CONTiNENTAl BOOkS AND illUMiNATED MANUSCriPTS

Lots 1–84

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1* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) OFFICUM MORTUORUM Illuminated manuscript, 89 leaves, on vellum. 12mo, bound in later brocaded velvet covers. Italian, fifteenth-century.

This small illuminated manuscript contains, on the first leaf, a large initial with a full floral border, five other large initials in colors and gold with leaf designs extending into the margins; numerous smaller initials decorated with violet pen work; and a profusion of small capitals in red and blue. Likely extracted from a manuscript Book of Hours, the Litany would indicate that this manuscript was written in a confraternity or religious community. Rowland Gilson Hazard copy, with his bookplate tipped in front pastedown. Leaf 2 torn; portion of leaf 17 lacking; a number of leaves at the end damaged in the outer margins. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $1,000-2,000 2* (ILLUMINATED MINIATURE) BIBLIA PAUPERUM A group of two illuminated manuscript miniatures illustrating the life of Christ, on vellum, each with prophetic interpretations and Old Testament typography to verso, in the style of a Biblia Pauperum, Southern Germany, seventeenth-century, framed together and matted. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches each. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

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3* (ILLUMINATED MINIATURE) SAINT ANDREW An illuminated miniature of Saint Andrew on the cross, on vellum, French, fifteenth-century, framed and matted. 7 1/2 x 4 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

4* (ILLUMINATED MINIATURE) SAINT LAWRENCE An upright illuminated border, enclosing a miniature of Saint Lawrence and a caryatid supporting a column, on vellum, Italian, early sixteenth-century, framed and matted. 15 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

5* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) LEAVES A group of six leaves from a fifteenth-century Book of Hours, on vellum, loose. 5 x 3 1/4 inches each. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

6* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) LEAVES A group of three leaves from a French Book of Hours, Aix of Marseilles, circa 1465, framed together and matted. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches each. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

7* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) LEAVES A group of four leaves from Books of Hours, on vellum, framed. Size of largest 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

8* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) LEAVES A group of three leaves from Books of Hours, on vellum, French, fifteenth-century, framed. Size of largest 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 9* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) LEAVES A group of nine manuscript leaves, including one Italian, 1280 AD from a Vulgate Bible, two French 1480 AD from a Missal, one Italian 1400 AD from a Missal, two German 1450 AD from a Missal, one 1380 from a Book of Hours and two fifteenthcentury French Book of Hours. Size of largest 14 1/2 x 11 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

10* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) LEAVES A group of two leaves from Books of Hours with decorative floral sprays, on vellum, one framed. Size of largest 6 1/2 x 5 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

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11* (ILLUMINATED MINIATURE) A pair of full-page illuminated miniatures on vellum, nineteenthcentury reproductions, on vellum, framed. 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches each. Property from the Collection of Donovan and Ellen Ljung, Geneva, Illinois $2,000-4,000 12 (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT) BREVIARY Manuscript on paper, Dutch, late seventeenth-early eighteenthcentury.

4to, contemporary blind-stamped calf, paper spine label, brass clasps. 413 leaves, contemporary foliation (406) interrupted by three leaves after f.230 and four leaves after f.406, staves in single column, mostly eight lines, textual portions in double column, 29-35 lines, written in dark brown ink and red ink, painted initials throughout in red ink, one illuminated initial in green and pink with foliate decoration (f.195), a large historiated initial in red, pink, green and yellow with an interpretation of the Holy Spirit (f.109v), capitals touched in red, many contemporary additions and alterations, including insertion of leaves, largely untrimmed with original medieval indexing tabs, many incorporating Dutch engravings and hand-coloring.

No colophon; dating based on chant of Joseph of Cupertino (f.205), dates, and Office of Saint Vincent de Paul (f.[ii] unpaginated), who was canonized in 1705. Provenance: Saint Augustine’s Abbey, Ramsgate, Kent $4,000-6,000

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13* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, INITIAL) An illuminated initial “O” in red, orange, green and blue with acanthus design, on vellum, framed. 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

14* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, INITIAL) A group of five illuminated initials from antiphonals, fifteenth-century, on vellum, framed together. Size of frame 24 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 15* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, INITIAL) An illuminated initial “F” in lapis, on full sheet folded vellum, nineteenth-century reproduction. 10 x 8 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

16* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, INITIAL) A large historiated initial “I”, in gilt and blue, from an antiphonal, on vellum, framed. 2 3/4 x 3 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

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17 17* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, ANTIPHONAL) Two pages from a large antiphonal with an illuminated initial “O,” on vellum, framed together. 22 x 15 1/2 inches each. Property from the Elne Elaine Russ Trust, Winnetka, Illinois $200-400

18* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, ANTIPHONAL) An illuminated antiphonal leaf with large initial “S,” on vellum, framed. 21 x 16 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

19* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, ANTIPHONAL) An illuminated antiphonal leaf, with one large illuminated initial “H” in blue, red, green and pink, on vellum, framed. 22 x 17 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Ross D. Sackett, Fontana, Wisconsin $200-400

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20* (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, HERALDRY) A hand-painted Coat-of-Arms, Portuguese, bound with 11 leaves of text entitled, Livro e brazao das armas fidalguia e nobreza, do lecenceado Pedro Afonco galuao, Lisbon, eighteenth-century, 4to, full vellum. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $600-800 21 (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, HERALDRY) A hand-painted Coat-of-Arms, Austro-Hungarian, featuring a central armorial set against a sky and landscape, with ostriches, manuscript text to verso, on vellum, sixteenthcentury, matted. 13 3/8 x 9 inches. $500-700

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22* (BIBLE, AMERICAN) THOMAS, ISAIAH The Holy Bible. Containing the Old and New Testaments: With the Apocrypha. Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1791.

2 vols. in one. Folio, contemporary red calf, gilt-tooled and lettered spine, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. The first folio bible printed in America, complete with engraved frontispiece and 49 plates. Wear to boards at edges; corners bumped; contemporary ink inscription to f.f.e.p.; offsetting from plates; light dampstaining throughout; scattered foxing, intermittent brownspotting. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $800-1,200

22A* (BIBLE, GERMAN) [Biblia Germanica.] Biblia, das ist: die gantze Heilige Schrifft Altes und Neues Testaments, Verteustcht von Doctor Martin Luther... Nuremberg: Herman Heinrich Halle, 1707-1708.

2 vols. in one. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered, with two engraved frontispieces (one double-page), engraved portraits, fold-out map and genealogical tables. Light wear to boards with 1-inch tear to spine head and hinges tender; first few leaves starting; double-page frontispiece rebacked; manuscript exlibris and bookplates to endpapers. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $200-400 23* (BIBLE, GREEK AND LATIN) BEZE, THEODORE DE, editor Iesu Christi Domini Nostri Nouum Testamentum... [Geneva: s.n.], 1598.

Folio, full vellum with ornate stamped central design, title page in red and black with olive tree printer’s device without mention of printer’s name, text in three columns (Greek text, Beza’s and Vulgate Latin) with extensive notes at foot of page. “Beza’s fourth and last major edition ... No other Greek Testament agrees so closely to the text which underlies the English N.T. in King James’ Bible.” (D & M) Loss to spine with some tape repair to vellum; corner f.f.e.p. torn; some intermittent brownspotting. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Literature: Adams B1715; Darlow & Moule, 4654 $300-500

24* (BIBLE, GREEK AND LATIN) BEZE, THEODORE DE, editor Iesu Christi Domini Nostri Nouum Testamentum... [Geneva: s.n.], 1598.

Folio, early blind-stamped calf, title page in red and black with olive tree printer’s device without mention of printer’s name, text in three columns (Greek text, Beza’s and Vulgate Latin) with extensive notes at foot of page. “Beza’s fourth and last major edition ... No other Greek Testament agrees so closely to the text which underlies the English N.T. in King James’ Bible.” (D & M) Loss to boards at corners and edges; endpapers replaced with text pages; bookplates tipped to front pastedown; hinges starting; scattered marginalia. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Literature: Adams B1715; Darlow & Moule, 4654 $100-200 25* (BIBLE, LATIN) Biblia ad vetustissima exemplaria... Venice: (Hieronymus Polus), 1587.

8vo, early calf, title in gilt to spine, marbled endpapers. Illustrated reissue of the Louvain Bible (1547), with engraved title page and 1126 pages with hundreds of woodcuts on double-column page text. Title page laid down; rubbing to boards; hinges starting; light dampstaining affecting some leaves; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; minor foxing. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $400-600

26* (BIBLE, LATIN) Biblia ad vetustissima exemplaria... Antwerp: Arnold Birckman, 1570.

Folio, early blind-stamped calf, gilt-lettered spine, brass cornices. Illustrated throughout with numerous woodcut vignettes by Virgil Solis. Upper board and first 10 leaves detached; text description tipped to f.f.e.p.; dampstain along inner edge 10 pages at beginning and end; rear board starting. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $100-200

27 (BIBLE, LATIN) [Biblia, ad vetustissima exemplaria...] Venice: Alexander Griphyus, 1578.

8vo, rebound in recent smooth calf lettered in gilt, profusely illustrated with woodcuts. [xxii], 1126pp. Although lacking the title page, the present is a Latin Vulgate bible containing the Old and New Testaments, with numerous detailed woodcut illustrations throughout. Repairs to first few pages; dampstained; some loss at edges of pages; binding is very attractive. $400-600

28* MISSALE ROMANUM Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti consilii Tridentini restitutum... Venice: Iuntas, 1629.

Folio, earlycalf with diamond central design in blind, text in red and black with woodcut portrait of Pope Urban VIII, page markers. Light rubbing to boards; text description pasted to f.f.e.p. and bookplate tipped in front pastedown; some margins restored. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $100-200

29* MISSALE ROMANUM Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosanctii Concilii Tridentini restitutum... 14th edition. New York, et al: Benziger Brothers, n.d. [1933]

Folio, finely bound in full crushed morocco with ornate gilt borders and central cross, a.e.g. Hinges slightly tender; some wear to silk ties. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $80-120

30* (REFORMATION) CALVIN, JOHN Institutio Christianae religionis. Lausanne: F. le Preux, 1576.

8vo, contemporary vellum, armorial engraved printer’s device to title page. Early edition of this landmark in the history of the Reformation. Soiling to vellum; darkening to leaves; intermittent brownspotting; manuscript ex-libris to title page. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Literature: Adams C364 $200-400 31* (REFORMATION) SCHATZGER, CASPER Omnia opera. Ingolstadt: Weissenhorn, 1543.

4to, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, one brass clasp present, manuscript title to spine, engraved printer’s device and initials. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; penned date on title page; some soiling to boards. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $300-500

32* (REFORMATION) LUTHER, MARTIN Kirchen postilla, das ist, Auslegung der Evangelien an den furnemesten Festen der Heiligen. Wittemberg: Hans Lufft, 1584.

4 vols. in one. Folio, contemporary blind-stamped vellum with central portrait of Martin Luther, one clasp present, title page in red and black, with numerous woodcut vignettes and historiated initials, many hand-colored. Worldcat locates only one copy of this edition at Dartmouth College. Pages worn with toning throughout; crude restoration to first two leaves with some loss at fore edges; a few tears to vellum. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $600-800 33* (REFORMATION) ROLT, RICHARD The Lives of the Principal Reformers, Both Englishmen and Foreigners. London: Printed for E. Bakewall and H. Parker, 1759.

Folio, rebound in recent smooth calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, renewed endpapers. First edition, with 21 mezzotint portraits. Scattered foxing. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

34* (THEOLOGY) BERNINI, DOMENICO Istoria di tutte l’eresie. Rome: Girolamo Mainardi, 1726-1730

Vols. 1, 2 and 4 (of 4) only. 8vo, contemporary calf, spines gilt, engraved title vignettes. Wear to boards with some wormholing; hinges starting; intermittent brownspotting; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $100-200

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35 (THEOLOGY) BURNET, THOMAS Telluris Theoria Sacra, originem et mutationes generales Orbis Nostri... Amsterdam: Jonnem Wolters, 1694.

4to, contemporary vellum, title page printed in red and black, additional engraved title page, two folding hemisphere plates and numerous in-text engraved illustrations. Front board detached but retaining portion of f.f.e.p.; evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown. $300-500

36* (THEOLOGY) LATIMER, HUGH Frutefull Sermons... London: John Day, 1575.

3 parts in one. 8vo, contemporary calf stamped in gilt. With woodcut title and full-page woodcut engraving of Latimer preaching to a crowd. Rubbing to boards; hinges cracked; title page detached but present; light intermittent soiling; scattered foxing; marginalia throughout; bookplates tipped to front and rear pastedowns. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $100-200

37 (THEOLOGY) LOHNER, TOBIAS Instructissima bibliotheca manualis concionatoria. Dilingae: Joannis Caspari Bencard, 1697.

Folio, rebound in recent 3/4 smooth calf over marbled boards, renewed endpapers, engraved title page vignette, tail-piece. Ex-library stamp to title and dedication and manuscript ex-libris to dedication; even toning throughout, heavy in some spots; some intermittent foxing. $100-200 38 (THEOLOGY) SWEDENBORG, EMANUEL A Treatise Concerning Heaven and Hell. London: James Phillips, 1778.

4to, 3/4 morocco over blue cloth-backed boards, library archival folding case. First English edition. Front and rear boards detached and rubbed; pencil marginalia; light foxing throughout. $200-400

39* (THEOLOGY) WESLEY, SAMUEL The Life of Our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ. London: Printed for Charles Harper, 1693.

4to, contemporary calf, spine tooled and lettered in gilt. With engraved title page and 56 engraved plates. Boards detached and rubbed with some loss at corners and spine ends; some plates with repaired tears; intermittent foxing; “S. Paulus” plate bound-in upside down; bookplate of Cyrus Hall McCormick tipped in front pastedown. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 40 (THEOLOGY, GERMAN) A group of seven books in German pertaining to religion, mainly eighteenth-century.

Den Tredie Bog us den Sande Christendom. [By Johann Arndt]. Kopenhagen: Bockenhoffer, 1715. 8vo, contemporary calf; Glaubens-Wag nach der Richtschnur des heiligen wortes Gottes gerichtet, mit welcher die wahre evangelische Religion... By Steffan Gabriel. Zurich: Hardmeyer, 1715. 12mo, contemporary calf, metal clasps present; A bound collection of seventeenth-century German Leich-predigt, various authors. Thick 8vo, quarter calf over marbled boards; Erklarende Umschreibung. By Ernst Bengel. Tubingen: Cottaischen, 1786. 2 vols. in one (vols. 1 and 2 only). Thick 8vo, quarter calf over marbled boards; Die letzte Reden des am creutz sterbenden hertzogen des lebens in so vielen predigten verfasset. By Johann Jacob Ulrichs. Zurich: Heidegger, 1739. 8vo, quarter vellum over marbled boards; Heiligen Perlen-Schatzes. By Johannes Lassenius. Ulm: Matthaeo Wagnern, 1685. 12mo, full vellum; Graber Betrachtungen. By James Herven. Breslau: Johann Ernst Mener, 1763. Thin 8vo, contemporary 3/4 vellum over marbled boards. (7 total) $100-200

41* (THEOLOGY, GERMAN) A group of two eighteenth-century folio-sized bibles in German, after Martin Luther, together with one nineteenth-century French example. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $100-200

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42 (THEOLOGY, LATIN) A group of six works pertaining to religion, mainly in Latin.

Historias Biblicas. By Sissonta Tschunc. Trans. by Abraham Willy. Lindau: Ludvig Stoffel, 1755. 8vo, contemporary blind-stamped calf, with clasps; Ant. Augustini Achiepiscopi Tarraconensis de Emendatione gratiani, Dialogorum libri duo. Paris: Petri Chevalier, 1607. 4to, full vellum; Ils psalms d’ilg soinc prophet a reg David. By Johann Grass. Cuera: Peter Walser, 1790. 12mo, contemporary calf, brass corner mounts, metal clasps present, engraved title page; Iob ou sa veritable genealogie... By Jacques d’Auzoles la Peire. Paris: Chez Robert Davfresne, 1623. 8vo, full maroon morocco; Martyrologium Romanum Gregorii XIII Jussu Editum Urbani VIII. & Clementis X. Venice: Nicolao Pezzana, 1778. 8vo, contemporary calf, title in red and black; La Imitazione di Cristo. By Thomas Kempis. Translated into Spanish by Enrico Enriquez. Venice: Niccolo Pezzana, 1762. 16mo, rebound in recent calf. (6 total) $100-200 43* (THEOLOGY) A group of 15 volumes. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $100-200

44 CAESAR, CAIUS JULIUS Commentaria. Venice: Augustino Zannis, August 17, 1511.

Folio, contemporary vellum. First illustrated edition, large woodcut title printed in black with border in red, two large woodcut chapter headings and 12 small chapter headings. Light soiling to binding; some small brown stains to pages; intermittent marginalia and underlining; small dampstain to lower edge of last few pages; otherwise in exceptional condition. $2,000-4,000 45 CHAUCER, GEOFFREY The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. London: The Folio Society, 2008.

Folio, publisher’s gilt-lettered red buckram, t.e.g., slipcase. A fine facsimile of the Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer’s works illustrated by William Morris. Light wear to slipcase; otherwise fine. $200-400

46 (CLASSICS) A group of three works.

C. Sallustius Crispus cum veterum historicorum fragmentis. Amsterdam: Ianssoniana, 1641. 16mo, gilttooled calf; D.N. Iustiniani PP. A. institutionum iuris civilis lib. IIII. Paris: le Preux, 1591. 16mo, full vellum. With engraved title page; armorial bookplate; Scholia Italica. By Catherine Dulcis. Cologne: Petri Henningii, 1643. 8vo, full vellum. $100-200

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47 (CLASSICS, PLINY THE YOUNGER) The Letters of Pliny the Younger. Translated by John, Earl of Orrery. London: Paul Vaillant, 1751.

2 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf. Second Orrery edition. Engraved portrait vignettes and head- and tail-pieces. Hinges cracked on both vols. and starting; f.f.e.p. vol. 2 detached; loss to spine ends. $200-400

47A DE VERTOT, L’ABBE The History of the Knights of Malta. London: Printed for G. Strahan, 1728.

2 vols. 4to, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-tooling to spine, title in red and black. First edition, with engraved portrait and 31 engraved plates on 28 sheets, including 12 double-page and one fold-out. Rubbing to boards with some loss at corners; light marginal dampstain to fore edge first few pages; a couple of marginal tears. $600-800

48 EMMANUAL, VICTOR Photograph signed (“Vittorio Emmanuele”), undated. Framed. 9 x 6 1/2 inches. $200-400 49* (ENGLAND) ASHMOLE, ELIAS The Institution, Laws and Ceremonies of the most Noble Order of the Garter. London: Printed by J. Macock for Nathanael Brooke, 1672.

Folio, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, red leather spine label. With 35 engraved plates, including 12 double-page and one fold-out. Wear to boards with corners bumped and some rubbing to edges; renewed endpapers; marginal dampstain affecting first 7 pages; intermittent foxing; toning to some leaves. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

50 (ENGLAND) CROMWELL, THOMAS KITSON Excursions in the County of Suffolk, 2 vols. [uniformly bound with:] Excursions in the County of Essex, 2 vols. London: Printed for Longman et al., 1818.

4 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, spines tooled in gilt, titles in gilt to leather spine labels. With 192 engraved plates and three fold-out maps. Rubbing to boards; joints cracked; front board vol. 1 loose; foxing; light offsetting from some plates; manuscript pen inscription to f.f.e.p. all vols. $200-400

51* (ENGLAND) GAUDEN, JOHN Iera Dakria. Ecclesia Anglicanae Suspira. The Tears, Sighs, Complaints, and Prayers of the Church of England: Setting forth her former Constitution, compared with her present Condition; also the visible Causes, and probably Cures, of her Distempers. London: J. G. for R. Royston, 1659.

4to, contemporary calf, spine renewed, with giltlettered red spine label, engraved frontispiece, printer’s device to title page. Bookplates tipped in front pastedown; manuscript ex-libris to title page; wear to boards with loss at corners and hinges starting. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $100-200

52* (ENGLAND) GROSE, FRANCIS The Antiquities of England and Wales. London: S. Hooper, 1773.

4 vols. 4to, contemporary calf, marbled endpapers. First edition, with engraved frontispieces, title page vignettes, head- and tail-pieces and six (of 40) engraved plates only. Boards detached vols. 2-4 and spines deteriorating; vols. 2 and 4 split; vol. 1 rebacked with corners restored and inner hinge strengthened; intermittent foxing; bookplates tipped in f.f.e.p. all vols. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $50-100

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54* (ENGLAND) SHEPHERD, THOMAS Metropolitan Improvements; or, London in the Nineteenth Century. [uniformly bound with:] London and its Environs in the Nineteenth Century. London: Jones, 1827, 1829.

2 vols. 4to, 3/4 smooth green calf over marbled boards, extra title page vignettes. With 82 and 78 (of 80) sheets of plates respectively (160 total). Spines and upper boards detached both vols. with loss to calf; intermittent foxing; large tear to plate 3 vol. 1; bookplates tipped in both vols. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

55 (ENGLAND) THE AMBULATOR The Ambulator; or, A Pocket Companion in a Tour Round London. London: J. Scatchered, 1793.

12mo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards. Fifth edition. [Together with:] three other city guides comprising Philip’s Handy Atlas of the Counties of England. By George Philip. London, n.d. A Walk in and About the City of Canterbury. By William Gostling. Canterbury: Simmons and Kirkby, 1774. The History and Directory of Walsall, containing its Antiquities, and a Modern Survey of its Improvements... Birmingham: Printed by Thomson and Wrightson, 1813. (4 total) $100-200 56* (ENGLAND) WHITE, GILBERT The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. London: T. Bensley, 1789.

4to, bound by Bayntun in full red levant morocco with large gilt diamond centerpiece, inner dentelles gilt, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. First edition, with errata leaf, two engraved titles and seven engraved plates. Folding frontispiece rehinged; bookplate description tipped in front pastedown; otherwise a very fine copy. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $800-1,200

57 (ENGLAND) YOUNGHUSBAND, GEORGE, SIR The Crown Jewels of England. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, Cassell, 1919.

4to, publisher’s maroon cloth, dust jacket, glassine. Limited edition, number 1184 of 1400. Illustrated with numerous tipped-in color plates. Rubbing to boards; some light soiling to dust jacket. $200-400

58* (ENGLAND, LAND DEED) A fourteenth-century land deed, one page, on vellum, in Latin, dated “Third Year of Edward II” [1309]. Lacking seal; small hole at crease. Property from the Collection of Donovan and Ellen Ljung, Geneva, Illinois $200-400

63 A History of the Four Georges. By Justin McCarthy. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1885. 4 vols. 8vo, maroon cloth. Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest... By Agnes Strickland. London: Henry Colburn, 1845. 3 vols. Vols. 8, 9 and 10 only. 8vo, 3/4 leather over marbled boards. A Biographical History of England, from the Revolution to the End of George I’s Reign. By J. Granger. Edited by Mark Noble. London: Printed for W. Richardson, 1806. 3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 cloth over boards. (10 total) $100-200

60 (ENGRAVINGS) HOGARTH, WILLIAM [The Works.] [London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1835-37]

Large folio, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, title in gilt to spine, a.e.g. With 115 sheets of plates, including portrait of Hogarth. Lacking title page; marginal dampstaining to some plates; a few marginal tears; boards and endpapers detached. $400-600

61* (ENGRAVINGS) CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE Mayhew’s Great Exhibition of 1851. Eleven Plates. [London: D. Bogue, 1851]

Portfolio, publisher’s gilt-lettered cloth-backed boards, cloth ties. Complete with 11 plates, loose as issued. Wear to boards; light marginal soiling; scattered brownspotting. Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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63* (ENGRAVINGS) MOUKE, FRANCESCO Serie di ritratti di celebri pittori dipinti di propia mano... [i.e. vols VII-X of Gori’s Museo Fiorentino] Florence: Stamperia Moukiana, 1752-62.

4 vols. Large folio, full vellum, titles in gilt to leather spine labels. First edition of the last part of the Museo Fiorentino. Complete with 220 copper-engraved plates and engraved head- and tail-pieces. Spines deteriorating; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns some vols.; intermittent foxing; offsetting from some plates; vol. 2, p. 117 head-piece cut out. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois Literature: Brunet III; Cicognara 3417 $1,000-2,000

64* (ENGRAVINGS) A group of eight books illustrated by or pertaining to important nineteenth-century engravers.

George Cruikshank. By W.H. Chesson. London: Duckworth, n.d. The Comic History of Rome. By Gilbert Abbott. London: Bradbury and Evans, n.d. The History of the Nineteenth-Century in Caricature. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1904. George Cruikshank’s Table-Book. Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, ed. London: Punch, 1845. Etchings, Illustrative of Scottish Character and Scenery; Executed After His own Designs. By Walter Geikie. Edinburgh: John Stewart, n.d. [1841].The Works of William Hogarth. By John Trusler. London: London Printing and Publishing, n.d. Works of Hogarth. London: J. Dicks, n.d. Punch and Judy, with Illustrations. London: Printed for S. Prowett, 1828. (8 total) Property from the Estate of Bernard Rost, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

65* (ENGRAVINGS) OTTLEY, WILLIAM YOUNG Engravings of the Most Noble of The Marquis of Stafford’s Collections of Pictures in London. London: Bensley and Son, 1818.

4 vols. in two. Folio, full black straight grain morocco with green borders of gilt-stamped vines. With 13 engraved plans and numerous engravings on 126 sheets (some on India paper mounted). Some intermittent brownspotting; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; minor scratches to boards; otherwise interior is tight and clean. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $200-400

66* (ENGRAVINGS) [CROZAT, JOSEPH ANTOINE] [Recueil d’estampes d’apres les plus Beaux tableaux et d’apres les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France.] [Paris: Chez Basin, 1729-1742, or later].

Large folio, full green morocco ruled and lettered in gilt, morocco doublures, silk endpapers. A collection of nine copperplate engravings and mezzotints all with elaborate hand-coloring from an edition of the Cabinet Crozat, a monumental two-volume undertaking reproducing the finest artworks from French collections; interleaved; fine condition. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

67* (ENGRAVINGS) DURER, ALBRECHT Albrecht Durer samtliche Kupferstiche. Edited by Dr. Franz Friedrich Leitschuh. Leipzig: A. Shuman, 1912.

Folio, publisher’s blue cloth-backed boards lettered in gilt. Illustrated throughout with 107 reproductions of Durer’s woodcuts. Boards largely faded with light dampstaining; hinges and text-block tender; some browning to text pages; otherwise plates are in good condition. Property from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut $100-200 (ENGRAVINGS) DURER, ALBRECHT Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer. Edited by Willi Kurth. London: W. & G. Foyle, (1927).

Folio, publisher’s green buckram lettered in gilt. One of 250 bound copies of this significant catalogue raisonne, illustrating 346 works in black and white. Fading to boards with wear to spine ends; corners bumped; interior fine. Property from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut $100-200

69* (ENGRAVINGS. DURER, ALBRECHT) THE DURER SOCIETY London: Alexander Moring, 1898-1908.

Complete set of 12 vols., comprising 10 portfolios, index volume, and smaller suite of 12 plates, publisher’s boards and cloth spine. Illustrated throughout with numerous tipped-in black and white plates, many with tissue guards, loose in publisher’s cloth-backed portfolio, with accompanying descriptive text, index and smaller suite bound in 8vo. Wear to boards; spines frayed and sunned; some flaps starting to detach; lacking some ties; some intermittent foxing and minor dampstaining to boards; light toning, largely textual, with prints themselves in good condition. Property from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut $400-600

70* (ENGRAVINGS) DURER, ALBRECHT Niederlandische Reise. Edited by J. Veth and S. Muller. Berlin: G. Grote’sche; Utrecht: A. Oosthoek, 1918.

2 vols. Large folio, publisher’s orange linen with artist’s mark stamped in gilt to upper covers. Illustrated with numerous reproduction plates in black and white with captioned tissue guards. Wear to boards; corners and spine ends bumped; small tear to cloth at top right corner of head of spine both vols.; some brownspotting to half-titles; light marginal toning. Property from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut $200-400

71* JACKSON, WILLIAM The New and Complete Newgate Calendar; or, Malefactor’s Universal Register. London: Printed for Alexander Hogg, 1812.

2 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, spines tooled and lettered in gilt. Rubbing to boards with loss to spine ends; hinges cracked; intermittent brownspotting; some leaves darkened; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $100-200

72 LEDWICH, EDWARD Antiquities of Ireland. Dublin: Printed for Arthur Gruebner, 1790.

Folio, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, t.e.g. First edition, with engraved frontispiece, title page vignette and 37 engraved plates, including one handcolored folding. Light institutional blind-stamp to plates; rubbing to boards. $400-600 73 MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT An Essay on the Principle of Population. Washington City [Georgetown:] Roger Chew Weightman, 1809.

2 vols. 8vo, rebound in recent calf, gilt-lettered spine labels, renewed endpapers. First American edition. Dampstaining throughout; some soiling and light foxing. Literature: Printing and the Mind of Man, 251 (1787 London edition) $200-400

74* MENDOZA, JUAN GONZALEZ DE Histoire du grand Royaume de la Chine, situe aux Indes orientales, diuisee en deux parties. Paris: Chez Nicolas du Fosse, 1589.

8vo, contemporary vellum. Second edition in French. Wear and soiling to boards; backstrip detached from text block; some leaves darkened; intermittent brownspotting. Property from the Collection of Herman Blum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania $200-400

75* MILTON, JOHN Paradise Lost. London: Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1858.

4to, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Illustrated with 24 plates engraved by J. Martin. Light wear to boards; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; marginal dampstain. Property from the Collection of Nancy B. and Peter G. Kohler, Kohler, Wisconsin $200-400 76 MILTON, JOHN Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. London: Printed for J. Beercroft et al., 1770.

8vo, contemporary calf. With 12 engraved plates. Hinges cracked and starting; loss to spine ends and corners; previous owner’s manuscript ex-libris penned to endpapers; lacking portrait frontispiece. $80-120

76A* PENMANSHIP BOOK A nineteenth-century manuscript penmanship book, comprising 36 full pages of writing with elaborate head-pieces, dedication page and frontispiece engraving of James Bonar creating the penmanship book. Presented to Maryann Bonar by her father, James Bonar, January 1, 1813. The other pages are used as scrapbook for clipped woodcut and engraved vignettes clipped from other sources. With seven engraved natural history plates laid-in. 4to, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Property from the Collection of David H. Gee, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

77 REES, ABRAHAM Cyclopaedia; or, A New Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. [Philadelphia: Samuel Bradford, c. 1806-1822]

39 (of 48 vols.) only. 4to, half calf over marbled boards, title in gilt to spines, marbled endpapers. American edition. Lacking vols. 39, 41, 42 and 6 additional plate vols. Rubbing to boards; spine ends chipped; joints cracked on most and boards detached from some vols.; light foxing throughout; darkening to leaves on some vols.; intermittent brownspotting. $200-400

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78 (ROSICRUCIANS) Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians. An Exact Reproduction of the Original, but with the German Text & Terms Literally Translated. Chicago: George Engelke, The Aries Press, 1935.

Folio, 3/4 calf over buckram. Limited edition of the first English translation, printed by the Aries Press on parchment, one of 50 numbered copies, this one unnumbered. Light toning to pages; some light rubbing to boards; else fine. $100-200

79 (ROWLANDSON, THOMAS) Petticoat Loose. A Fragmentary “Tale of the Castle.” London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1812.

4to, 3/4 calf over marbled boards. With four engraved plates by Thomas Rowlandson. [Bound with:] Medea. A Tragedy. London: Printed by H. Woodfall, 1761. Backstrip lacking; boards detached; scattered spotting. $100-200

79A SCHWEITZER, ALBERT Photograph inscribed (“Albert Schweitzer”) in German, 1964, part illegible, text slightly faded. Framed and matted. 6 x 4 inches. $100-200 80 (THEATRE) HEDELIN, FRANCOIS La Pratique du theatre. Paris: Antoine de Sommaville, 1657.

8vo, contemporary calf. First edition of this classic seventeenth-century French treatise on the theatre. [Bound with:] Terence iustifie; ou deux dissertations concernant l’art du theatre. By the same. Paris: Guillaume de Luynes, 1656. Loss to corners and rubbing to hinges of boards; lacking f.f.e.p.; some light dampstaining. $800-1,200

81 TERENCE Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae. Birmingham: Johannis Baskerville, 1772.

4to, contemporary calf. Armorial bookplate tipped to front pastedown, front hinge and first 4 leaves detached; spine rebacked retaining portion of original, some light foxing; otherwise interior clean and bright. $200-400

82* THOMSON, JAMES The Seasons. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1794.

8vo, contemporary calf, later spine label. First Stockdale edition, complete with engraved title page and 12 plates. Hinges cracked; rear hinge starting to separate; previous owner’s ex-libris to f.f.e.p.

[Together with:] Another copy of the same. Chiswick: Whittingham, 1820. 8vo, contemporary calf rebacked retaining portion of the spine. Property from the Collection of Dr. Ernest Pick, Atlanta, Georgia $200-400 83 THUCYDIDES Eight Bookes of the Peloponnesian Warre. Translated by Thomas Hobbes. London: Imprinted for Hen: Seile, 1629.

Folio, rebound in recent 3/4 calf over marbled boards, renewed endpapers, engraved title page with ornamental border, engraved head- and tail-pieces, two engraved plates and two (of three) engraved maps. First edition of Hobbe’s translation. Lacking fold-out map; some soiling and intermittent foxing; preliminary pages with some dampstaining; chipping and manuscript ex-libris to engraved title page. $1,000-2,000

84 WHITLOCK, RICHARD Zootomia, or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English: Briefly Anatomizing the Living by the Dead. With an Usefull Detection of the Mountebanks of both Sexes. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1654.

12mo, rebound in recent 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt lettered spine, with facsimile frontispiece and explication. First edition, first issue. Previous owner’s initials to verso title page; light toning throughout; 4 pp. of index supplied in facsimile. Literature: Wing W2030 $200-400