Weights, folding Plate, slight flaw in F2, contemporary panelled sheep upper cover (slightly rubbed), the remainder modern calf, 8vo, 1686 £200-300 462 Evelyn (John) An Essay on the First Book of T. Lucretius Carus de Rerum Natura, title printed in red and black (soiled), a few leaves slightly stained, cropped at head with loss to headline, lacking A] (frontispiece), with errata and advertisements at end, nineteenth- century half calf, covers detached, [Keynes 4], 8vo, 1656, sold not subject to return £100-150 463 Browning (Colin Arrott) An Address to the Women who debarked at Sydney New South Wales from the transport ship Margaret, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRI BED BY THE AUTHOR TO MISS FRANKLIN, inscribed by P.L. Gell "given to my mother when her father was governor of Tasmania" cloth, slightly soiled, spine torn. with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, Sydney. 1841 £300-400 464 Lavater (I.C.) Essays on Physiognomy, 2 vol., engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, somewhat worn, spine gilt, 1789 - Hamilton (S.) The English School, a series of the most approved productions in painting and sculpture, 3 volumes, engraved plates, roan-backed cloth, somewhat worn, 1831-1832- Hodson (J.S.) An Historical and Practical Guide to Art Illustration, plates, original cloth, 1884; and 4 others, 8vo (10) £80-100 465 Hill (John) Arithmetick both in the Theory and Practice, logarithm tables at end, contempormy panelled calf, rubbed, 1713; and 9 others on Science and Technologv, 8vo (10) £150-200 466 Labillardiere (jacques julien Houten de) Relation du voyage a la recherche de La Perouse, 2 vol., half-titles, half pigskin gilt, with the armorial crest of the Gell family on upper cover, SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S COPY, inscribed in a later hand 'from Sir John Franklin's library" with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, Paris, 8vo, 1800 £400-600 467 Maw (Henry Lister) journal of a Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO CAPTAIN FRANKLIN, engraved folding map, half-title, pigskin-backed cloth gilt, with the armorial crest of the Gell family on upper cover, with the bookplate ofPhilip Lyttelton Gell, 8vo, 1829 £400-500 468 Troil (Uno von) Letters on Iceland ... made during a voyage undertaken in the Year 1772, by Joseph Banks, folding engraved map (torn in fold), contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, j780 £150-200 469 Denham (Major D.) and Captain H. Clapperton. Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, 2 vol., 3 engraved folding maps and 11 engraved plates only (of 12), some slight spotting, contemporary half calf, somewhat rubbed, spines gilt, SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S COPY WITH HIS OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE, with the book plate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 8vo, 1826 £200-300 ---Page 064----------------------------------------------- 470 Hunter (John D.) Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America, occasional slight spotting, contemporary half calf. somewhat rubbed, spine gilt. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S COPY WITH HIS OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 8vo, 1823 £200-300 471 Scoresby (William) journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery, 2 engraved folding maps, 5 plates, one folding, and one plan, half-title, contemporary half calf, somewhat rubbed, spine gilt, SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S COPY WITH HIS OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, Edinburgh, 1823 £400-500 472 Belcher (Captain Edward) The Last of the Arctic Voyages ... in Search of Sir John Franklin, 2 vol., first edition, coloured and plain lithographed plates, folding charts, illustrations, 24 pages advertisements at end of vol.1, original pictorial cloth gilt, slightly rubbed at head of one spine, hinges broken, 8vo, 1855 £500-600 473 Lyon (Captain G.F.) A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, engraved folding map and 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates, half pigskin gilt, with the armorial crest of the Gell family on upper cover, slightly rubbed, SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S COPY WITH HIS OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE, with the book label of John Philip Gell and the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 4to, John Murray, 1821 £700-900 474 Clapperton (Captain Hugh) journal of the second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map and engraved plan, half title, some slight spotting, half pigskin gilt, with the armorial. crest of the Gell family on upper cover, slightly rubbed, SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S COPY WITH HIS OWNERSHIP SIGNA TURE, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 4to, John Murray, 1829 £300-400 475 Weston (Stephen) The Conquest of Miao-Tse, presenta tion copy, inscribed by the author to W. Porden, engraved title and 5 plates, some spotting, worming at inner margin at end, original cloth-rebacked boards, somewhat worn, with the book label of John Philip Gell, 1810- Inquiries made by the Bishop of Madras regarding the removal of caste prejudices and practices in the native church of South India, cloth, label chipped, spine faded, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, Madras, 1868 - Franklin (W., translator) The Loss of Kamarupa and Kamalata, half title, contemporary calf gilt, worn, covers detached, 1793 A.C.L. Verses written in India, presentation copy inscribed 'from the writer" slightly spotted, green morocco, rather rubbed, with the book-label of Edith Lyttelton Gell, no date- Howel (T.) The journal of a Passage from India... to Armenia and Natolia, engraved folding map, repaired, one leaf torn at outer blank margin, slightly spotted, contemporary half calf, rather worn, spine gilt, with the ownership signature of W. Porden on title, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 1791; and 2 others, 8vo (7) £120-180 476 Layard (Austen H.) Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, engraved folding maps and plans, plates, mostly tinted lithographs, half-title, original embossed cloth, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 1853- Denon (D.V., Baron) Travels in Sicily and Malta, half-title, stained at the beginning, contemporary calf, rather rubbed, spine gilt, with the ownership signature of W Porden, 1789-Goldsmith (J.B.) Fugitive Pieces, chiefly written whilst the author was on service in Egypt, original boards, somewhat worn, Derby, no date- Savary (C.E.) Letters on Egypt, 2 volumes, £700-900 engraved folding Plates, contemporary tree calf, rubbed in places, spines gilt, 1786, 8vo (5) £120-180 477 Lewis (Samuel) A Topographical Dictionary of Eng land, 4 vol., engraved maps, some folding, cloth, rather worn, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 1831; and another, 4to (5) £80-100 478 Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, wood-engraved illustrations by Ellaline Davies, morocco, spine gilt, Central School of Arts and Crafts, 1937 Houseman (Laurence) Stories from the Arabian Nights, coloured plates by Edmund Dulac, possibly lacking some leaves, original cloth, worn, no date- Dulac (E.) The Dreamer of Dreams by the Queen of Roumania, coloured plates by Dulac, onkinal cloth, somewhat worn, spine torn at head, no date- Kipling (R.) East of Suez, coloured plates, illustra tions by Thomas Maxwell, original cloth, dust-jacket torn, 1931- Bunyan (j.) Pilgrim's Progress, one of 500 copies, plates and illustrations, original half vellum gilt, rather soiled, 1880; and 5 others, 4to and 8vo, sold not subject to return (10) £80-100 ---Page 065----------------------------------------------- 479 Phillip (Arthur) The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, first edition, engraved title, portrait-frontispiece and 53 plates, maps and plans, some folding, some slight offsetting onto text, half pigskin gilt. with the armorial crest of the Gell family on upper cover, slightly rubbed, SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S COPY, with a modern manuscript note "listed with SirJohn Franklin's books", with the book-labels ofjohn Philip Gell, 4to, John Stockdale, 1789 £2,000-2,500 ***This important work gives an account of the voyage to establish the first convict settlement in Australia in 1788, the move from Botany Bay to Port Jackson and the founding of Sydney. 480 Oxley (John) Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, 2 parts in one vol., first edition, 3 engraved folding charts and plans, etched folding plate, 5 aquatint plates, 2 coloured by hand, engraved folding table, letterpress folding table, one chart slightly stained, some slight spotting, half pigskin gilt, with the armorial crest of the Gell family on upper cover, slightly rubbed, SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S COPY, with a modem manuscript note "belonged to Sir John Franklin " with the book-label of John Philip Gell on title, with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 4to, John Murray, 1820 £2,000-2,500 ***John Oxley was Surveyor-General of New South Wales and the founder of Brisbane. The journeys described in this important work were across the Blue Mountains and around the Lachlan River, and from Bathurst down the Macquarie River, across the Warrumbungle Mountains, from the Liverpool Plains and the Dividing Range to the coast at Port Macquarie. 481 Bindings- A collection of 35 vol., mainly literature, nineteenth-century full or half leather, many spines gilt, most in good condition, 8vo and 4to £150-200 482 + image Phipps (Constantine John) A Voyage towards the North Pole, 2 parts in one vol., including appendix, first edition, 14 engraved plates and charts, all folding, and numerous folding letterpress tables, half-title, some slight soiling, half pigskin gilt, with the armorial crest of the Gell family on upper cover, slightly rubbed, with the book-label of John Philip Gell and the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 4to, J. Nourse, 1774 £300-400 483 Samouelle (George) The Entomological Cabinet, 2 vol., hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary green half morocco. slightly rubbed. t.e.g., 12mo published for the Author. 1833-1834 £60-90 484 + image Gell (Sir William) and John P. Gandy. Pompeiana, 2 vol., engraved plates, maps and illustrations, a few coloured by hand, half calf gilt, spines slightly faded, gilt edges, large 8vo, Rodwell and Martin, 18a4 £150-200 485 [Pennant (Thomas)] A Tour in Wales MWCLXX, 2 vol., engraved plates, plans, some folding, titles and illustrations, 1783; The Journey from Chester to London, engraved plates, one folding, one loose, engraved title, occasional dampstaining, 1782, contemporary calf, lacking one label, slightly rubbed, joints rubbed or cracked, some wear to heads of spines, 4to (3) £80-120 486 Cogan (Thomas) The Rhine, or, a journey from Utrecht to Francfort, 2 vol., large folding engraved map, 24 sepia aquatint plates, 3 engraved plates of music, one folding, hand coloured sketch of "Truth unveiling Falsehood" tipped in as frontispiece to voL2, contemporary calf, lacking 3 (of 4) labels, somewhat rubbed, joints broken, 8vo, 1794 £600-900 ---Page 066----------------------------------------------- 487 [Pennant (Thomas)] A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides MDCCLXX11, Chester, 1774; A Tour in Scotland MWCLXX11, Part 11, 1776; Tour in Scotland MMCLX1X ... third edition, Warrington, 1774, engraved maps and plates, many folding, engraved titles; The Literary Life of the late Thomas Pennant Esq., by Himself, engraved portrait (dampstained at upper outside corner) and one other plate, small hole in title, 1793, all contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, joints rubbed or cracked, 4to (4) £120-180 488 Tournefort (joseph Pitton de) A Voyage into the Levant, 2 vol., engraved plates, some folding, some staining, contemporary calf, rubbed, spines gilt, with the ownership inscription of John Eyre dated "1774", 4to. 1718 £200-300 489 MacAllester (Oliver) A Series of Letters, discovering the Scheme projected by France, in MWCLIX for an intended invasion upon England with Flat-bottom'd Boats, 2 vol. in one, first edition, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum corners, slightly rubbed, upper joints broken, 4to, 1767 £70-90 490 + image Dickson (R.W.) Practical Agriculture, 2 vol., engraved plates, 27 hand-coloured, a few leaves slightly spotted, errata leaf at end of vol. 1, contemporary calf, rather worn, 4to, 1805 £300-400 491 Malet (H.E.) Annals of the Road, or notes on the Mail and Stage Coaching in Great Britain, chromolithographed plates, afew leaves loose, original cloth, worn, 8vo, 1876 £40-60 492 Davila (Enrico Caterino) The History of the Civil Wars of France ... a new translation... by Ellis Farneworth, 2 vol., contemporary calf, spines gilt, joints rubbed or cracked, 4to, 1758 £50-70 493 Sidney (Sir Philip) The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, sixth edition, engraved title, slight browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, folio, W.S. for Simon Waterston, 1627 £150-200 494 Gell (Sir William) The Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca, first edition, engraved vignette on title, plates and maps, calf backed boards, spine rubbed, 4to, 1807 £200-250 495 Gell (Sir William) The Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca, engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt, upper cover detached, 4to, 1807 £150-200 496 Phillips (Edward) The New World of Words, or a General English Dictionary, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece, slight dampstaining, contemporary calf, rebacked with cloth, original spine laid down, rubbed, folio, 1678 £60-80 497 Gell (Sir William) The Itinerary of Greece, engraved title, folding plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 4to, 1810 £100-120 498 Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages... for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, 3 vol., first edition, engraved folding plates and maps, 1 repaired, slight soiling and spotting, contemporary tree calf, rebacked and recornered, original spines laid down, folio, 1773 £600-800 ---Page 067----------------------------------------------- 499 Stanley (A.P.) Sinai and Palestine, 2 editions, coloured maps, mostly folding, prize bindings presented to Philip Lyttelton Gell with his bookplate, and H.W Gell, 1866 and 1871- Dobson (W.T.) A Narrative of the Peninsular Campaign, folding map, plans and plates, prize binding, 1897; and 10 others including other prize bindings, including works by Macaulay, Froude, Ruskin and Dickens, mostly full calf or morocco, elaborately gilt, 8vo (13) £300-400 500 [Young (Arthur)] Rural Oeconomy, or, Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry, first edition, half-title, a few spots, contemporary calf-backed boards. spine darkened and cracked. slightly rubbed, 8vo., 1770 £200-300 501 Thicknesse (Philip) A Year's journey through France and parts of Spain, 2 vol. in one, engraved plates, contemporaty calf, somewhat worn, 8vo, 1778 £80-120 502 Beaufort (Francis) Karamania, or a brief description of the south coast of Asia Minor, engraved folding map, engraved plates, occasional slight soiling, contemporary tree calf gilt, spine rubbed, joints split, upper cover detached, with the book-label of John Philip Gell and the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, 8vo, 1818 £150-200 503 Radcliffe (Ann) The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, contemporary calf backed boards, somewhat worn, 12mo, 1794 (4) £150-200 504 Royal Geographical Society (The). The journal, vol. 1 - 5, folding maps, contemporary blue half calf, labels chipped, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1832-1835 (5) £100-150 505 Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages undertaken... for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, 4 vol., engraved folding plates and maps, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, joints split, 8vo, 1785 £200-300 506 Ray (John) Travels through the Low Countries, Ger many, Italy and France, 2 vol., second edition, 3 engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, 1738- Chantreau (P.N.) Philosophical, Political and Literary Travels in Russia ... 1788-1789, 2 vol., folding engraved map, contemporary half calf, slightly worn, Perth, 1794; and 2 others, 8vo (6) £100-120 507 West (Thomas) A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, third edition, engraved frontispiece, folding map, contemporary half calf, 1784 Torr (J). The Antiquities of York City, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, 1719- Butcher (R.) The Survey and Antiquities of York City, contemporary calf, rubbed, 1717; and another on English Topography, 8vo (4) £100-120 508 Hobbes (Thomas) Eight Maps of the Peloponnesian Warre, engraved title, plate and double-page maps, contempor ary calf, worn, 1634- Spence (J.) Polymetis, engraved plates, contemporary calf, worn, 1747,folio (2) £120-180 509 Chambers (Ephraim) Cyclopaedia: or, an Universal Dictionary, 2 vol., engraved folding plates, contemporary reversed calf, slightly worn, folio, 1728 £100-150 510 + image Rome. Album of Engraved Views, 18 engraved plates after Gigli, Marchi, Ciuli and others, old boards, oblong folio [c. 1810] £200-300 (See illustration, page 68) 511 Music. A Collection of Instrumental parts for 18th Century edition of music by Geminiani, Corelli, Giardini and others; and The Delightful Pocket Companion for the German Flute, in 3 vol. £80-120 512 Machiavelli (Niccolo) The Works, second edition in English, old calf, rubbed, crudely rebacked with cloth, 1680; and another, folio (2) £50-70 513 Hanway (Jonas) An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea, 4 vol., engraved plates and maps, some folding, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, spine gilt, joints split, 4to, 1753 £250-350 514 Knolles (Richard) The Turkish History from the original of that Nation to the Growth of the Ottoman Empire ... with a continuation... by Sir Paul Rycaut... the sixth edition, 3 vol., engraved plates, vol.2 with half-title, a few spots, a few small wormholes, some damp staining, eighteenth-century calf, spines gilt, worn, lower cover detached vol.1,folio, 1687-1700 £150-200 515 Drummond (Alexander) Travels through... Germany, Italy, Greece and Several parts of Asia, first edition, engraved folding frontispiece, folding plates, contemporary calf, rather worn, folio, 1754 £100-150 ---Page 068----------------------------------------------- 516 Le Brun (Cornelius) A New and More Correct Translation ... Travels into Moscovy, Persia and divers parts of the East Indies, engraved frontispiece, folding plates, title soiled and repaired, front free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, womfolio, 1759 £100-150 517 Shaw (Thomas) Travels or Observations... of Barbary and Levant, 2 parts in 1 vol., including supplement, engraved vignette on title, folding maps, contemporary reversed calf, rebacked folio, Oxford, 1738 £150-200 518 Gordon (Alexander) Itinerarum Septentrionale: or, a journey Thro'... Scotland, and the North of England, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, worn, folio, 1726 £40-60 519 Stukely (William) Itinerarium Curiosum ... observ'd in Travels thro' Great Brittan, engraved frontispiece, Plates, slight marginal dampstaining, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed,,folio, 1724 £100-120 520 Hayley (William) Plays of Three Acts, first edition, ownership inscription of Philip Gell, contemporary calf, 1784- Prior (M.) Poems on Several Occasions, frontis piece, engraved vignettes, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 1718,folio - (2) £100-150 521 Gardner (Percy) Catalogue of the Greek Vases in the Ashmolean Museum, number 18 of 350 copies, coloured plates, original cloth, somewhat soiled, Le.g., large 4to, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1893 £40-60 522 Palladio (Andrea) The Four Books of Architecture ... containing the 5 Orders, and ye most necessary Observations in a Building, 5 parts in 1 vol., engraved title, plates, very slight soiling, contemporary panelled calf, rather worn, folio, Isaac Ware. 1738 £400-500 523 + image Montano (Giovanni Battista) Li Cinque Libri di Archit tura, 5 vol. in 1, engraved titles, portrait, approximately 200 plates, contemporary calf, worn,Jolio, Rome, 1691 £500-700 ---Page 069----------------------------------------------- EMPTY PAGE ---Page 070----------------------------------------------- 524 Boswell (Henry) Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales, 1 vol. in 2, ftontispieces, copper engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, folio, A lex Hogg, [c. 1790] £300-400 525 Harris (John) Navigantium- atque Itinerantium Bib liotheca: or, a Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels, 2 vol.,first edition, engraved frontispieces, plates and maps, frontispiece vol.1 detached, contemporary calf, rather worn, folio, Thomas Bennett. 1705 £300-400 526 Terentius Afer. Comoediae, ruled in red, some staining, Leyden, S. GryPhius, 1544- Curtius Ruffis (Q.) Histor iarum libri, engraved title and folding map, Amsterdam, Elzevir, 1660- Sallust. Opera, Williarn Gell's copy, with his signature, Glasgow, 1751, all calf, worn; and 21 others, similar, 8vo & infra (24) £100-150 527 Miscellaneous Books. A collection of approximately 86 vol., eighteenth and early nineteenth century history, literature, calendars, etc., leather bindings, generally poor condition or crudely repaired, 8vo (c.86) £100-200 528 Cranmer (Thomas) Defence of the True and Catholike Doctrine of the Sacrament, black letter, woodcut initials, lacking final Mank, title supplied in old ink facsimile, Bodleian library stamp on *ii, old calf-backed boards, some slight wear, no place, printer or date [?1550]- P. (E.) A Harmonie upon the Three Evangelists, Matthew, Mark and Luke, with the Commentarie of M. John Calvine, faithfullie translated out of Latine into English by E.P., title mounted, later vellum boards, somewhat soiled, impensis Geor. Bishop, 1584- The Booke of Common Prayer, with the Psalter or Psalmes of David, title (detached) and divisional title within woodcut borders, woodcut genealogical tables, black letter, a few leaves loose, some leaves cropped at foot or fore-edge, old calf, somewhat rubbed, imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill, 1621 (-1620), 4to; and 2 others, 8vo and 4to (5) £150-200 529 Lower (M.A.) English Surnames, 1842; another edition, 2 vol., 1849- Williams (F.S.) Our Iron Roads, 1852 Brillat-Savarin (J.A.) The Handbook of Dining, third edition, 1865- Galton (F.) Hereditary Genius, 1869 Banister ^) The Art and Science of Change Ringing, 1879, the first 3 and the last illustrated, original bindings, slightly worn; and 18 others, various sizes (25) £150-200 530 Edmonson (joseph) A Complete Body of Heraldry, 2 vol., first edition, engraved plates, contemporary calf, spines gilt, somewhat worn, joints broken or covers detached, folio, 1780 £150-200 531 Brookes (R.) A General Gazetteer or, Compendius Geographical Dictionary, folding engraved maps, contem porary diced calf. spine partly detached, 1826; A journey through England, in Familiar Letters from a Gentleman, 2 vol., contemporary panelled calf. 1722; and 5 others, 8vo and 4to (8) £80-100 532 Victoria History (The) of the Counties of England: Derbyshire, 2 vol., edited by William Page, plates, maps, illustrations, with a T.L.s. from the editor loosely inserted, original cloth, spines slightly faded, folio, 1905-1907 £60-90 533 Lysons (Daniel and Samuel) Magna Britannia... vol.5 (Derbyshire), bound as 2 vol., engraved Plates, coats-of arms in text. interleaved with blanks. slightly spotted. nineteenth-century half morocco., spines slightly faded, 4to 1817 £60-90 534 Collins (Arthur) Historical Collections of the Noble Families of Cavendishe, Holles, Vere, Harley, and Ogle, engraved plates, some dampstaining in margins, contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather torn in places with slight loss, some rubbing, 1752- Douglas (Robert) The Peerage of Scotland, engraved plates, dampstained in outer margin, contemporary calf, spines gilt, leather on covers torn with slight loss, spine rubbed, Edinburgh, 1764- Stemmata Chiche leana, or a Genealogical Account of some of the Families derived from Thomas Chichele [-Supplement], 2 parts in one vol., engraved frontispiece and another plate, some dampstaining to title and frontispiece, contemporary calf, gilt, joints broken, spine darkened, some rubbing, Oxford, 1765; and 3 others, folio and 4to (6) £150-220 535 Locke (John) Some Thoughts concerning Education, contemporary calf, rebacked, with the book-label of John Philip Gell, 1722- Watts (L) The Improvement of the Mind, 2 volumes, engraved portrait-frontispiece, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, 1803- Appleton (Elizabeth) Private Education, or a practical plan for the studies of young ladies, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to William Porden, engraved folding plates, one tom, contemporary calf gilt, upper cover detached, spine missing, with the book-label of John Philip Gell, 1816- Knox (V.) Liberal Education, contemporary half roan, spine gilt, slightly worn, with the ownership stamp of P. Gell, 1872; and 2 others, 8vo et infra (7) £60-80 ---Page 071----------------------------------------------- 536 Teignmouth (Lord) Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Correspondence of Sir William jones, engraved portrait frontispiece, 1804- [Middleton (Viscount)] The Story of a Ruined Life, Guildford, no date- Sayous (E.) Histoire generale des Hongrois, 2 volumes, Paris, no date Thierry (A.) Histoire d'Attila et des successeurs, 2 volumes, Paris, 1872- Milner (A.) L'Angleterre en Egypte, translated by Mazuc, Paris, no date; and 10 others, pigskin-backed cloth gilt with the armorial crest of the Gell family on upper covers, all with the bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell, spines slightly worn, 4to and 8vo (17) £150-200 537 Badminton Library, 7 vol., dealing with Mountaineering, Golf, Billiards, Shooting, Fishing (2 volumes), Hunting, all but the last in original cloth, rubbed, the last half morocco, worn, 1889-1906, 8vo (7) £100-150 538 Agriculture- The journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 11 odd volumes, plates, some folding, illustrations, original wrappers, some worn, 1839-1851 [Darwin (Erasmus)] The Botanic Garden, a Poem, in two parts, part 2 only [The Loves of the Plants], engraved frontispiece and plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, covers detached, 1799- Mills (John) A New and Complete System of Practical Husbandry, vol. 1-2 only, engraved plates, some folding, contemporary calf, joints cracked, somewhat rubbed, 1762-1763- Anderson (James) Essays Relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs, volume second, engraved Plates, contemporary calf. slightly rubbed, Edinburgh, 1777; and 3 other odd volumes on agriculture, 8vo (18) £200-300 539 Collins (Arthur) The Peerage of England, 5 vol. in 6, including supplement, engraved plates, titles printed in red and black, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, joints rubbed or cracked, 1756- Longmate (B.) A Supplement of the fifth edition of Collin's Peerage of England, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, 1784- Clark (Hugh) A Concise History of Knighthood, 2 vol., engraved plates, contemporary calf-backed boards, slightly rubbed, lacking one label, 1784- Barlow (F.) The Complete English Peerage, 2 vol., engraved plates, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rubbed, lacking 2 labels, tears along joints. 1775- Lodge (J.) The Peerage of Ireland, 4 vol. engraved plates, occasional slight spotting, contemporary calf, rubbed, slight wear to spines, 1754, 8vo (15) £200-250 540 Townsend (Joseph) A journey Through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787, 3 vol., engraved map, plates, contemporary half calf, 1792; Letters from Italy, 3 vol., contemporary calf, spines worn, 1776- Brydone (P.) A Tour through Sicily and Malta, 2 vol., contemporary calf, rubbed, 1773, 8vo (8) £100-150 541 Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldry ... to which is now added a Treatise of Honour Military and Civil, according to the Laws and Customs of England, 2 parts in one vol., engraved plates, heraldic woodcuts in text, title printed in red and black, eighteenth-century calf, spine gilt, defective, S. Roycroft for R. Blome, 1679- [Porny (-)] The Elements of Heraldry, second edition, engraved frontispiece and plates, contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed, joints cracked, some wear to head and foot of spine, 1771- Royal Book of Crests of Great Britain & Ireland, Dominion of Canada, India and Australia, 2 vol., engraved title and plates, contemporary half morocco, slightly rubbed, London and Dumfries, n.d.; and 3 others, various sizes (6) £120-180 542 Musculus (Wolfgang) Common Places of Christian Religion ... translated out of Latine into English by Iohn Man, woodcut coat of arms on verso of title, woodcut initials, black letter, some leaves somewhat dampstained, a few small holes, title cut away at foot without loss of text, contemporary blindstamped calf, lacking clasps, some rubbing, spine worn, imprinted by Henry Bynneman, 1578- Preston (J.) The Breast-Plate of Faith and Love, engraved portrait (cut down and pasted to front free endpaper), title within typographical border. by R.E for Nicholas Bourne, 1634; Four Godly and Learned Treatises, by T.C. for Michael Sparke, 1633, 2 works in one vol., contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed; and 5 others, 8vo and 4to (7) £150-200 543 [Vertot (Abbe)] The History of Revolutions ... of the Roman Republic, 2 vol., frontispieces, 2 maps, 1732 Potter (J.) Archaeologia Gracca, 2 vol., folding map, plates, some spotting, Edinburgh, 1824- Mommsen (T.) The History of Rome, 4 vol. in 5, 1875, all in contemporary full leather, slightly worn; and 17 others, 8vo (26) £80-120 544 Doyle (James E.) The Official Baronage of England, 3 vol., illustrations, original morocco-backed boards, slightly rubbed, t.e.g., 1886- Fox-Davies (A.C.) Armorial Fami lies, seventh edition, illustrations, original cloth, slightly rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, 1930; another copy, seventh edition, 1929; another edition, third edition, 1899 Bedford (WX. Riland) The Blazon of Episcopacy, illustrations, original cloth, spine faded, t.e.g., Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1897; and 6 others, 8vo and 4to (13) £150-200 545 Burke (Edmund) Reflections on the Revolution in France, second edition, contemporary calf, slightly worn, 1790- Saint-Etienne (R. de) The History of the Revolution in France, contemporaiy half calf, 1792 Money (J.) The History of the Campaign of 1792, contemporary half calf, joints rubbed, 1794; and 19 others on French History, 8vo (22) £100-150 ---Page 072----------------------------------------------- 546 Livius (Titus) Opera, 7 vol., occasional slight spotting, library stamp on title vol.], contemporary half vellum, decorated boards, spines darkened, 8vo, Bassano, 1821 £40-50 547 Filmer (Sir Robert) Patriarcha, or the Natural Power of Kings ... the second edition ... to which is added a preface ... in which this Piece is vindicated from the Cavils and Misconstruction of the Author of a Book stiled Patriarcha non Monarcha, contemporary panelled calf, crudely rebacked with cloth, rubbed, printed for R. Chiswel, W. Flensman, M. Gilliflower and G. Wells, 1685- Tyrrell (Sir James), Patriarcha non Monarcha, the Patriarch Unmonarch'd, being Observations on a late Treatise... published under the name of Sir Robert Filmer, engraved frontispiece, 4pp. errata at end, first few leaves dampstained at head, old calf, somewhat rubbed, printed for Richard Janeway, 1681, 8vo (2) £40-60 548 Bernier (F.) The History of the Late Revolution of the Empire of the Great Mongol, 2 vol. in one, folding map, slightly wormed, contemporary sheep, rubbed, 8vo, 1671 Chardin (Sir John) Journal du Voiage ... en Perse & aux Indes Orientales, additional engraved title, portrait, map and plates, first half damp-stained at foot of page, later calf, rather worn, 12mo, Amsterdam, 1686, sold not subject to return (2) £150-250 549 Buffon (G.L.M.L., Comte de) Natural History, General and Particular, 9 vol., engraved plates, some folding, occasional slight spotting, a few leaves browned at edges, contemporary calf, spines gilt, red morocco labels, some rubbing, slight wear to head andfoot of spines, 1781 -1785 £120-180 550 Pamphlets- A collection of 18 pamphlets in 2 vol., contemporary calf or half calf, the former with upper joint repaired with cloth, both rubbed, late eighteenth-century, 8vo; sold as a collection not subject to return £200-300 ***The collection includes: The Divine and Hereditary Right of the English Monarchy, enquir'd into and explain'd, title spouted, n.d. - Allen (W.) Killing no Murder, proving 'tis lawful and meritorious in the Sight of God and Man, to destroy, by any Means, Tyrants of all Degrees.---, title printed in red and black, Edinburgh, 1749- Trenchard (J.) Standing Armies Standing Evils, and prov'd to be Foreign to the Nature, Spirit and Genius of the Old English Constitution, 1749- The Speech of the Right Hon. Charles James Fox containing the Declaration of his Principles, respecting the present Crisis of Public Affairs and a Reform in the Representation of the People, n.d. - Barlow (Joel) Advice to the Privileged Orders in the Several States of Europe, resulting from the Necessity and Propriety of a general Revolution in the Principle of Government, part I, 1792 551 Camden (William) Britannia abridg'd, 2 vol., each vol. with engraved portrait-frontispiece, 61 engraved maps, one loose, one or two short tears, contemporary panelled calf, paper labels, somewhat rubbed. short tears in joint, slight wear to head and foot ofspine, 8vo, 1701 £500-700 552 Price (Sir Frederick) Ootacamund, A History, folding lithographed frontispiece, plates, presentation copy from the author, blue half morocco, slightly dampstained, Madras, 1908- Baden-Powell (B.H.) The Land Systems of British India, 3 vol., folding maps in pocket at end of vol.1, roan-backed cloth, spines a little worn, Oxford, 1892 Hunter (Sir William, editor) Rulers of India, 28 vol., original cloth, Oxford, 1892; and another, folio and 8vo (33) £100-150 553 English Civil War Period. A Collection of 47 vol., mostly relating to the Civil War, cloth and leather bindings, some worn, 8vo (47) £200-300 554 Trommius (Abraham) Concordant rae Graecae, 2 vol., contemporary blindstamped calf, slightly worn, Amsterdam, 1718- Ainsworth (R.) Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Compendiarus, 2 vol., contemporary calf, joints broken, 1783- Facciolatus (i.) and A. Forcellinus. Totius Latinitatis Lexicon, 2 vol., nineteenth-century half morocco, rubbed, 1828 (6) £80-100 555 Lysons (Daniel and Samuel) Magna Britannia, vol.5 only (Derbyshire), plates, coats-of-arms in text, slightly spotted, nineteenth-century half calf, somewhat rubbed, 4to, 1817 £60-90 556 Deguignes (loseph) Histoire Generale des Huns, des Turcs, de Mongols, 3 vol., some dampstaining, occasional pencilled notes, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 4to, Paris. 1756 £50-70 557 Barber (Thomas) Picturesque Illustrations of the Isle of Wight, engraved plates, folding map, contemporaly half roan, upper cover detached, worn, [18341- Pennant (T.) Of London, engraved plates, contemporary tree calf, joints cracked and rubbed, 1790; and 2 others, 8vo and 4to (4) £100-150 558 Chalmers (A.) A History of... the University of Oxford, 2 vol., plates, spotted, contemporary calf. rather worn, 8vo. 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