CONTINENTAL AND ENGLISH BOOkS AND MANUSCRIPTS

Lots 190–268

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190 (INCUNABLE) HEROLT, JOHANNES Sermones discipuli de tempore, et de Sanctis. Cologne: [Ulrich Zeil], March 25, 1477.

4to, folio, early full calf, 507 (of 524) leaves, and eight leaves at the end supplied in manuscript with three illuminated initials with sprays extending along the margin, text in Latin, double columns, gothic script, initials supplied in red by hand, no signatures; the first 37ff are an index. Contains 159 sermons, including De cogitacone sermo [Thoughts on Sermons], which is separated from the others at the end by a blank leaf. Sermones discipuli is complete, and it appears the leaves that are lacking belong to De cogitacone. $2,000-4,000 191 (ILLUMINATED MSS) BOOK OF HOURS An illuminated manuscript leaf on vellum, from a Book of Hours, with four illuminated initials and bar in blue, red and gilt. Use of Paris, c. 1460. Framed and matted. 4 1/2 x 3 inches visible. Property from the Collection of a Lady, Oak Brook, Illinois $200-400

192* (WOODCUTS) Two woodcuts comprising The Merchant and the Headmaster, from a German edition of Aesop’s Fables, c. 1480, and De fortune confidentibus, from the Latin edition of The Ship of Fools, by Sebastian Brant, printed by Nicolaus Lamparter, Basel, 1506. Framed and matted. Size of largest 14 x 10 1/2 inches. Property from the Estate of William A. Scott, Kansas City, Missouri $200-400

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193* THEOPHYLACTUS (ARCHIBISHOP OF OCHRIDA) In quatuor evangelia enarrationes. Cologne: P. Quentell, 1528 [1529].

Folio, rebacked and restored, retaining a significant portion of contemporary Cambridge binding attributed to Garrett Godfrey, blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, featuring animal and lattice-work rolls. Upper board detached; renewed endpapers; intermittent wormholing; overall toned. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois Provenance: George Dunn, bookplate W.A. Harding, bookplate Nathan Comfort Starr, bookplate $400-600

194 ALVAREZ, FRANCISCO General chronicen, das ist; Warhaffte eigentliche und kurtze beschreibung. Franckfurt am Mann: [Sigmund] Feyerabend, 1576.

3 parts in one. Folio, contemporary roll-tooled vellum over wooden boards, title printed in red and black with large woodcut device (repeated on divisional titles and at end of parts II and III), numbered on rectos only. Feyerabend, the publisher, issued this work in three parts, the general chronicle (Priester John), the cosmographia, and the chronicle of Paulus Orosius. Lacking one brass clasp; lacking 51pp. Literature: Sabin 26870 $400-600 195* BACON, SIR FRANCIS Resuscitatio; or, Bringing into Public Light Several Pieces of the Works... London: S. Griffin for William Lee, 1661.

Folio, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered spine. Second edition. With engraved portrait frontispiece. Minor wear to boards; blue ink stain to frontispiece; light dampstain to title page; scattered brownspotting. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

196 CLAUDIANUS, CLAUDIUS Cl. Claudianus ex optimorum codicum fide. Amsterdam: Jan Janson, 1628.

32mo, early full morocco elaborately decorated in gilt, marbled pastedowns, gilt gauffered edges. With engraved title page. [Together with:] Prophetae, Isaias, Ieremias, Baruch, Ezechiel, Daniel, cum duodecim aliis minoribus. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1564. 16mo, early full morocco, elaborately decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; some dampstaining; tear to f.f.e.p. $100-200

197 BIZZARI, PETRUS Varia opuscula, quorum indicem sequens pagina demonstrabit. Venice: Aldus, 1565.

12mo, period brown morocco stamped in gilt, gilt-lettered spine, renewed endpapers, engraved printer’s device to title page. Multiple manuscript exlibri to f.f.e.p., title page and final leaf; otherwise fine. $200-400

198 BURNET, THOMAS Telluris Theoria Sacra, originem et mutationes generales Orbis Nostri... Amsterdam: Joannem 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. $150-250

199 CAPRIATA, PIETRO GIOVANNI The History of the Wars of Italy. From the Year MDCXIII to the Year MDCXLIV. In XVIII Books. Translated from the original Italian by Henry, Earl of Monmouth. London: Printed by J. Macock, 1663.

Folio, full calf, gilt-tooled and lettered spine. First English edition. Lacking last leaf [a portion remains], all blanks, pp. 181-182 and p. 797; top edge of most pages lightly torn; scattered light foxing. $200-400

199A COTTON, JOHN The Keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven. London: Tho. Goodwin and Philip Nye, 1644.

8vo, rebound in parchment backed decorative boards, custom linen clamshell case. Second printing. Bookplate tipped to front pastedown; 1-inch repaired tear to title page; intermittent light foxing. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector Literature: Sabin 17067. Wing C6439 Provenance: Baron Fairfax (twelfth) $600-800

200* GOESIUS, WILHELM Rei agrariae. Amsterdam: Jan Janson, 1674.

3 parts in one. 4to, full calf, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g., marbled endpapers, green silk marker. First complete edition, with engraved frontispiece, one (of three) fold-out plates, and numerous in-text engravings. Light wear to boards; foxing; some leaves darkened. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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203 200A (HEBREW, PENTATEUCH) Manuscript on paper, 207ff., text in Hebrew written in black script, comprising a portion of the Pentateuch (Genesis 1:1-6:8 and Exodus 1:1-6:1, lacking 4pp. at the beginning and end), with Rashi’s commentary in Hebrew at the bottom of the page. Folio, housed in modern boards. Intermittent dampstaining; chipping to edges of most pages. $200-400

201 LA MOUCHE, JOANNES DAVID Postille sive expositiones epistolarum sive evangeliorum tam dominicalium quam ferialium. Leiden: Joannes David, alias La Mouche, October 31, 1527.

4to, rebound in later full calf, gothic letter, text in double columns, woodcut initials and many small woodcuts in-text. Dampstaining to the majority of leaves; lacking title page; edges lightly torn at the beginning and end. $200-400

202 (LAW) ROMOLI, BARTOLOMEO Materia iuris accrescendi difficilima et in omnibus ultimis voluntatibus utilissima et maxima quotidiana... [Bound with:] Compendium seu tractatus morae [and] Compendium seu tractatus, in utilissima et quotidiana materia homicidis [and] Florentinus lib. I. institutionum. Ingolstadt: Alexandrei Uveissenhorn, 1568 and 1569.

4 works in one vol. 8vo, contemporary roll-tooled vellum over wood boards, two metal clasps, each work with separate title page, each title page with woodcut device to verso, also with numerous woodcut initials in-text. Renewed endpapers; minor soiling to vellum; a few small marginal tears. $100-200

203 (LAW) MAYNO, JASON DE Secunda super digesto novo. [Lyon: Compagnie des Libraires], 1536.

Folio, contemporary paneled calf, title page in red and black, leaves numbered on recto only, engraved title page, with vignette illustration, and initials throughout. Imperfect copy, incomplete, being part two only of the super digesto; title stamped on lower fore edge; some darkening to edges of leaves; edge trimmed on one leaf. $400-600

204 (LAW) SCHNEIDEWEIN, JOANNES In quatuor institutionum Imperialium D. Justiniani libros, commentarii. Argentorati: Theodosius Rihelius, 1615.

Folio, contemporary roll-tooled vellum with central armorial, engraved printer’s device to title page and verso of the final leaf, engraved initials and endpiece. Second Argentorati edition of Schneidewein’s commentaries on canon law. Armorial bookplate of the Bibliotheca Seckendorfiana to the front pastedown. F.f.e.p. starting; leaves evenly toned; scattered marginalia. $100-200

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205 (LAW) CUJACIUS, JACOBUS Opera ... quae de iure fecit in hunc diem, ab ipso auctore disposita et recognita. Paris: Sebastianum Nivelle, 1584.

4 parts in one. Folio, contemporary roll-tooled vellum over boards, with hand-colored engraved printer’s device to title page, engraved head and tail-pieces and initials (some hand-colored), each part titled separately with engraved printer’s device. Intermittent marginal foxing; some dampstaining from hand-coloring to initials; contemporary manuscript marginalia; minor wormholing to endpapers and boards; some soiling to boards. $200-400

206* MALDONATUS, JOANNES Commentarii in quatuor Evangelistas. Paris: Petri Billaine, 1629.

Folio, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, title page printed in red and black, engraved printer’s device to title page, engraved head-piece and initials. Burn Library bookplate to front pastedown [“Bibl. Resid. Rothom. S.J.”] Wear to boards; ends chipped; 1-inch strip on right edge of title page rebacked; light dampstaining affecting pp. 1014-end; scattered brownspotting. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 207 (LATIN-GREEK LEXICON) SCAPULA, JOANNES Lexicon Graeco-Latinum, e probatis auctoribus locupletatum, cum indicibus, et Graeco & Latino, auctis, & correctis ... Editio nova accurata. Leiden: B. & A. Elzevir and F. Hack, 1652.

2 works in one vol. Folio, contemporary roll-tooled vellum with ornate centrepiece stamped in blind on front and back covers, gilt-lettered leather spine label, spine gilt in compartments, printer’s device to title page, title page in red and black, engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials. Inner hinges cracked; dampstain to upper corner of first few pages and lower portion of the binding; short manuscript notation to title page; endpapers renewed; lacks first and last blank; small tear to title page repaired on verso. $100-200

208 (CLASSICS) AESOP Les Fables d’Esope, Phrygien. Munich: J. Michael Muller, 1920.

4to, full red gilt-decorated calf, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers, others uncut, engraved additional title page. Limited edition facsimile of the 1669 edition published by Francois Foppens, number 34 of 200 copies. Light rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. $50-100

209* (CLASSICS) ARISTOTLE Aristotle’s Treatise on Poetry ... and Two Dissertations on Poetical, and Musical, Imitation. Translated by Thomas Twining. London: Payne and Son, et al., 1789.

4to, contemporary speckled calf, board edge gilt, gilt-lettered black leather spine label. First Twining edition. Hinges lightly cracked; some toning to title page. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 210* (CLASSICS) HORACE Quinti Horatii Flacci opera. London: John Pine, 1737.

2 vols. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, with gilt-decorated red morocco borders, giltlettered spines. First Pine edition, second issue, with corrected “potes” on p.108 of vol. 2. With list of subscribers, frontispieces, and numerous in-text engravings. Light offsetting from some engravings; small envelope containing letter from previous owner tipped to f.f.e.p. vol. 1; otherwise fine. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $600-800

211 (CLASSICS) OVID Metamorphoses, aeri incisae ad exemplar optimorum Gallicae gentis pictorum Parisiis. [Augsburg: s.n., c. 1800]

4to, quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, gilt-tooled spine, marbled endpapers. With 15 plates, including title page and final page, featuring engraved vignettes of scenes from the Metamorphoses by 18th-century artists. Light rubbing to boards; ex-library stamp to title page; three blanks present. $200-400

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212 (CLASSICS) PLINY Historiae naturalis libri XXXVII. Edited by Jean Hardouin, S.J. Paris: Antonii-Urbani Coustelier, 1723.

3 vols. Folio, contemporary paneled calf, gilt-tooled and lettered spines. New, Improved Edition (first Hardouin edition was 1685), with 11 engraved plates of coins. Hardouin was the son of a bookseller and became librarian at the Jesuit College of Paris. Armorial bookplate of Mansfield Price L.L.D. tipped in front pastedown and manuscript ex-libris Mansfield Price and Emanuel Mendes da Costa, Reg. Soc. Lond, 1749, to title page. Lacking engraved map; hinges cracked; minor wormholes to endpapers; otherwise interior is fine with only minor marginal foxing to some plates. $400-600

213* (CLASSICS) TERENCE Publii Terentii comoediae. Paris: Typographia Regia, 1642.

Folio, contemporary calf, richly adorned with a repeating gilt-stamped “L” surmounted by a crown alternating with a fleur-de-lis, centerpiece arms of Louis XIV, board edges gilt, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, spine gilt in compartments echoing the pattern on the upper and lower boards, engraved title page. One of the finest specimens of the art of printing in the time of Louis XIV, with an engraved title page by Claude Mellan, and fine binding by the King’s binder, Francois Ruette. Manuscript document to f.f.e.p. with the IHS stamp (faded). Some very light wear to the boards; 2-inch tear to p. 3. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

214* BEAUMONT, FRANCIS AND JOHN FLETCHER The Works. London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750.

10 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered spines. With two engraved portrait frontispieces. Light wear to boards; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns of some vols.; intermittent light foxing. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $200-400 215* (BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER) The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England. Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson, Printers to the University, 1793.

Folio, contemporary dark green morocco, gilt with Greek key roll and repeated foliate designs, inset red and green centerpiece bearing the initials “IHS,” stamped in gilt “The Gift of the Vestry of the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, To Lord Viscount Bulkeley, Church Warden. 1791-1792,” design repeated on back board, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins, blue silk page markers. Offsetting from title page; bookplate of Bulkeley to front pastedown. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

216* (BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER) The Book of Common Prayer... Oxford: T. Wright and W. Gill, 1773.

Folio, contemporary full red morocco with elaborate blind-stamped floral border, gift binding with “Richard Gerard Gent:Bailiffs, James Clemens 1773” to upper board, gilt-lettered spine, marbled pastedowns, a.e.g. Light wear to boards; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; lacking blanks; scattered light brownspotting. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

217* BUTLER, SAMUEL Hudibras, In Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars ... with Large Annotations and a Preface by Zachary Grey, LL.D. London: Printed for Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, et al., 1806.

2 vols. 8vo, finely bound in contemporary tree calf, double filet border with blind-stamped pattern of knots and circles between them, foliate gilt cornerpieces, repeating on the back cover, orange gilt-lettered spine labels, marbled edges and endpapers. With copper-engraved portrait after a painting by Peter Lely, 15 (of 16) plates engraved after sketches by William Hogarth, and satiric head- and tail-pieces by Charles Nesbitt, a student of Thomas Bewick. Light rubbing to boards; otherwise fine in very fine binding. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $80-120 218* CHESTERFIELD, PHILIP DORMER STANFIED, Earl of Letters ... to His Son, Philip Stonhope, Esq. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1774.

2 vols. 4to, contemporary diced calf with a Greek key roll border, gilt-lettered spine, marbled edges and endpapers, half-titles, errata and engraved portrait to vol. 1. First edition. Light dampstain along inner hinge of endpapers of vol. 2; otherwise very good. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

219 (FORE EDGE PAINTING) The Book of the Poets. London: John James Chidley, 1846.

8vo, red morocco decorated in gilt, gilt-tooled spine, a.e.g. With in-text steel engravings after Corbould and fore edge painting of a boy and a horse. Light wear to boards; ex-library copy with bookplate tipped in front pastedown. $400-600

220 (FORE EDGE PAINTING) QUARLES, FRANCIS Judgment and Mercy for Afflicted Souls; or, Meditations, Soliloquies, and Prayers. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807.

8vo, contemporary full blue morocco, gilt-lettered spine, frontispiece, a.e.g. With fore edge painting of a religious scene. Wear to boards; ends chipped with some loss; text block detached from backstrip; ex-library copy with bookplate tipped in front pastedown; offsetting from frontispiece. $100-200

221 (ENGLAND) [ACTON, FRANCES STACKHOUSE] The Castles and Old Mansions of Shropshire. Shrewsbury: Leake and Evans, 1868.

4to, original gilt-lettered cloth. First edition, with 63 black and white plates. Boards worn with loss to corners and spine ends; hinges starting; otherwise internally clean. $80-120

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222* (ENGLAND) BRITTON, JOHN Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey. London: Printed for the Author, 1823

4to, contemporary smooth blue calf, blind-stamped diamond centerpiece, double fillet border, a.e.g. First edition, with frontispiece, engraved title and nine engraved plates, two of which are hand-colored. Upper board starting; first few leaves detached; evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown; scattered foxing. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $500-700 223* (ENGLAND) BURNET, GILBERT History of the Reformation of the Church of England. London, 1681-83, 1753.

3 vols., including the supplement. Folio, early speckled calf, gilt-lettered red and black leather spine labels, title pages in red and black. Second edition, corrected, with two half-titles, two engraved title pages, and 16 engraved portrait plates. Bookplate William Hutchinson tipped in front pastedowns. Intermittent foxing and plates lightly toned. [Together with:] Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Rochester, Who Died the 26th of July, 1680. By Gilbert Burnet. London: Printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680. 12mo, contemporary paneled speckled calf, gilt turn-ins, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, marbled edges and endpapers, engraved frontispiece. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; renewed endpapers; contemporary manuscript notation to f.f.e.p.; light rubbing to hinges. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

224* (ENGLAND) CAMPBELL, (JOHN) Lives of the British Admirals; Containing A New and Accurate Naval History, from the Earliest Periods. London: Alexander Donaldson, 1781.

4 vols. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, marbled endpapers. With four engraved frontispieces and six fold-out maps. Light wear to boards; ends chipped; scattered foxing; 1-inch tear to “Asia” map, vol. 2; light offsetting from frontispieces. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

225 (ENGLAND) [CLAY, HENRY, VISCOUNT FALKLAND] The History of the Life, Reign, and Death of Edward II. King of England, and Lord of Ireland. With the Rise and Fall of His Great Favourites, Gaveston and the Spencers. London: Printed by J.C. for Charles Harper, Samuel Crouch and Thomas Fox, 1680.

Folio, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, portrait frontispiece, title in red and black. Previous owner’s presentation inscription to front pastedown; scattered light stains; hinges cracked and boards lightly rubbed. $100-200

226 (ENGLAND) CROMWELL, OLIVER Cromweliana. Westminster: Machell Stace, 1810.

4to, quarter calf over decorative boards. Bookplate Guilielmi Eliot Furness, tipped to front pastedown, signed by Furness in pencil on the f.f.e.p. With numerous engraved plates, some fold-out. Wear to boards, ends bumped; ephemera tipped to front pastedown. $100-200

227 (ENGLAND) GEORGE III Two acts of laws pertaining to peace commissioners in North America passed during the reign of King George III. Two pamphlets, folio, each separately titled and housed in custom tan morocco-backed folding case. Bookplates tipped in folding case; otherwise pamphlets are in fine condition.

An Act to enable His Majesty to appoint Commissioners with sufficient Powers to treat ... the Means of quieting the Disorders now subsisting in ... North America [with:] An Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace or Truce with certain Colonies in North America. London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1778; 1782. $600-800

228 (ENGLAND, MSS) A group of three manuscript land indentures, England, 17th-century, including two with their original seals. $100-200

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229 (ENGLAND) LOW, CHAS. RATHBONE Her Majesty’s Navy, Including Its Deeds and Battles. London: J.S. Virtue, n.d. [1889-1893]

3 vols. 4to, contemporary 3/4 navy morocco over matching pebbled boards, marbled endpapers, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. First edition, with chromolithographed frontispieces, additional vignette titles and 40 plates with tissue guards. Very light rubbing to boards and minimal foxing. $200-400

230 (ENGLAND) MASON, JOHN A Brief History of the Pequot War. New York: Reprinted by J. Sabin & Sons, 1869.

8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, gilttooled and lettered spine, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Reprint of the “excessively rare” original edition published in Boston, 1736. Minor rubbing to boards; light offsetting from head-pieces. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $200-400

231* (ENGLAND) MAVOR, WILLIAM The British Tourists; or, Traveller’s Pocket Companion through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. London: J. Swan, 1800.

6 vols. 12mo, contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered spines. With engraved frontispiece and four (of five) fold-out color maps. Light rubbing to boards; previous owner’s manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. all vols. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 232* (ENGLAND) STILLINGFLEET, EDWARD Origines Britannicae, or, The Antiquities of The British Churches. London: M. Flesher for Henry Mortlock, 1685.

Folio, contemporary paneled calf, rebacked, giltlettered spine, title page in red and black. First edition. Minor edgewear; ex-library stamps to front and rear pastedowns; previous owner’s manuscript ex-libris to title page; scattered foxing heaviest at endpapers. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

233 (ENGLAND) DUKE OF WELLINGTON Third person autographed letter signed (“The Duke of Wellington”), one page, on a bifolium, London, May 16, 1834, with postmarked address leaf in another hand and bearing the official seal. 12 1/2 x 19 inches. $150-250

234* FIELDING, HENRY The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. London: Printed for A. Miller, 1763.

4 vols. 12mo, contemporary calf with gilt-stamped initials to upper and lower panels and gilt fillet border, spines decorated in compartments, giltlettered red and black leather spine labels. Hinges tender; some light toning. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 235* FITZGERALD, EDWARD Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. [London]: Hodder and Soughton, n.d.

8vo, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full tan crushed morocco, gilt centerpiece, blind-stamped florettes extending from the raised bands, title in gilt to upper cover and spine, spine gilt-stamped in compartments with half-moon, a.e.g., silk decorated endpapers, gilt turn-ins, text printed on the rectos only. With 12 tipped-in color plates and numerous black and white illustrations. Light rubbing to hinges; otherwise fine. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

236* (FRANCE) BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON Clipped signature (“Napoleon”). Framed and matted with engraved portrait. 3 x 5 inches. Property from the Collection of Paul Mavros and David Valkema, Long Beach, Indiana $100-200

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238 (FRANCE) PIERRE-ANTOINE, COMTE DUPONT DE L’ETANG Letter signed (“Le Gnl. Cmt. Dupont”), as Minister of War under the provisional government, one page, on Ministere de la Guerre letterhead, s.l. [Paris], July 2, 1814. Framed and matted. 16 x 12 1/4 inches. $150-250

239 (FRANCE) FRANCE, ANATOLE La revolte des anges. Paris: Calmann-Levy, 1914.

8vo, quarter maroon morocco, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. With autographed letter signed (“Anatole France”), one page, n.d., tipped to f.f.e.p., with envelope laid in. Rubbing to boards at spine; ends chipped; toning to edges of letter; envelope folded in half. $100-200

240 (FRANCE) MOUSSINAC, LEON Tendances nouvelles du theatre. Paris: Editions Albert Levy, 1931.

Folio, rebound in blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, original grey wrappers bound-in. Limited edition, number 122 of 600 French edition copies, with 124 plates, some hand-colored, illustrating theatrical performances, stage, and costume design. Minor wear to boards; ends bumped; light offsetting from some plates; leaves slightly toned at edges. $600-800

241 (FRANCE) A group of three works pertaining to French military costume.

[Armee Francaise.] [Paris: s.n., 1853] Folio, contemporary gilt-lettered blind-stamped brown cloth, title supplied from covers, 21 chromolithograph plates. Contents detached from backstrip; bookplate Col. Plunkett tipped in front pastedown; boards worn. Histoire de l’Ancienne Infanterie Francaise. By Louis Susane. Paris: Librairie Militaire de J. Correard, 1856. Plate vol. (of 9) only. 8vo, quarter red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine, 152 engraved plates. Manuscript ex-libris and evidence of removal of ephemera from verso of half-title; otherwise good. The Communists of Paris 1871: Types, Physiognomies, Characters. By Charles Albert D’Arnould Bertall. Paris and London: Buckingham, [1873]. Folio, original giltdecorated green cloth, 40 hand-colored plates. Wear and light soiling to boards; spine torn at hinges; ends bumped; gilt rubbed; light ghosting to verso of plates; otherwise good. $200-400

242 HALLAM, HENRY Europe during the Middle Ages. London: John Murray, 1826.

4 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, giltlettered spine labels, marbled edges and endpapers. Fourth edition. Bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; boards worn with hinges tender and some loss to spines and calf. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $100-200

243* JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS The Works. Translated into English by William Whiston. Edinburgh: Printed for John & James Robinson, and Longman, Hurst, et al., 1814.

4 vols. 8vo, contemporary full calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. With two folding maps (Holy Land, vol. 3, and Ancient Jerusalem, vol. 4), and engraved frontispiece to volume 1. Bindings and interior in fine condition. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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249 244 KELLY, CHRISTOPHER History of the Revolution, and of the Wars Produced by that Memorable Event... London: Weed and Rider, 1818.

2 vols. 4to, contemporary diced calf, gilt-tooled and lettered spines. With 54 engraved plates and 10 maps (four folding). Wear to boards; hinges cracked; scattered foxing; darkening to some leaves; offsetting from some plates. $200-400

244A* LEFLER, H. AND J. URBAN An ehren und an siegen reich. Bilder aus Osterreichs geschichte. Edited by Helfert and Herzig. Vienna: Max Herzig, n.d. [1908]

Thick Folio, publisher’s ornate gilt-pictorial red cloth with gilt-embossed inset of a crown and title, pictorial endpapers. A massive work in the style of the Viennese secession, the text in double columns set within ornate foliate borders, profusely illustrated with full-page sepia-toned plates of famous artworks, each with captioned tissue guards, all hinged. Fading and very light dampstaining to cloth; some very light spotting. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. David Weil, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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245 LESAGE, ALAIN-RENE The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane. Translated by Tobias Smollett. London: Printed for Thomas McLean, et al, 1819.

3 vols. 8vo, 3/4 black morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, marbled endpapers. With handcolored aquatint plates by J. Clark. Light edgewear to boards; offsetting from plates. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $100-200

246* LEWIS, M.G. Tales of Wonder. London: Printed by W. Bulmer, 1801.

2 vols. 8vo, bound in Etruscan-style calf binding attributed to Adams, outer vine framed enclosing palmette border, double gilt filet border with vine cornerpieces form the center panel, enclosing a stained centerpiece featuring a female figure holding a harp on the upper board and armorial on the back board, the spine in six panels, four of which feature Greek urns, gilt-lettered black leather spine label, turn-ins decorated with a gilt Greek key, marbled edges. First edition, large-paper copy. Hinges strengthened and re-glued; bookplate tipped in front pastedowns. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $400-600 247 LOCKE, JOHN An Abridgement of Mr. Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Boston: Manning & Loring, 1794.

8vo, full calf, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. First American edition, edited by John Wynne. Minor wear to boards; scattered foxing; darkening to some leaves. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $100-200

248 MEYRICK, SIR SAMUEL RUSH A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, as it Existed in Europe, Particularly in Great Britain, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of King Charles II. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842.

3 vols. Folio, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, spines tooled and lettered in gilt, a.e.g. Illustrated with 80 etched and aquatint plates. Light rubbing to boards at extremities; bookplates tipped to front pastedowns; otherwise fine. $800-1,200 249* MILTON, JOHN Paradise Lost [and] Paradise Regain’d. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1759.

2 vols. 4to, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilttooled and lettered spines. Engraved frontispieces. Light wear to boards, bookplates tipped to front pastedown and f.f.e.p. both vols.; intermittent light foxing; darkening to title page vol. 2. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

250 MILTON, JOHN Paradise Lost. London: R. Dutton, R. Crosby, 1802.

2 vols. 8vo, gilt-stamped crushed maroon morocco, a.e.g. Large paper, “Du Roveray” edition, with one frontispiece and 12 proof impression engraved plates by Fuseli, Hamilton and Corbould. Bookplate of Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern-Salomons, Baronet, tipped in front pastedowns. Some rubbing to boards; light offsetting from plates; scattered light brownspotting. $300-500

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251 MONTPALAU, ANTONIO Compendio cronologico-historico de los soberanos de Europa. Madrid: Miguel Escribano, 1784.

2 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-tooled spines. Light wear to boards; end chipped; previous owner’s stamp to half-titles; scattered light brownspotting. $100-200

252 PAULET, JULES A collection of 93 engraved plates after designs by J. Paulet, largely depicting tools and machines associated with weaving and textile design. Paris, c. 1773-1775, including works from L’art de fabriquer d’etoffes de soie. 18 x 11 3/4 inches each. $100-200

253 PICART, BERNARD A collection of 145 engraved plates, including engraved dedication page, from Picart’s Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World, c. 1731-1733, from vols. 1-4, depicting various religious ceremonies from Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, including an extensive number of plates depicting the practices of the Incas and Mayans. Sold as a collection of plates, disbound. $200-400 254 POPE PIUS XI (AMBROGIO RATTI) Autographed note signed (“A. Ratti”), on Biblioteca Ambrosiana postcard, Milan, May 22, 1911. Pope Pius XI writes to Dr. E.A. Loew, “Dear Sir, I have received a copy of your ‘Paleographic Studies’ etc. Munich 1910 kindly donated by you to this library. I congratulate you on your good work and sign myself yours...” Some soiling to postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. $100-200

255* (RUSSIA) BENNER, H. Collection de vingt-quatre portraits de la famille imperiale. St. Petersburg: M. Saint-Florent; Moscow: R. Rosenstrauch, n.d. (c. 1815)

Folio, calf-backed marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Complete with engraved title pages and 24 engraved portraits of the members of the Romanov family, and French and Russian list of subscribers. Hinges cracked and f.f.e.p. starting; manuscript genealogical chart and newspaper clippings to first two blank pages; marginal foxing to most pages. Property from the Collection of Sefton and Marillyn Tallman, Wilmette, Illinois $1,000-2,000

256 RUSHWORTH, JOHN The Tryal of Thomas, Earl of Strafford. London: Printed for John Wright, 1680.

Folio, full calf, frontispiece portrait. First edition. Hinges cracked and starting; boards rubbed and flaking; endpapers renewed; frontispiece tipped down. Literature: Wing R2333 $200-400

257* (SCOTLAND) DOUGLAS, ROBERT The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of the Kingdom, from their Origin to the Present Generation. Edited by John Philip Wood. Edinburgh: George Ramsay, 1813.

2 vols. Folio, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-lettered red and black leather spine labels, spines gilt in compartments. Second edition with 17 engraved plates of coats of arms. Contemporary manuscript notation to f.f.e.p. and ex-libris to title page; light intermittent foxing. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $150-250 258 (SCOTLAND) MACLEAY, KENNETH Highlanders of Scotland. Portraits Illustrative of the Principal Clans and Followings, and the Retainers of the Royal Household at Balmoral, In the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. London & Edinburgh: Mitchell & Blackwood and Sons, 1870.

2 vols. Folio, original red pebbled cloth, a.e.g. With 25 (of 31) hand-colored lithographs after Kenneth Macleay (vol. 1 lacking six plates). Wear and light soiling to boards; chipping to spine with some loss to vol. 1 and spine detached vol. 2; intermittent minor foxing; light offsetting from plates; some text leaves detached. $600-800

259* SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Shakespeare Gallery; Containing a Select Series of Scenes and Characters. London: Printed for C. Taylor, 1792.

8vo, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked. With engraved title page and 40 engraved plates with tissue guards. Boards lightly rubbed and hinges tender; otherwise internally fine. Property from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Brand, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

267 260 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Works of Shakespeare. London: Printed at Edinburgh for Grant Richards, London, 1901.

20 vols. Folio, 3/4 gilt-stamped calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g. Ellen Terry extraillustrated edition, with numerous color and black and white engravings. Number 10 of 100 copies. Upper board detached from vol. 2; boards rubbed with ends chipped; light offsetting from plates; minor dampstaining affecting edges of some leaves. $300-500

261 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Works of Shakespeare: The Text of the First Folio with Quarto Variants and a Selection of Modern Readings. London and New York: Nonesuch Press, 1929-1933.

7 vols. 8vo, original brown niger morocco, giltlettered spines. Limited edition, number 1034 of 1600 sets. Minor wear to boards; spines lightly faded on some vols.; otherwise fine. $600-800

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262 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Works of Shakespeare. Edited by Charles Knight. New York: Virtue & Yorston, n.d. [c. 1865]

2 vols. Thick folio, original 3/4 morocco over giltlettered pebbled boards, gilt-lettered spines, marbled edges and endpapers. Imperial edition of Knight’s Shakespeare, with portrait frontispiece to vol. 1, engraved additional titles, and numerous black and white plates. Boards rubbed; hinges strengthened; minor intermittent foxing; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. $100-200

263* STUART, JAMES AND NICHOLAS REVETT The Antiquities of Athens. London: John Haberkorn [and other printers], 1762, 1787, 1794, 1816.

4 vols. Folio, contemporary calf, marbled endpapers. First edition of the first accurate survey of the classical buildings of Athens, made following Stuart and Revett’s visit in 1751 at the behest of the Society of Dilettanti. Illustrated with two frontispiece portraits of Stuart and Revett and 317 engraved plates of maps, plans and architectural artifacts, including some folding and double page.

The work was completed in 1830 with the publication of the fifth volume (not present here). Plate number 29 in volume 2 was never published. Boards detached and rubbed; bookplate Thomas William Evans to front pastedown of each vol. Property from the Collection of Marion P. Church, Chicago, Illinois $8,000-12,000 264* [SWIFT, JONATHAN] A Tale of a Tub. Written for the Universale Improvement of Mankind. To which is added, An Account of a Battel between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James’s Library. London: Printed for John Nutt, 1705.

8vo, modern quarter calf over marbled boards, renewed endpapers. Fourth edition, corrected. Leaves slightly soiled with some fraying to fore edges. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $80-120

265 TAYLOR, JOSEPH Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins and Haunted Houses. London: Lackington, Allen, 1815.

8vo, publisher’s cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label. Second edition, enlarged, with engraved frontispiece and title page vignette. Boards worn with loss to edges, spine ends and label; ghosting to verso of frontispiece; intermittent light foxing heaviest at endpapers. Property from a Private Chicago-area Collector $100-200 266* TAYLOR, G.L. AND EDWARD CRESY The Architectural Antiquities of Rome. London: G.L. Taylor, 1821-1822.

2 vols. Folio, bound by A. Macombe in 3/4 brown morocco over cloth, gilt-lettered spines, t.e.g. Complete with fold-out engraved plan as frontispiece and 129 engraved views (i.e. 128, plate 105 and text not published). Intermittent foxing, heaviest to foldout plan; some offsetting; minor edgewear to boards. Property from the Collection of Dan Johnson, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

267 WAGNER, RICHARD Autographed note signed (“Richard Wagner”), one page, nine lines. Framed and matted with etched portrait. Folded in thirds; two small brownspots. 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. Property from the Collection of a Lady, Oak Brook, Illinois $2,000-4,000

268* WANLEY, NATHANIEL The Wonders of the Little World; or, A General History of Man: Displaying the Various Faculties, Powers and Defects of the Human Body and Mind. London: Printed for W.J. and J. Richardson et al., 1806.

2 vols. 8vo, modern 3/4 mottled calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, spines gilt in compartments, renewed endpapers. New edition, with seven engraved plates. Manuscript ex-libri to title pages; some intermittent toning to leaves; otherwise fine. Property from the Alice Welsh Skilling and Raymond Skilling Collection, Chicago, Illinois $100-200