[Touchet,George]

HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OUT OF SEVERAL PROTESTANT HISTORIANS concerning the Changes of Religion and the strange Confusions following in the reigns of King Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.

London,printed by Henry Hills printer to the Kings most Excellent Najesty and for His Household & chappel, And for him & Matr.Turner 1686 . 153 x 91mm in 8's tan speckled leather on 4 raised bands gilt ruled [hinges held by cords/corners worn and leather missing along one hinge] [2pp=Titlepage] +434pp. The text is divided into sections, one for each monarch as in the title, + Addition of other Historical Collections + An Appendix[of 92pp] all of which were based on chroniclers such as Heylyn, Dugdale, Stowe, Baker, Lord Herbert of Charbury etc and including copies of letters and other instruements.A few early marginalia and the ownership by Monox?? Hervey having bought this book for 3/6 in May 1731.The titlepage has a few early pen trials and an ownership by R.Cornwell. There are also some ink doodles & an ink smudge to page 17 but not making the text illegible. There is a bookplate of the Monestry of St Augustine at Ramsgate but there is no more than usual dusting and slight fingering and a few corners turned down and two marginal paper flaws touching print.Touchet was the second son of the Earl of Castleham who was executed for sexual crimes possibly making his younger son chose to Join the Benedictine order. The author was chaplain to Charles the 2nd's wife, Catherine of Berganza. As religious clampdown on catholics finally lead to the eviction of Catholic priest from England Touchet's book was suspect and this 2nd edition specifically stated that it was "published with allowance" and this edition has an Appendix of just under a hundred pages added after the Historical Collections

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Book number: V75725

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: History of changes of Religion Reformation monarchy

[Touchet,George]

HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OUT OF SEVERAL PROTESTANT HISTORIANS concerning the Changes of Religion and the strange Confusions following in the reigns of King Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth.

London,printed by Henry Hills printer to the Kings most Excellent Najesty and for His Household & chappel, And for him & Matt.Turner 1686 . 149 x 91mm in 8's tan leather spine with speckled covers. Red spine label gilt and gilt double ruled covers and vellum underlayed to corners. [spine split for 1cm to head] [2pp =Titlepage] +434pp. Title cut down and laid down with word "Historical" bit cropped and fore-margin cut back lacking the S of "Collections" and neat name to foot of spine Rennyson. Gatherings H & I damp marked but quite crisp and entirely readable & gathering K only lightly stained to the bottom margin. A few mrgins with light dusting and a few corners with creases else a tight neat copy. The text is divided into sections, one for each monarch HENRY VIII, EDWARD VI QUEEN MARY and QUEEN ELIZABETH + Addition of passages from Sir Wll. Dugdale' Antiquities + An Appendix [of 92pp] all of which were based on chroniclers such as Heylyn, Dugdale, Stowe, Baker, Lord Herbert of Charbury etc and including copies of letters etc. A crisp tight neat copy with minimal dusting and slight fingering and a few corners sl.creased. Touchet was the second son of the Earl of Castleham who was executed for sexual crimes possibly making his younger son chose to Join the Benedictine order and the author was chaplain to Charles the 2nd's wife, Catherine of Berganza. As religious clampdown on catholics finally lead to the eviction of Catholic priest from England Touchet's book was suspect and this 2nd edition specifically stated that it was "published with allowance" and this edition has an Appendix of just under a hundred pages added after the "Historical Collections" Wing (2nd ed.) T1955A ESTC citation no.: R4226

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Book number: V75912

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Tudor History, Changes of Religion, Reformation, monarchy

HORTULUS ANIME dat is der sielen Bogaert…

Antwerp, Geeraert Smits 1574 woodcuts throughout [50] a few being duplicated . small Octavo (145x95) newer marbled calf on 4 raised bands housed in a modern faux leather splipcase.[tips of volume slightly rubbed] All edges darkened gilt. Titlepage supplied in pre Victorian times in handsome manuscript in red and black ink within ruled border. Publisher's details taken from the final index leaf. [9 of 10 ff thus lacking the first leaf of the Preface] + cclvi ff [lacking leaf 198 ] +3 leaves of index. All pages within ruled borders. The page numbers between Aa4 and Bb5 are erraticaly wrong but signatures and catch words follow on correctly. Some browning, minor soiling and gutter margin a bit tight but a very rare edition of the "Dutch Horulus animae", first edt of the prayer book was published in Strasbourg in 1498, but seemingly only 4 or 5 copies of this edt are traced. Printed in Gothic type within ruled borders with the calendar before the text printed in red and black. This edt was published just before the sack of Antwerp by the Spanish in 1576.

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Book number: V75313

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: devotional illustrations religion

B***,M. [Antoine Bret]; [2nd work] [Rutledge,James (1743-1794)]

LETTRES DE NINON DE L'ENCLOS au Marquis de Sévigné [Bound with] LA QUINZAINE ANGLOISE A PARIS, ou L'Art de s'y Ruiner en peu de Tems.

Amsterdam, [London, but actually Paris], chez François Joly; [2nd work no publisher given] 1769, [1776 or 1777] Engraved portrait frontispiece of Ninon de l'Enclos. . TWO WORKS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME Duodecimo 18th century half-calf, marbled boards (hinges cracked but firm/head & foot of spine chipped/tips worn/spine label missing) Armorial bookplate William Powlett Powlett on front endpaper. First work (Ninon) in three Parts: [4], viii, 120; [2], viii, 120; [2], 128. Second work (Quinzaine) missing 1st 2 leaves including titlepage, begins with the Preface at aiii followed by the second title: [12 of xvi} 287, [1] pp. *Two books considered improper at the time,are here bound together,the first work disguising the presence of the second so that the spine reads only "Ninon de l'Enclos &c" Quinzaine .. is an amusing satirical work by James (or Jean Jacques) Rutledge which was published without attribution to him, first printing in 1776. DNB's article on Rutledge says: "this sketch, which depicts the rapidity with which a 'plunger' may be reduced to destitution by the harpies of Paris, and purports to be a posthumous work by Sterne, to whose works it bears no sort of resemblance. .. The writer states that attempts had been made to suppress the work in Paris". A later translation into English appeared as 'The Englishman's Fortnight in Paris' but there seem to be only two editions in French - 1776 and 1777. Both appeared without attribution to Rutledge and both given as London but probably printed in Paris, their collations also seem to be the same. Hence,lacking the titlepage in this copy,we cannot determine whether it is 1776 or 1777.

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Book number: V68766

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: memoirs improper French liaisons Englishman in Paris

M.B.*** (ie M. Antoine Bret)

MEMOIRES SUR LA VIE DE MADEMOISELLE DE LENCLOS par M.B.

Amsterdam, Joly 1754 . 3 Parts in One duodecimo marbled calf spine extra gilt with gilt lettered spine label (some worm damage to spine but covers well attached) All Edges Rouged half title, TP in red & black viii+120+viii 120pp 128pp in this edition the 2nd and 3rd titlepages seem not to be called for as the catchword for the next part occurs at the end of the previous part. Slight foxing but a neat tight copy of these letters of the courtesan to the Marquis de Sevigne, one of her lovers. *Most if not all these letters are spurious fabrications.

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Book number: V65650

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Keywords: letters French courtesan

MEMORIES OF THE COURT AND CABINETS OF GEORGE THE THIRD from original family documents.

London, Hurst and Blackett 1853 Etched frontispiece. . Volume I only (of 2), octavo roan spined marbled boards (spine damaged but covers still attached/tips worn/rubbed) viii +457pp +10pp of adverts. Society label with list of members requesting the book be sent to them in rotation dated between 1853-1854. Blindstamp coat of arms of F. Bartelot F.S.A. Portrait with slight pale foxing else clean and neat. *This volume deals with 1782-1788 & has much on Irish affairs, India & the King's illness and regency. Based on first hand documents of the protagonists - fine primary source for this period.

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Book number: V63361

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: English Irish Indian history politics

PICTORIAL BEAUTIES OF NATURE or sketches in various departments of Natural History with coloured illustrations by famous Artists.

London, Ward,Lock and Tyler 1880's color plates (24) + engraved head and tailpieces and a few initial capitals . 4to dark red cloth gilt and colored with pictorial scene with butterflies etc. to cover, lower cover blindstamped, spine gilt titled. [binding rubbed,dusty and a bit marked ] All edges gilt. Titlepage +contents leaf + 92pp + [ 2p=publisher's booklist] A few plates edge- dusted and seemingly re-inserted,and two plates with marginal tears not affecting illustration and one text leaf creased and two with 1cm marginal corner loss. Many plates with Leighton Bros.imprint with charming scenes of country life, butterflies, flowers etc.

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Book number: V75846

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: chromoliths natural history plates

[ Francis Wrangham and William Combe].

POETICAL SKETCHES OF SCARBOROUGH IN 1813

Driffield, Frank Fawcett Large Paper edition limited to 60 copies this No.17 1893 hand-coloured aquatint plates [21] etched by Rowlandson after James Green from original Designs . 4to tan cloth on bevelled boards with printed spine label [hinges rubbed/label with sl.loss to edges /corners bumped] half-title/publisher's note to verso +Hand colored frontispiece + titlepage in red and black + [2p=dedication] + [2p=publisher's Preface] + [2p=Advertisement] +[2p=contents] + xv[=Some account of Scarborough] +{1p=blank] +215pp One plate partly loose else all neat and tight. Last 6 leaves with marginal stain along part of the fore-edge but nowhere near to printed area. Uncut edges and one or two unopened leaves, half title with some spotting. Paper watermarked Ached Arnold 1892 [on p185]. Large paper copy size 10.5 by 8 inches.

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Book number: V75640

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: humor Rowlandson illustrations

[ Mauchlin-ware]

THE POETICAL WORKS OF CAMPBELL, GOLDSMITH & GRAY

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons 1870 Frontisplate & illustrations throughout. Fern-ware Mauchline-ware brown wooden boards highly glazed. . Small octavo brown morocco leather spine with 5 raised bands & gilt decorations & gilt rules. Spine holding the two wooden covers with the fern silhouetes and gilt decoration to reverse of boards. [some scratches to covers where rubbed] All edges gilt and all pages printed in red concentric ruled frames with black printed text inside. Engraved titlepage + viii [=frontis +printed decorated title + contents] + [half-title] + 445pp The poems are divided into three sections one for each poet and each poets work is preceded by his life history. The first few leaves of the book have a minimal amount of foxing. The last leaf and the last two free endpapers are much more foxed and a little tanned otherwise the paper is clean and crisp throughout the volume. There is a gift inscription to the front free endpaper dated Xmas day 1872.

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Book number: V76061

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: poetry in fern pattern wooden binding Mauchlinware

[Edited by Joseph Cundall]

POETRY OF THE YEAR Passages from the Poets Descriptive of the Seasons. With Twenty Two Coloured Illustrations from Drawings By Eminent Artists.

London, George Bell 1854 chromolithographs mounted onto the textpage [22] from drawings by Birket Foster,Harrison Weir,W.Hemsley,E.V.B.[Boyle],Milton & J.Wolf etc. . lg.8vo red grained cloth overall gilt floral design to cover and spine with lower cover with the same pattern blindstamped on bevelled boards [neatly rebacked with 95% of the original relaid/edges a bit rubbed/corners worn] All Edges Gilt Frontispiece + viii + 102pp Printed in colours by Messrs.M.& H.Hanhart and Day & Son. Text within ruled borders printed by Richard Clay to Colophon. All plates have a preceding blank guard sheet. The poetry y Wordsworth, Shakespeare, Longfellow,Mrs.Hemans, Keats Tennyson, Southey,Cowper etc. Newer endpapers else all pages clean, tightly bound in and unmarked. Poetry divided into four seasonal sections.

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Book number: V75679

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Color illustrated poetry Gift Book

THE POPULAR RECREATOR a key to in-Door and Out-door Amusements.

London, Cassell Petter & Galpin 1875 according to publisher's code of book listing over 100 illustrations in the text . 2 VOLUMES IN ONE 251 x 190mm Handsomely rebound in blue half calf gilt ruled and with 5 raised bands with gilt title & decorations to spine blue cloth sides [almost as new] All edges marbled. Titlepage + 384pp + 384pp Bookplate of Lady McEacharn to pastedown. New marbled endpapers and fly leaves with Abbey Mills & Crown watermark.Binder's label of Farnborough Abbey, Hants to rear pastedown. Lower edge with ink spatter on the marbled edge NOT intruding on lower margin of pages. Most articles with authors' names given and range from Archery to Zetema and include Billiards, Bicycling, Taxidermy, Croquet, firework making, Magic lanterns, Silkworm raising and Conjuring as well as the more usual games and sports from angling to polo to toy making. There are also several unusual articles such as Decalcomanmie & Potichomanie

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Book number: V75849

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: GAMES SPORTS ARTS

PRODROMUS AD OPERA OMNIA S.BONAVENTURAE… Agens de ejus vita, doctrina, et scriptis editis ac ineditis,Recensque inter vetustos Codices Manuscriptos inventis in Libros octo tributus,

Pinted by Bassanensi, Gio. Battista Remondiniani 1767 titlepage vignette [130 x 88mm of Christ as shepherd in a landscape] + handsome head- & tail-pieces + historiated initial capitals. . lg. folio buckram spined boards with large title along spine [head & foot of spine bit rubbed] All edges sprinkled in red & blue dye but top edge v.much darker ] titlepage printed in red and black + [xxiv = = Dedication & Preface & contents] 775 numbered in columns. [each page having two columns including the index & errata] There are some damp marks, mainly marginal to the top gutter margin throughout and 3 tiny holes to margins but not touching the text and one intermittant worm track to the top centimeter of the book just at the gutter. Neither of these faults impede the reading of the text nor is the paper weakened.There are two round purple library stamps to the free endpaper and the titlepage and a stamp "House Library Pantasaph" on the endpaper also. *The work of Saint Bonaventure was a founder of the Franciscan Order and a leading light of the 13th century. He was influenced by St.Augustin and Aristotle and St.Thomas Aquinas although St.Bonadventure inclined more to the mystical than those three.

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Book number: V75875

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Theology

PUBLIC CHARACTERS OF 1799-1800 TO BE CONTINUED ANNUALLY

London, Phillips & sold by Hurst, Wallis etc. 1st first edition 1799 Folding frontis. of 30 line illustrations of Sheridan, Dr. Hutton, William Cowper et al. . Octavo full calf with gilt spine and 2 contrasting spine labels (split to spine but held by cords/top compartment of spine damaged/and chipped to foot of spine/tips slightly worn/rubbed).

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Book number: V66657

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: biography

PUBLIC CHARACTERS OF 1801-2 TO BE CONTINUED ANNUALLY

London, Phillips & sold by Hurst, Carpenter et al. 1801 Two plates with 2 lithographs each. . Octavo full calf with gilt spine and 2 contrasting spine labels (split mid-spine though held by cords/chipped to head & foot of spine with some loss to foot/tips worn bit rubbed ) 28 contemporary biographies (vi) +(ii)+ 594pp + leaf of book adverts. Incl. Governor Franklin son of Benjamin Franklin and assistant at the famous kite flying discovery of the electricity lightening and later governor of New Jersey, Count Rumford and his experiments on heat, General Strutt governor of Quebec, Arthur Young and his contributions to agriculture etc.

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Book number: V66658

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Keywords: biography

QUARTERLY REVIEW Vol.XX + Vol. XL + LX GENERAL INDEX to volumes 1 to LIX

London, Murray 1820, 1831, 1839 . Three Volumes of complete INDEX of the run from the beginning to 1839, octavo half calf lacks spine leather & one lower cover (all other boards still attached/tips worn/blindstamp of Holy Island Library) xxiv+514pp and xxxi+366pp and 612pp Presentation inscription on FEP & Library numbers. No further library markings to any pages or titles. Some dusting but bookblock clean & tight.

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Book number: V66908

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: scientific literary and historical reviews