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50 (ASIAN) AUDSLEY, GEORGE ASHDOWN AND JAMES LORD BOWES Keramic Art of Japan. Liverpool & London: Henry Sotheran, 1875, (1879).

2 vols. Folio, contemporary gilt-stamped full morocco, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., with portfolio carrying case. First edition. Inscribed by James Lord Bowes to Henry C. Davis. Illustrated throughout with 41 chromolithographs. Front endpapers on both volumes detached with some chipping to edges; rubbing to boards with some loss at the corners; hinges cracked; otherwise interior is in good condition with only minimal thumb markings and no foxing. $800-1,200 51* (ASIAN) BRINKLEY, FRANK Oriental Series: Japan and China (History and Art). Boston/Tokyo: J. B. Millet, 1901-1902.

12 vols. 8vo, quarter red cloth over grey paperbacked boards, printed paper spine labels, t.e.g., frontispieces. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white plates. Number 16 of 160 numbered and registered copies of the Marquis Ito Edition. Light soiling to boards; spine ends slightly bumped. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $200-400 52* (ASIAN) CONFUCIUS The Morals of Confucius, a Chinese Philosopher, Who Flourished above five Hundred Years before the coming of Christ. Being one of the choicest Pieces of Learning remaining of that Nation. London: Printed for Randal Taylor, 1691.

Thin 8vo, full calf, spine gilt in compartments with gilt-lettered red leather spine label. First English edition. Engraved frontispiece (folded with full margins, small tear along bottom edge). Offsetting to the title page; manuscript ex-libris to title page; some very light brownspotting; hinges slightly cracked; light edgewear; otherwise clean copy. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $800-1,200

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53* (ASIAN) KYOSAI, (TO-IKU KAWANABE) Ehon taka kagami. [An Illustrated Mirror of Hawks.] [Tokyo: Nakamura, 1866-1880.]

2 vols. expanded to 5 parts. 8vo, stitched in original yellow wraps, pastedown spine label. Illustrated throughout by Kyosai woodcuts, pictorial woodcut titles to first and fourth volumes. First edition of this significant Japanese treatise on Falconry.

This copy from the collection of George Kotsiopoulos, past president and director-at-large of the North American Falconry Association. Also, past-president and one of the founders of the Great Lakes Falconry Association. Being fascinated with the history of falconry, Kotsiopoulos amassed an impressive library of works on the sport of falconry and wrote extensively on the subject, with published titles including The Art and Sport of Falconry, (1969) and Falconry Uncommon, (1999), wherein Kotsiopoulos cited a number of works from his own collection. A large portion of the collection, including the present set, were acquired from the Awa No Kuni Bunko Library in Tokushima.

Some minor soiling to wraps; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Estate of George Kotsiopoulos, Chicago, Illinois $6,000-8,000

54 (ASIAN) LA LOUBERE, SIMON New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam. London: Printed by F. K. for Tho. Horne, et al., 1693.

142, [4], 145-148, 153-259. Folio, early calf stamped in blind. First edition in English, with 11 leaves of plates (eight plates, three maps). Lacking 10 pp. (iiv, p. 71/72, pp. 149-152 and 260/261). Front board detached and portion lacking from upper boards; a few small tears; dampstaining along fore edge of some pp.; manuscript notations to some plates; large tear to 69; p. 259 detached. $800-1,200

55* (ASIAN) LAUFER, BERTHOLD Paper and Printing in Ancient China. Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1931.

Thin 8vo, original cloth-backed decorative paper boards, printed pastedown label to spine and upper cover, uncut. One of 250 copies. Fine. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $100-200

56* (ASIAN) JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES Complete 20 titles, with duplicates of nos. 3 and 17. Tokyo: Hasegawa, n.d. (c. 1900)

Total 22 vols. 12mo, color woodblock printing on crepe paper, housed in original decorative paper and cloth drop side book box. Mixed editions. Rear wrap nos. 4 and 19; some light fading to crepe paper; otherwise a fine set, rare as complete and with original box. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $1,000-2,000 57 KORAN A richly illuminated Koran, circa nineteenth-century. Incomplete, 79 leaves, with evidence of removal of additional sheets. 8vo, bound in gilt-embossed calf. Four sheets detached; some soiling to pages; wear to boards. $200-400

58* (INDIAN MINIATURE) A group of seven monographs pertaining to Indian miniature painting.

Kishangarh Painting. By Eric Dickinson and Karl Khandalavala. India: Lalit Kala Akademi, (1959). Miniature Indiane. By Maurice Dimand. Navora: Istituto Geografico de Agostini, (1959). Indian Painting: Fifteen Colour Plates. London: B. T. Batsford, (1956). Painting of the Deccan. XVI-XVII Century. (London): The Faber Gallery of Oriental Art, n.d. Geeta Govind in Basohli School of Indian Painting. By Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Stons, n.d. Mewar Painting in the Seventeenth Century. India: Lalit Kala Akadami, (1957). Bundi Painting. By Pramod Chandra. India: Lalit Kala Akademi, n.d. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $3,000-5,000

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61 59* (NEAR-EAST) BURTON, RICHARD Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855-1856.

3 vols. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt to spine, terracotta endpapers with printed advertisements, half-title to vol. 3. First edition. With three lithographed frontispieces (two chromolithograph, one tinted), 11 lithographed plates (three chromolithographed), and four maps/plans (three folding). 24-page publisher’s catalogue to rear vol. 1. Disguised as a Muslim pilgrim, Burton became one of the first Englishmen to travel to Meccah and other holy Islamic sites. Rubbing to cloth; corners bumped; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; some light foxing to fore edge. Scarce in original cloth. Property from the Estate of Dr. Sherman Minton, Indianapolis, Indiana $100-200

60 (NEAR-EAST) MALCOLM, JOHN Sketches of Persia, from the Journals of a Traveller in the East. London: John Murray, 1828.

2 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt tooling to spines, marbled edges and endpapers. Backstrip detached vol. I and portions detached from vol. II; front board detached vol. I and rear board lacking; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. $100-200

61 (NEAR-EAST) NARINSKY, S. Old Jerusalem. The Holy Land. 1910-1921. The Photogravures of Narinsky. Jerusalem: Jamal Brothers, 1920.

4to, loose as issued in publisher’s linen-backed clamshell box, leather label to front and spine of box. A set of 110 photogravures of holy sites, personalities, Jews, Bedouins, historical ruins and cityscapes. Each image is mounted to a larger sheet and laid in folder. With typed index. Fine. $400-600

62* (NEAR-EAST) STACK, EDWARD Six Months in Persia. London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1882.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s teal cloth with cross-hatch blind-stamp, gilt titles to spines, uncut. First edition. With seven folding maps in colors. Corners and spine ends bumped; inner hinges cracked; otherwise a fine clean set. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $800-1,200

63* BECCARIA, MARQUIS An Essay on Crimes and Punishments. Philadelphia: Printed by William Young, 1793.

12mo, full calf, gilt lettering to red leather spine label. Rubbing to boards; hinges starting; previous owner’s signature to f.f.e.p.; pencil manuscript notations to rear pastedown; otherwise fine. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $100-200

64 BIBLE, GERMAN Biblia, Das ist: Die ganze Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments. Wittenberg: Christoph Wustens; Leipzig: Johann Friedrich und Johann Ludwif Gleditschen, 1696.

Thick 8vo, contemporary calf, original strap and metal clasp present, engraved printer’s device to title page, paginated on rectos only. “Die Propheten” and “Das neue Testament” have separate title pages within woodcut borders. With three double-page hand-colored engraved maps showing the geography of the Old Testament and New Testament, the former with corner portrait vignettes of Adam and Eve, the latter with the Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and Paul and Peter. Pages evenly toned; three pages with tears; rubbing to boards; some underlined passages. Wolfenbuttel copy states it should have 20 plates and four maps. The present copy has only three maps. $200-400

65 BLAIR, HUGH Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell; Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1783.

2 vols. 4to, early calf, gilt-ruled, black leather gilt-lettered spine labels, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece portrait vol. 1. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown both vols.; hinges cracked and wear to boards; some loss to spine, including spine ends and rubbing to edges; otherwise interior is in very good condition. $150-250

66* BOSSU Monsieur Bossu’s Treatise of the Epick Poem: Containing Many Curious Reflexions, very Useful and Necessary for the Right Understanding and Judging of the Excellencies of Homer and Virgil. London: Printed for J. Knapton, 1719.

2 vols. 8vo, full calf, title in gilt to red leather spine labels. Second edition. Rubbing to boards; joints cracked; front boards detached both vols.; darkening to pages and light intermittent brownspotting; previous owner’s signature to f.f.e.p. vol. 2; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $100-200

67* CERVANTES DE SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha. Paris: Libreria de Cormon y Blanc, 1825.

4 vols. 12mo, speckled calf ruled in gilt, gilt-lettered leather spine labels, marbled edges and endpapers. Wear to boards with hinges cracked on two vols. and backstrip starting to detach on vol. 3; intermittent foxing; bookseller’s sticker to rear pastedown vol. 1. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $200-400

68 CHAUCER, GEOFFREY The Works. London: Folio Society, 2002.

Folio, publisher’s blue buckram solander box, bound by Smith Settle in full Nigerian goatskin with hand-made endpapers. Limited edition, one of 1,000 copies of the facsimile edition of the Kelmscott edition, originally bound by Condem-Sanderson at the Doves Press in 1900. The present binding by Smith Settle recreates that binding. Lacking 15-page essay by Peterson; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

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70 69 COMBE, WILLIAM The Tour(s) of Dr. Syntax in Search of (1) The Picturesque; (2) Consolation; (3) A Wife. Illustrated by Rowlandson. London: Nattali and Bond, 1855.

3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers, spines tooled in gilt with red leather labels. Ninth edition. Hand-colored engraved frontispieces, title vignette and numerous plates by Rowlandson. Rubbing to boards; minor foxing; otherwise fine. $150-250

70 (COMMINES, PHILIPPE DE) The Historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton. London: Imprinted [by Eliot’s Court Press] for John Bill, 1614.

Folio, rebound in later 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, renewed endpapers. Title within woodcut borders, engraved initials, head and end-pieces and 17 full-page engraved genealogical charts illustrating the Commines line to the end. Text in English. Toning to title page; some scattered marginalia and spotting; a few pages trimmed, including title page and genealogical charts; rubbing to boards. $400-600

71* CORYATE, THOMAS Coryat’s Crudities; Reprinted from the Edition of 1611. To Which are Now Added, His Letters from India, and Extracts Relating to Him, from Various Authors... London: Printed for W. Cater, et al., 1776.

3 vols. 8vo, bound by Cross (“Binders to the King”) in 3/4 smooth calf over marbled boards, gilt-tooled and lettered spines, renewed endpapers. With eight engraved plates (some fold-out), including additional title page, and numerous in-text engravings. Some edgewear to boards; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; some very light foxing; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $200-400

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72 (COSTUME) DETAILLE, EDOUARD L’Armee Francaise. Text by Jules Richard. Paris: Boussod, Valadon, 1885-1889.

2 vols. In original 16 parts expanded to 32 folders. Folio, cloth-backed folder over marbled boards, cloth ties, gilt-lettered morocco label. Limited Edition de Luxe, number 6 of 100 on Japon, this one printed for Mgr. Le Duc de Chartres. Profusely illustrated with approximately 385 engraved plates with full margins, many with hand-coloring, including duplicate states. The engraved plates constitute the original 60 plates after Detaille in two states (uncolored and hand finished), and hors-texte full-page separate sheet plates of the numerous in-text illustrations, chapter headings, title pages and half-titles of each volume. Literature: Colas 848 $1,000-2,000

73 (COSTUME) [MACLEAN, THOMAS] The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot. London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer, n.d. [1833]

Folio, period full black morocco stamped in gilt and blind, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. With handcolored engraved frontispiece and 30 hand-colored engraved plates, including vignette title page, illustrating Turkish nobility, soldiers, merchants, etc. Vignette title page dated 1818, but at least one plate watermarked with the date 1833. Extremities rubbed; moderate foxing throughout; light dampstain to endpapers and manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; plates overall very good with excellent color. Literature: Colas 2059 $800-1,200 74* EBERT, FRIEDRICH ADOLF Allgemeines bibliographisches lexikon. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1821.

2 vols. bound in one. 4to, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, red leather spine label. Rubbing to boards; spine detached but present; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

75 GIOVIO, PAOLO De romanis piscibus libellus ad Ludouicum Borbonium Cardinalem amplissimum. [Basel:] In officina Frobeniana, 1531.

144, [8]. 12mo, rebound in full calf, gilt-lettered spine, renewed endpapers, printer’s device to title page and colophon. The first edition of this very early treatise on ichthyology by the Bishop of Nocera was published in 1524. Contains one of the earliest references to the fish of America. Some professional repaired tears; light wormholing; minor foxing; some marginalia. $800-1,200

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79 76* GRANGER, WILLIAM The New Wonderful Museum and Extraordinary Magazines: Being a Complete Repository of All the Wonders, Curiosities, and Rarities of Nature and art... London: Printed by J. Haddon... for [Alex] Hogg, [1802]-1808.

6 vols. 8vo, uniformly bound in gilt-stamped calf, red and green gilt-lettered spine labels, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins. Profusely illustrated with over 100 engraved plates, including frontispieces. Front board vol. VI detached and boards starting on vol. II; light edgewear; minor offsetting from some plates and some brownspotting; otherwise fine. Very rare in such condition. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $1,000-2,000

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78 HARDING, J. D. Picturesque Selections: Drawn on Stone. London: W. Kent, n.d. [1840]

Folio, original quarter morocco, gilt-lettered. Illustrated with 29 (of 30) lithographed plates. Rubbing to boards with loss at edges spine ends; some thumb marks and minor soiling to edges; otherwise a good copy with plates in fine condition. $600-800

79 (HERALDRY) GUILLIM, JOHN A Display of Heraldry: Manifesting a more easie access to the knowledge thereof than hath been hitherto published by any, through the best Method ... To which is added a Treatise of Honour, Military and Civil ... by Capt. John Logan. London: S. Roycroft for R. Blome, 1679.

Folio, full mottled tree calf gilt-stamped with armorial cartouche, titles in gilt to spine with red leather spine labels, renewed endpapers, title page in red and black, engraved head-pieces and initials. Fifth edition. With engraved allegorical plate, 57 full page plates of armorial engravings, many twosided, and illustrated throughout with woodcut coats of arms colored in a contemporary hand. Fifth edition of Guillim’s important work on the various noble orders of England, with the addition of Logan’s treatise on the tenets of nobility in England and around the world. Wear to boards with front board detached; 1-inch of loss to foot of spine and corners bumped; lacking frontispiece. $600-800

80 (HERALDRY) BALFOUR, JAMES, after De Jure Prelationis Nobilium Scotiae: A Memorial of the Evidents, Patents and Rights produced be sundry Earls and Lords before the Commissioners Deput be the Kings Majesty ... in 1606. Manuscript in an unknown hand copied from a manuscript in the library of Sir James Balfour. (Edinburgh, 1831)

84 pages. 4to, contemporary calf. Appeared in the Maitland Miscellany, vol. 1 (Lowndes 2218). Front board detached; rear board starting; f.f.e.p. detached; toning to pages; otherwise fine. $100-200

81* (HOMER) BRYDGES, ROBERT A Burlesque Translation of Homer. London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797.

2 vols. 8vo, full calf, red and green gilt-lettered leather spine labels, spines gilt-tooled, marbled endpapers. Fourth edition, improved. With engraved title page vignettes and 25 engraved plates. Hinges cracked; rubbing to boards; intermittent foxing; Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $100-200

82* HUDSON, WILLIAM HENRY The Purple Land That England Lost. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1885.

2 vols. 8vo, original plain blue cloth lettered in gilt, plain yellow endpapers. First edition, first issue, of Hudson’s first book, with no inserted advertisements. Spine ends and corners bumped; otherwise a fine copy of this rare edition. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $1,000-2,000 83 (BOOK OF HOURS) A group of two leaves from a printed Book of Hours, vellum, on a bifolium, single column, c. 1510. With numerous hand-painted initials in blue, orange and gilt, detailed borders. 7 x 4 1/2 inches each. $200-400

84* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) Illuminated manuscript leaf on parchment (Book of Tobit, 3:13-7:2), in Latin, double-column text, 53 lines, four initial letters and flourishes in green and orange and red and blue, (two 18-line, one 8-line, one 25line). (England, mid thirteenth-century) Size of frame 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Barbara L. Meyer, Chicago, Illinois $300-500

85 (INCUNABLE, LEAVES) A group of 20 incunable leaves, comprising five leaves from St. Jerome Commentaria in Bibliam. Venice: Joannes & Gregorius de Gregoriis de Forlivio, August 25, 1498. 55 lines, Roman type; five leaves from the second volume of Jean de Charlier de Gerson Opera. Strasbourg, July 3, 1488. 53 lines, double column; five leaves from Biblica Latina cum Postillis. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, September 6, 1497. Various lines of Gothic type surrounded by 71 lines of commentary by Nicholas de Lyra, double column, Gothic type; three leaves from Francesco Petrarch Opera Latina. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1496. 55 lines, Roman type, single column; and two leaves from John Bromyard Summa Praedicantium. Basel: Johann Amerbach, n.d., before 1484. 53 lines, Gothic type, double column, red and blue. $400-600 86 (INCUNABLE, LEAVES) A group of 20 incunable leaves, comprising five leaves from St. Jerome Commentaria in Bibliam. Venice: Joannes & Gregorius de Gregoriis de Forlivio, August 25, 1498. 55 lines, Roman type; three leaves from the second volume of Jean de Charlier de Gerson Opera. Strasbourg, July 3, 1488. 53 lines, double column; five leaves from Biblica Latina cum Postillis. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, September 6, 1497. Various lines of Gothic type surrounded by 71 lines of commentary by Nicholas de Lyra, double column, Gothic type; five leaves from Francesco Petrarch Opera Latina. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1496. 55 lines, Roman type, single column; and two leaves from John Bromyard Summa Praedicantium. Basel: Johann Amerbach, n.d., before 1484. 53 lines, Gothic type, double column, red and blue. $400-600

87 (INCUNABLE, LEAVES) A group of 20 incunable leaves, comprising three leaves from St. Jerome Commentaria in Bibliam. Venice: Joannes & Gregorius de Gregoriis de Forlivio, August 25, 1498. 55 lines, Roman type; five leaves from the second volume of Jean de Charlier de Gerson Opera. Strasbourg, July 3, 1488. 53 lines, double column; five leaves from Biblica Latina cum Postillis. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, September 6, 1497. Various lines of Gothic type surrounded by 71 lines of commentary by Nicholas de Lyra, double column, Gothic type; five leaves from Francesco Petrarch Opera Latina. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1496. 55 lines, Roman type, single column; and two leaves from John Bromyard Summa Praedicantium. Basel: Johann Amerbach, n.d., before 1484. 53 lines, Gothic type, double column, red and blue. $400-600

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88 (INCUNABLE, LEAVES) A group of 20 incunable leaves, comprising five leaves from St. Jerome Commentaria in Bibliam. Venice: Joannes & Gregorius de Gregoriis de Forlivio, August 25, 1498. 55 lines, Roman type; five leaves from the second volume of Jean de Charlier de Gerson Opera. Strasbourg, July 3, 1488. 53 lines, double column; five leaves from Biblica Latina cum Postillis. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, September 6, 1497. Various lines of Gothic type surrounded by 71 lines of commentary by Nicholas de Lyra, double column, Gothic type; and five leaves from Francesco Petrarch Opera Latina. Basel: Johann Amerbach, 1496. 55 lines, Roman type, single column. $400-600

89* JACKSON, WILLIAM The New and Complete Newgate Calendar; or, Malefactor’s Universal Register... of the Most Notorious Criminals, and the Violators of the Laws of their Country (of both Sexes and all Denominations), who have suffered Death and other Exemplary Punishments... London: Alexander Hogg, 1818.

6 vols. expanded to seven. 8vo, full calf, gilt tooling to spines. New edition of this interesting history of criminality in the British Isles in the eighteenthcentury. Profusely illustrated with engraved plates. Calf worn with some loss to spine ends and edges; hinges cracked and partially detached on vol. 1; some offsetting from plates; f.f.e.p. vol. 1 detached; bookplate “Marquess of Ailsa” tipped in front pastedown. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $200-400 90

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KAY, JOHN A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings. With Biographical Sketches and Illustrative Anecdotes. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1877.

2 vols. Thick folio, full maroon morocco, gilt-lettered spines, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. New edition. With 361 etched plates. Manuscript ex-libris to both vols.; backstrip detached vol. 2; f.f.e.p. starting on vol. 2; rubbing to boards with portion of head of spine vol. 2 starting. $200-400

91* LANCELLOTTI, GIOVANNI PAOLO Corpus iuris canonici emendatum et notis illustratum: Gregorii XIII Pont. Max... Leiden, 1606.

4to, contemporary calf, title in gilt to olive spine label, five raised bands. Soiling and rubbing to boards at bands and edges; tear to spine ends; toning to some pages; 1-inch repaired tear to leaf Aaa1; intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

92* BUTLER, SAMUEL Hudibras, corrected and amended. London: Printed for G. Sawbridge and others, 1709.

3 parts bound in 1 vol. 8vo, later quarter smooth calf over cloth-backed boards. With frontispiece and 18 engraved plates, including one fold-out. Hinges cracked; browning to pages, with a few scattered stains. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $100-200

93 LUCRETIUS, TITUS De Rerum Natura Libri Sex. Birmingham: Johannis Baskerville, 1773.

12mo, full straight-grained black morocco, giltlettered spine, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. First Baskerville edition. Bookplate H. W. Williams Wynn tipped in front pastedown; outer hinges rubbed. $100-200 94 (MILITARY) MENDOZA, BERNARDINO DE Theorica & practica militaris. Das ist eigendtlicher bericht alles dessen so in kriegssachen beides zu landt und zu wasser zu bedencken und zu thun vonnoethen ist. Frankfurt am Main: Nicolas Hoffmann, 1617. [Bound with:] Tyrocinium. Das ist bericht und ubung nach welchem angehende soldaten sollen in allerhandt waffen abgericht werden... By Bartolomeo Pelliciari. Frankfurt am Main: Antonio Hummen, (1616).

2 vols. in one. 8vo, full later vellum. First printings in German of these two influential military treatises. Illustrated with engraved title pages and nine double-page battlefield views in the Pelliciari.

The views recreate fictional battle scenes to exhibit tactics outlined by Pelliciari in the text. The “Tyrocinium” (or tirocinium) refers to the first military experience of a young man, and Pelliciari’s treatise was intended for the unseasoned recruits of a youthful state militia, some of whom may be forced to rely solely on the detailed illustrations provided.

Pp. 221-222 of Theorica bound before 219-220; pp. 221-222 with repair to upper edge; Tyrocinium lacking preliminary leaf A2 (statement of dedication to “Johann Martin Bauer von Eyseneck,” the “Gerichts Schultheiss” of Frankfurt am M.); otherwise complete. $300-500

95 MILTON, JOHN Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To Which is Added Samson Agonistes. London: Printed by J. M. for John Starkey, 1671.

8vo, early calf restored retaining majority of upper and lower boards and portions of spine, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. First edition, first state, with errata and reading of ‘Loah’ for ‘loth’ on F2. Sequel to Paradise Lost, which deals exclusively with the Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness. Some pages trimmed slightly; lacking blanks; some professional repairs to pages; manuscript ex-libris to renewed f.f.e.p.; lacking blanks and license leaf. $1,000-2,000

96 MISSALE ROMANUM Missale Romanum, ex decreto sacro-sancti concilii tridentini restitutum, pii v. pont. max. jussu editum, et clementis viii. primum, nunc denuo urbani papae viii. Lutetiae Parisiorium: Petrum & Joannem Herissant, 1705.

Folio, contemporary maroon gilt-stamped calf, silk page markers, marbled endpapers, text in red and black. Illustrated throughout with engraved plates and initials. Wear to boards with loss at corners and edges and portions of calf curling up from paper; some light wear to pages. $200-400

97* OVID The Metamorphoses. Translated by George Sandys. Imprinted at London: [William Sansbury,] 1626.

[4], 326, [6, index]. Thin 4to, full calf, five raised bands, gilt-lettered spine label. First complete edition, with engraved title page and portrait, last page containing the colophon. Corners of some leaves torn; a few stains; some light waterstains to last few leaves; manuscript ex-libris to engraved title page (trimmed); edgewear to boards with some loss to spine ends and corners. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $1,000-2,000

98 (PIRACY) NOTICIA DO GRANDE COMBATE Noticia do Grande Combate, que junto ao Estreito de Gibraltar tiverao duas Naos de Guarda Costa De Hespanha contra os Mouros, e Piratas de Argel, E Sale &c. Lisbon: Domingos Rodrigues, 1757.

8 pp. 12mo, bound in quarter buckram boards, engraved title page vignette. Some professional repair to wormholing; even toning; bookplate tipped in front pastedown. $200-400

99 (ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB) SADLER, THOMAS, ed. Diary, Reminiscences, and Correspondence of Henry Crabb Robinson, Barrister-At-Law, F. S. A. London: Macmillan, 1869.

3 vols. 8vo, Bound by Route in 3/4 smooth tan morocco over marbled boards, gilt-edges, spines gilttooled in compartments, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Second edition. Ex-library copies with bookplates and library stamps to front pastedowns, and blindstamps to title pages of Beloit College; catalogue description tipped to front flyleaf, vol. 1; minor rubbing to hinges. $100-200

100 (SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM) JOHNSON, SAMUEL The Plays. London: Bensley for Vernor and Hood, Harding and Wright, 1800, 1798.

12 vols. 8vo, full contemporary tree calf, gilt-tooling to spines. Some repair and painting to boards at edges and spine; minor brownspotting; otherwise a very nice set. $800-1,200

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101 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM A single leaf from the First Folio (1623) Loves Labours lost, p. 123/124, double-column text. Some toning at the edges; a few light brown spots. $400-600

102 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM A single leaf from the First Folio (1623), Twelfe Night, or What you will, p. 267/268, double-column text. A few brown spots; some chipping and toning along fore edge. $400-600

103 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940.

37 vols. Folio, decorative boards with cream-cloth spines, gilt-lettered, pages largely unopened. Some stains to spines on all vols.; otherwise very good with interior in fine condition and hinges very strong on all volumes. $400-600

104 SMITH, JOHN THOMAS Antiquities of London and It’s Environs ... Containing views of Houses, Monuments, Statues, and other curious remains of Antiquity. London: T. Sewell, R. Faulder, et al., 1791.

Folio, red grained morocco framed in gilt and blind, gilt-tooling to spine. Complete with 96 engraved plates. Rear board almost completely detached; rubbing to boards; otherwise contents are in fine condition. $200-400 105 [STERNE, LAURENCE] A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. By Mr. Yorick. London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1768.

2 vols. 12mo, full early calf, gilt-lettered and tooled spines, marbled edges and endpapers. First edition, with list of subscribers. Professional touching up to boards at edges and spine; bookplates tipped in verso f.f.e.p. both vols.; hinges slightly tender; otherwise a very good set. $200-400

106 STOTHARD, CHARLES; KEMPE, ALFRED JOHN The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain... London: Printed by J. M’Creery, 1817.

Folio, in fine black morocco stamped with armorial design, ruled in gilt, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g., gilt turn-ins. With frontispiece and 145 engraved plates, many hand-colored or tinted. Fine. $200-400

107 TEMPLE, WILLIAM The Works of Sir William Temple. London: Printed for Benjamin Motte, 1731.

2 vols. Folio, early calf, red leather gilt-lettered spine labels. Second edition. F.f.e.p. both vols. detached, along with front board and portrait in vol. 1; dampstaining to first few pages of both vols.; manuscript ex-libris title page vol. 1; hinges cracked on both vols. and wear to boards with some loss to leather. $200-400 108 (VAMPIRES) [COLLIN DE PLANCY, J.A.S.] Historie de Vampires et spectres malfaisants avec un examen du vampirisme. Paris: Chez Masson (L’Imprimerie de P. Dupont), 1820.

[4], viii, 288. 8vo, rebound with cloth spine over marbled boards, renewed endpapers, half-title. A rare text, attributed to Collin de Plancy, with an 18-page bibliography of works on vampirism. Some copies note an engraved frontispiece, of which this copy is lacking; wear to edges of pages. $200-400

109 VICTORIAN AUTOGRAPHS An album of over fifty leaves of tipped-in letters, cut signatures, and carte-de-visite albumen prints of British Royalty and notable persona, mainly authors and scientists, from the mid-nineteenth century.

Contributors include Queen Victoria, Alfred Lord Tennyson, George IV, the Duke of Wellington, George Staunton, Baroness Orczy, Sir Walter Scott, Michael Faraday, William Gladstone, William Wilberforce, Alexis de Tocqueville, Cardinal John H. Newman, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and many others, the majority tipped onto album leaves. Folio, half morocco. $800-1,200

110 WHINCOP, THOMAS Scanderbeg; or, Love and Liberty. A Tragedy. Written by the late Thomas Whincop, Esq. To which are added A List of all the Dramatic Authors, with some Account of their Lives; and of all the Dramatic Pieces ever published in the English Language, to the Year 1747. London: Printed for W. Reeve, 1747.

2 parts in 1 vol. 8vo, early calf, later gilt-lettered spine label, marbled endpapers, half-title. Illustrated throughout with five full-page engravings, engraved portrait frontispiece, title page vignette, and head-piece. Includes, on pp. 87-320, an important index of English poets and playwrights, with 18 thumb-sized engraved portraits. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown and verso title page; hinges cracked and upper hinge partially detached; wear to boards. Provenance: Sir John Anstruther, 4th Baronet (bookplate); Thomas Maitland Dundrennan (bookplate) $200-400

111 WOOD, JOHN Choir Gaure, Vulgarly called Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, Described, Restored, and Explained; In a Letter to The Right Honourable Edward Late Earl of Oxford, and Earl Mortimer. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1747. With frontispiece of Bladud and four (of five) folding plates. Bound with A Description of the Exchange of Bristol: Wherein the Ceremony of Laying the First Stone of the Structure; together with that of Opening the Building for Publick Use, Is particularly Recited. Bath: s.n., 1745. With Subscriber’s List and eight plates of architectural views, six of which are double-page.

8vo, full contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered spine. Autograph letter from Job Edwards, of Amesbury, to John Knowles, asking if the former may purchase the book from the latter, dated December 4, 1858. Spine split down center; lacking one plate to Choir Gaure, although all fold-out plates are present; minor scattered spotting and some toning to pages; otherwise fine. $1,500-2,500

112 YARRANTON, ANDREW England’s Improvement by Sea and Land. To Out-do the Dutch without Fighting, to Pay Debts without Moneys... London: Printed by R. Everingham for the Author, 1677.

8vo, full calf rebacked, gilt-lettered spine. First edition, with eight folding engraved maps. Professional repair to title page; lacking license leaf; a few repaired tears to maps with creased reinforced on some; some scattered brownspotting. $200-400

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