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Catalogue of an Interesting Portion of the Valuable Collection of Illuminated and Other Manuscripts and Early Printed Books with Woodcuts, the Property of a Gentleman in Austro-Hungary

London, Dryden Press, 1900. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this Sotheby's catalogue, with seventeen plates portraying the illuminated manuscripts up for sale. This very scarce catalogue published by Sotheby's lists a range of illuminated manuscripts and early printed books up for auction on June 20th 1900. With seventeen plates of facsimiles and artwork to the rear. The volume includes the conditions of sale, a list of the items, and seventeen plates of facsimiles to the rear. The catalogue lists a copy of Le Livre des Trois Vertus, or the Books of Three Virtues by Christine de Pizan, the court writer for King Charles VI of France in the thirteenth century. It also includes illuminated manuscript from Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis, or The Book of Hours, which was a personal prayer book. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, a little worn. The front wrap is detached, and both the front and rear wraps are rather foxed. Internally, generally firmly bound. Whilst the plates are bright and clean, the text pages are lightly foxed. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .

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Boeknummer: 860N53

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Sotheby's Catalogue of Illuminated and other Manuscripts and Early Printed Books Sotheby's Catalogues Early Printed Books Illustrated Sotheby's Catalogues Very Scarce None

N.A

A Hollow Book Eminent Philanthropists

None, None, c1800. Leather. A remarkable copy of Eminent Philanthropists hollowed to form a storage compartment. With an armorial binding from 'The Close Ladies School Brighton' In a armorial school binding from the Close Ladies School Brighton with gilt stamping to the boards and spine. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the joints and spine. Front joint is starting but firm. Front hinge is tender. Rear joint is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Tears to the foil lining in the hollowed section. The textblock is adhered together. Visible pages are bright. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: LTH17-F-18

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Hollow Book Philanthropist Storage Secret Book Philanthropist None

Anonymous

Catalogue of the Extensive, Important and Valuable Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and Engravings of the Late Sir William Tite, C.B. M.P.

London , Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1874. Paperback. A catalogue of the collection of Sir William Tite, compiled for auction. Sir William Tite, (February 1798 – 20 April 1873) was an English architect who served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He was particularly associated with various London buildings, with railway stations and cemetery projects. He was a Member of Parliament from 1855 until his death. In a paper binding. Externally, sound, but rear paper wrap is missing. With some age toning and marks, and some closed tears and loss to the extremities. Internally, the binding is somewhat strained. The pages are bright and clean with only scattered spotting and a few creases. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: GEN37-G-13

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Sir William Tite Collecting Auction Catalogue Sotheby's Collecting None

Anonymous

Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland Plates XXI-XXX Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland Plates XXXI-XL

London, Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum , 1905. Hardback. Two fascinating volumes of the British Museum's catalogue of Medallic Illustrations, containing plates XXI-XXX and XXXI-XL. Volumes III and IV only of the original nineteen volume set. Collated complete, with plates XXI-XXX to one volume, and plates XXXI-XL to the other. Each plate is accompanied by a leaf listing the medals depicted. Each volume is in the original envelope binding with a blue cloth spine and card boards, with the textblock disbound as called for. With the bookplate of Roy and Nina Merley to the front pastedown of both volumes. The Merleys owned Plaish Hall, Shropshire; a stunning Grade I Tudor house that is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The home once belonged to Judge William Leighton, who was an amateur poet and sixteenth century composer. The house, as it stands now, was built in two stages for Leighton, who was presiding over a trial of prisoners whilst the home was being completed. Roy and Nina Merley owned the house for thirty-five years and were responsible for reinstating the Tudor style gardens and renovating the house to its former glory. Their bookplate has an image of the house in the background, with a blackbird eating a worm in the foreground. In the original envelope binding with a blue cloth spine and card boards. Externally sound, with bumping to extremities and age toning and marking to boards. Cloth to joints split and weak. Evidence of slip tipped to front boards, now removed. Library ink stamp to front boards, and library shelf number to tail of spines. Prior owner's bookplate tipped to front pastedowns. Library ink stamp and ink inscription to envelopes. Internally disbound, as called for. Pages very bright and clean throughout. Library ink and blindstamps to the occasional page. Age toning to pastedowns. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 653M35

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Coin Great Britain British Museum Collecting Great Britain Merley Southlands Unnamed

E. D. Bacon; F. H. Napier

The Stamps of Barbados with a History and Description of the Star-Watermarked Papers of Messrs. Perkings Bacon & Co

London , Stanley Gibbons, 1896. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition copy of The Stamps of Barbados, with illustrations throughout. A first edition of The Stamps of Barbados with a History and Description of the Star-watermarked Papers of Messrs. Perkings Bacon & Co from the Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Handbooks series, or postage series. With three sheets of autotype illustrations of stamps to the front of the volume, three facsimile reproductions of the star watermarks, an appendix containing copies of original correspondence and a reference list with the publishers prices.Collated, complete. With eight pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with some rubbing to the joints and extremities and some marks to the boards. There is an inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 825B29

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: The Stamps of Barbados with a History and Description of the Star-watermarked Papers stamps collecting barbados stamps Not Stated

Un ancien libraire [a former bookseller]

Essai de Bibliographie Pratique: Aide-Mãƒâ©Moire Du Libraire Et de L&Apos;Amateur de Livres

Paris, Aide-Mémoire du Libraire et de l'Amateur de Livres, 1906. Cloth. An uncommon directory of rare or curious works of all genres for booksellers and book lovers. An uncommon work in the original cloth binding, with the binder's label of Langdon & Davis to the rear paste down. A directory of rare or curious works of all genres, including first editions, books with engravings from the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, and rare impressions, with a guide to their commercial value. Two parts in one volume, written in French, by a former bookseller. A fascinating and uncommon work for book collectors and bibliophiles. In the original cloth binding. Externally fairly smart, with some marks to the boards and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean but age toned to the perimeters. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 860M36

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Rare books Book collecting Bookseller Book collecting Not Stated

Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld; Otto Von Falke

Die Sammlung Fritz Buckardt Berlin Deutsches Und Auslandisches Porzellan. Deutsche Fayencen Und Steingut

Berlin, Paul Cassirer und Hugo Belbing, [1925]. First edition. Cloth. This scarce German auction catalogue lists and depicts the interesting porcelain and earthenware up for sale. A scarce auction catalogue containing the Fritz Buckardt collection of German and foreign porcelain up for sale at the Cassirer and Helbing auction house in Berlin. Published in German. Divided into four sections, the work lists the German porcelain, followed by foreign porcelain, French porcelain, and finally general stoneware. Each item is described by Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld, and many listings are accompanied by a monochrome image. With a binder's sticker to the front pastedown. Bound by Dublin binders 'Brindleys&apos. With the original front cover tucked in. Undated. Date established from the estimates of the library of the Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art. Rebound in a full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards with a chip to the spine label. The original paper front cover is tucked in. Internally, firmly bound, with bright and clean pages throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 861N19

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Die Sammlung Fritz Buckardt Berlin Deutsches und Auslandisches Porzellan Procelain Earthenware Auction catalogue Procelain Paul Cassirer und Hugo Belbing Not stated

R. Chambers

The Book of Days, a Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar Including Anecdote, Biography, & History Curiosities of Literature and Oddities of Human Life and Character, in Two Volumes

London & Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1963. Cloth. Uncommon early edition of this catalogue of antiquities in two volumes with illustrations from the nineteenth century. Early edition of The Book of Days, A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities edited by R. Chambers. Complete in two volumes. In half morocco bindings with gilt to the spines and the boards.Includes an anecdote, biography, and history of curiosities of literature and oddities of human life and character. With illustrated title pages with red and black engravings. Illustrations throughout the text of both volumes. In half morocco bindings with cloth boards. Externally, very smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. The spines are slightly worn. The boards have a few faint marks. The hinges are starting. Internally, generally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 829W19

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Early edition Two volume Antiquities Catalogue Two volume Not Stated

Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods

Catalogue of the Renowned Collection of Pictures by Old Masters, Formed by the Late Adrian Hope, Esq. ; Also a Few by Modern Artists: Which Will Be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at Their Great Rooms, 8 King Street, St. James&Apos;S Square, on Saturday, June 30, 1894, at One O&Apos;Clock Precisely.

London, Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, 1894. First edition. Hardback. A scarce catalogue of Adrian Hope's collection of Old Master pictures, for the auction in 1894. The first edition of this work in the original paper boards. A catalogue by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods of the Adrian Hope Collection, sold in auction on 30th June 1894. This catalogue contains information on the 11 works he owned by modern painters such as C. Brooking and P. T. Van Brussel, and the 64 works by Old Masters such as Aelbert Cuyp and Pieter de Hooch, with 64 plates of reproductions of these pictures. Collated complete. In the original paper boards. Externally sound, though spotted, with a little wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with some spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 845M5

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Auction catalogue Paintings Art Collecting Paintings Various

Sotheby & Co

The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung Fur Botanik Vaduz Liechtenstein Collected by the Late Arpad Plesch

London, Sotheby & Co, 1975-1976. First edition. Hardback. Three volumes of auction catalogue for Arpad Plesch's celebrated botanical collection. Three first edition volumes. Bound in the original paper covered boards. Each volume has a colour frontispiece, and numerous full-page plates. A three part auction catalogue for Arpad Plesch's celebrated Botanical Library of Liechtenstein. Plesch was a Hungarian financer, banker and lawyer with a large collection of rare and important botanical books, with particular reference to medical botany and the botany of Hungary. The library was considered not only magnificent from a bibliographical point of view but also as a working library for a botanical garden. With a pamphlet of estimates inserted into the third volume. In the original paper covered boards. Externally, smart with some shelf wear to the edges. Spines are faded. Light marks to the boards. Some bumping to the upper rear board of volume two. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 848G50

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: arpad plesch stiftung fur botanik botanical plants stiftung fur botanik Not Stated

Peter Seaby (ed.)

Seaby&Apos;S Coin and Metal Bulletin, for the Years 1965, 1968, 1969 and 1974. In Four Volumes

London, B. A. Seaby, 1965-74. Leather. Four interesting numismatic catalogues from the firm B. A. Seaby. Bound from the parts. Bound from the parts. Numerous photographic plates throughout. Supplement to rear of 1969 volume, 'A Hoard of "Double-Headed" Imperial Bronzes from Six Mints of Moesia Inferior and Thrace' by David R. Sear. Order forms for other Seaby publications loosely inserted. B.A. Seaby Limited produced a book called 'English Silver Coinage from 1649', written by H. Seaby and first published in 1949. This proved to be one of the most popular books published by B.A. Seaby Limited and further updated editions were printed in 1967, 1974 and the most recent in 1992. The book is used by numismatists as a main reference for all English silver coinage from 1649 to the year 1992 with a three-lettered prefixed (ESC - referring to English Silver Coinage) numbering system attributable to each coin and any variant. In half leather bindings. Externally sound with some rubbing and marks, more wear and fading to volume I. Internally, firmly bound, bright and clean, particularly the plates, with just the odd mark. Some dusting to the textblock edge. Holes punched along the gutter from previous individual binding. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: SET16-C-3

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: B.A. Seaby Limited Coin Illustrated Peter Seaby Coin Various

J. E. Taylor [editor]

Notes on Collecting and Preserving Natural-History Objects

London, Gibbings & Company, Limited, 1896. Cloth. A very smart new edition of this beginner's guide on the conservation of natural history objects. New edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with in-text images and diagrams. Intended as a beginner's guide to the conservation of natural history, including geological specimens, bones, eggs, beetles, shells, plants, and seaweeds. Edited by J. E. Taylor, with contributions from E. F. Elwin, Professor Ralph Tate, J. Britten, Professor Buckman, Dr. Braithwaite, Worthington G. Smith, Reverend J. Crombie, T. Southwell, Dr. Knaggs, E. C. Rye, and J. B. Bridgman. Publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 903T24

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Notes Collecting Preserving Natural History Collecting None

Percy Fitzgerald

The Book Fancier

London , Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1886. Cloth. An attractive and well-preserved copy of 'The Book Fancier', by Percy Fitzgerald. With a signed note from the author inserted regarding the purchase and payment of books. Illustrated throughout with decorative head and tail pieces. Percy Fitzgerald was an Anglo-Irish author and critic. He was a contributor to Dicken's magazine Household Words, and this work contains a chapter on Dickensiana. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. a cloth binding. Externally excellent with some light wear at extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Bookplate of Walter Flinn to front pastedown. Autograph inserted to front blanks. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: GEN37-C-9

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Books Book Collecting Hugh Selbourne Book Collecting None

George Birkbeck Hill

Talks About Autographs

Boston & New York, Houghton, Miffin, & Co. 1896. Cloth. An interesting tome on the practise of collecting autographs, by this English man of letters. He opens the book with an anecdote about the poet Longfellow, who recorded in his diary: "March 23, 1854. A snowstorm. Write and send off twenty-four autographs. "November 25th, 1856. I have lying on my table more than sixty requests for autographs. "January 9th, 1857. Yesterday, I wrote, sealed, and directed seventy autographs. Today I added five or six more, and mailed them." There follows the different attitudes of both the famous and of those seeking their signatures. Hill discusses how best to ask for an autograph, and the various peculiarities of various historical personages in their approach to the subject. With many plates of portraits, and facsimiles of autographs, of the various figures discussed. Perhaps an apposite comment on the emerging modern world at the end of the 19th century. In the original cloth. Externally somewhat worn, particularly around the head of the spine. The text block is untrimmed and the foredge is a little dusty as a result. The frontispiece has come loose from the binding. Clean and bright throughout, with the binding loosening in places. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN19-H-19

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: Autographs Collecting Man of Letters Collecting None

Llewellyn Jewitt

Handbook of English Coins. Giving a Concise Description of the Various Denominations of Coin, from the Norman Conquest, to the Present Reign

London, William Harrower Johnston, 1864. Cloth. A scarce copy of Llewellyn Jewitt's interesting and concise work on the history of English coins. A scarce work. This work is an interesting discussion on the history of English coins which, as the author states, gives an insight into the history of the country as a whole. The work offers examples of historic coins, telling their history, their rarity, what was on the reverse, and any legends surrounding the coin. Illustrated throughout with a frontispiece and nine plates. Written and illustrated by Llewellyn Jewitt. Jewitt was an illustrator and author, who was a prolific writer on a large range of subjects. He founded the heavily illustrated antiquarian journal 'The Reliquary', and also founded the 'Derby Telegraph&apos. Some of his other works include 'The Ceramic Art of Great Britain', 'Grave-Mounds and Their Contents', and 'The Stately Homes of England&apos. Collated, incomplete, as lacking Plate V. In the original publisher's limp cloth binding. Externally, smart. Only a little rubbing to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound, though strained in places. Pages are bright and generally clean with only the odd light spot. Lacking plate V. Good . Ill.: Llewellyn Jewitt. Good .

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Boeknummer: 634P56

Catalogus: Collecting

Trefwoorden: england coins coins Llewellyn Jewitt jewitt coins coin collecting england Llewellyn Jewitt