LY O N & T U R N B U L L Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs
188 FC424/11 Froissart, Sir John Chronicles of England, France, Spain and adjoining countries... London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849. 4to, 2 volumes, 4to, 75 coloured plates, including titles, contemporary half morocco, crest of ‘The Society of Writers to the Signet’ embossed in gilt to covers, g.e., spines and bindings a little soiled and rubbed, Ex Libris and previous owner’s bookplates; Quarles, Francis Emblems divine and moral, together with hieroglyphics of the life of man. London: H. Trapp, 1777. 8vo, 97 plates, A1 lacking?; [bound with] [Haeften, Benedictus van] The school of the heart. London: H. Trapp, 1777. 8vo, 48 plates; Bound in 20th century black morocco, some darkening and offsetting, lacks plates and possibly leaves, front hinge repaired with selotape; Aesop Fabulae elegantis... Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1619. 16mo, contemporary calf, lacks spine, boards detached and rubbed, soiling and browning; Dibdin, Thomas Frognall An introduction to the knowledge of rare and valuable editions of the Greek and Roman classics... Glocester: Payne, Faulder..., 1802. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rubbed, hinges split, slight internal soiling; And 9 others; sold not subject to return (16) £250-300 189 FC269/4 [Hanway, Jonas] Midnight the signal. [London]: Dodsley, 1779. 8vo, 2 volumes, engraved title pages, contemporary red morocco gilt, bookplate to free-endpaper, spines and covers a little rubbed and soiled, titles and endpapers very slightly browned [ESTC T128232] (2) Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton Note: According to the ESTC, 4 copies of this work are recorded in British libraries, and 12 in libraries in the USA £200-300 190 FD391/16 Jonson, Benjamin The workes. London: Andrew Crooke, 1640(?). Folio, contemporary calf, spine and corners rebacked, occasional marginal tears with no loss of text and one closed tear, with no loss of text, small hole on page 92 with loss of a couple of letters, occasional soiling, facsimile title and portrait £300-400 191 FC263/1 Marryat, Captain Frederick A diary in America. First edition, 3 volumes bound in 6, 2 folding maps, half-titles in all volumes, but without ‘Directions to the Binder’ slip and lacking adverts, red half morocco by Riviere; and 6 other works by Marryat in 16 volumes, all First editions, uniformly bound in red half morocco by Riviere, t.e.g., lightly rubbed (16) £200-300
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192 FD270/1 Milton, John The paradise lost. London: Septimus Prowett, 1827. 2 volumes, large 8vo, 20 (of 24) mezzotint plates by John Martin, contemporary red morocco, tooled in blind and gold, occasional slight spotting (2) £300-400 193 FE529/1 Orwell, George Nineteen eighty-four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth with red and white dust-jacket, spines of book and dust-jacket a little faded, some slight rubbing and chipping to dust-jacket £1,000-1,500 194 FD391/20 Ovid Metamorphosis, Englished, mythologized and represented in figures... Oxford: imprinted by John Lichfield, 1632. Large 4to, engraved portrait and title and 12 engraved plates (of 15), 20th century half calf, slight fading to spine and upper cover, portrait, title, pages up to p.51 and errata leaf repaired with loss to a few letters, occasional spotting and marginal darkening, very small amount of marginal worming with no loss of text [STC 18966] £150-200 195 FC237/171 Pope, Alexander - Homer The iliad of Homer, translated by Mr Pope. London: printed by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintott, 1715-1716. First English edition, folio, 6 volumes, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps, (lacking plates of ‘Plan’ in volume 2 and ‘Shield of Achilles’ in volume 5), late 18th or early 19th century half calf, spine gilt, foxing to several pages, others very clean, darkening to some pages and slight darkening to boards (6) Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire £300-400 196 FC263/5 [Scott, Sarah and Lady Barbara Montague] A description of Millenium Hall and the country adjacent. London: J. Newbery, 1762. First edition, 12mo, frontispiece and final advert leaf, contemporary boards, uncut, rebacked, some spotting and light soiling Note: No page 193/194 but correct thus, gathering one with 12 leaves. Utopian novel, formerly attributed to Goldsmith, which describes a model community where a group of women have retreated from the world to create a more caring society. [ESTC: T107679] £200-300