CONTINENTAL BOOkS ANd MANUSCRIpTS, LOTS 67-90

Lots 67–90

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67* BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES Les Fleurs du Mal. Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857.

12mo, rebound in full black cloth with dark purple decorative floral cloth pastedowns to covers. First edition, first issue with the six suppressed poems. Baudelaire was prosecuted and fined for offending public morals on August 20, 1857. Following the judgement, the publisher of this work was ordered to remove six poems that do not appear in later printings. Light wear to boards; lacking original frontispiece; reproduction photograph of Baudelaire tipped to front pastedown and bookplate of Gabrielis Nuncii tipped to rear pastedown; marginalia in blue ink affecting 14 pages. Property from the Collection of Tara Whitehair, Chicago, Illinois $4,000-6,000

68* BENGEL, JOHANN ALBRECHT Die Erklarte Offenbarung Johannis oder vielmehr Jesu Christi. Stuttgart: Johann Christoph Erhardt, 1746.

8vo, 3/4 vellum over marbled boards, blind-stamped leather spine label. With engraved frontispiece, the letter “F” surmounted by a crown stamped to bottom right corner of the title page. Wear and soiling to boards; light foxing throughout. Property from the Collection of A. Casperson Books, Niles, Michigan $100-200

69 (BIBLE. KING JAMES) Two leaves from the King James Bible, 1611, from “Judges” and “Chronicles.” Double-column text with engraved initials. Minor dampstaining and chipping to margins. $100-200 70 (BIBLE. HEBREW) Sacra Biblia Hebraea. Leiden: J.G. Nisselii, 1662.

8vo, original quarter calf. Printed in Hebrew, with additional engraved title page. Text in double columns, with elaborate type ornamentation throughout. Boards worn and soiled; spine deteriorated; title page repaired at gutter; engraved title page rebacked with multiple repaired tears, lacking lower left hand corner; hinges starting; minor dampstaining at gutter of some leaves; intermittent brownspotting. $200-400

71* (BRETONNE, RESTIF DE LA) Monsieur Nicolas, or The Human Heart Unveiled. The Intimate Memoirs of Restif De La Bretonne. Edited by Havelock Ellis. Translated by R. Crowdy Mathers. London: John Rodker, 1930.

6 vols. 4to, quarter vellum over decorative white cloth designed by Paul Nash, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. Limited edition, number 62 of 825 copies. Illustrated with 49 engraved plates. Minor soiling to boards and spine; offsetting from plates; bookplate tipped to front pastedown all vols. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200 72* CHIFFLET, PHILIPPE Sacrosancti et oecumenici Concilii Tridentini Paulo III. Julio III et Pio IV. PP. MM. celbrati canones et decreta... [Leiden:] Ioannis Gregoire, 1672.

12mo, contemporary calf, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine. With engraved tile page. Wear and soiling to boards; ends chipped; ex-library stamp to title page; bookplate to front pastedown; few brown spots. Property from the Collection of Vivian Moore, Bookseller, Bradenton, Florida $200-400

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73 CHIPPENDALE, THOMAS The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director. London: Printed for the Author, 1754.

Folio, bound by Riviere in 3/4 brown morocco over green cloth, gilt-lettered and -decorated spine, title page printed in red and black. First edition. Complete with half-title, engraved dedication, subscriber’s list, and 161 copper-engraved plates. Edgewear and soiling to cloth; scattered brownspotting mainly affecting margins of some plates; otherwise fine with plates clean and in good overall condition. $2,000-4,000

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74 (COSTUME) Wiener allgemeine Theaterzeitung... Vienna: Vureau der allgemeinen Theaterzeitung, 1842-1849.

4 vols. 4to, cloth and marbled boards. With 61 color plates illustrating theater and costume design. Rubbing and soiling to boards; ends chipped and corners bumped; intermittent foxing; some plates detached and laid in. $400-600 75 (EARLY PRINTING) A group of four assorted early printing leaves including a leaf from a Book of Hours and a leaf from a Book of Psalms. With two others. $100-200

76 (GENEALOGY) A group of 17 books pertaining to genealogy. $100-200 77* GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON Faust: A Tragedy. Translated by Bayard Taylor. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1906.

4 vols. 4to, publisher’s brown cloth, printed paper spine labels. Large paper edition, number 568 of 650 copies. With engraved frontispieces and numerous engraved plates throughout, with captioned tissue guards. Minor fading and wear to boards; rubbing and chipping to spine labels and spine ends; bookplate tipped to front pastedown all vols. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $300-500

78 (ILLUMINATED MSS) From a Book of Hours, on vellum, bifolium, ca. 1450, French, double-sided text, 17 lines of single-column text in brown, illuminated with single and double-line initials, with partial foliate border ending at the top and bottom of the text on the first leaf, painted in blue, green, gilt and white. $300-500 79 (ILLUMINATED MSS) Missal, in Latin, 15th-century, text in two columns, 32 lines each, in red, blue and black, with 25 large illuminated initials with decorative flourishing and numerous 2-line initials throughout, medieval foliation in black ink at upper margin, 38 leaves. A portion of the Temporale, from The Feast of the Holy Trinity to the 23rd Sunday after Pentacost. The text begins with the introit for the Feast of the Holy Trinity (Tobit 12:6 “Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas”) and ends with the Mass of the 23rd Sunday after Pentacost (introit begins “Dicit Dominus ego cogito cogitationes”).

Folio, full crushed black morocco, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g. 38 leaves on vellum, double-column text. George Edward Dimock, bookplate. Property from a Private Collection $3,000-5,000 80 (ILLUMINATED MSS) From a Book of Hours, on vellum, ca. 1400, French, 13 lines of single-column text in brown, illuminated with single and double-line initials, with partial line and foliate border ending in spray at the top and bottom of the text, painted in blue, red, and gilt. $300-500

81 (ILLUMINATED MSS) Two manuscript leaves on vellum, from a Book of Hours. French, ca. 1500. Each with 18 lines of text, in Latin, with rules in red. Matted. $200-400

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82 (ITALY) TRIGGS, H. INIGO The Art of Garden Design in Italy. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, 1906.

Folio, quarter red morocco, gilt-lettered spine, marbled endpapers. First edition, with numerous plates and illustrations. $100-200 84*

83 (ITALY) PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA Roman Architecture, Sculpture, and Ornament Selected From Examples from Piranesi’s Monumental Work First Published in Rome 1756. Edited by William Young. [London:] s.n., [1900]

Portfolio, contents loose as issued in original giltlettered cloth folding case with cloth ties. Complete with 200 plates in facsimile reproduced from the originals. Soiling to boards; marginal chipping to some leaves. $300-500 KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD A Treatise on Money. London: Macmillan, 1930.

2 vols. 8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, gilt-lettered spines. First edition. Light fading and wear to boards; ends bumped; previous owner’s ex-libris to f.f.e.p. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $300-500

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85 KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

8vo, publisher’s blue cloth, gilt-stamped spine, original dust jacket with “5/- Net” printed at foot of inner flap. First edition. Written in the aftermath of the Great Depression, Keynes’s masterwork is generally regarded as probably the most influential social science treatise of the century; it quickly and permanently changed the way the world looked at the economy and the role of government in society (PMM, 423). Minor toning and chipping to edges of jacket with some loss to head and foot of spine; previous owner’s ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; otherwise very fine. $4,000-6,000

86* MILL, JOHN STUART Principles of Political Economy, with Some of their Applications to Social Philosophy. Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1848.

2 vols. 8vo, rebound in full brown cloth, printed paper spine labels. First American edition. Intermittent light foxing; small repair and some chipping to gutter of title page, vol. 2. Property from the Estate of Elizabeth Cheval, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200 87 (REES, ABRAHAM) The Cyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature... Plates. Vol. V. Natural History. Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford, et al., n.d.

4to, 3/4 calf over marbled boards. With numerous engraved plates illustrating birds, reptiles, mammals, insects and other species. Boards detached and worn; intermittent foxing; offsetting from some plates. [Together with:] A System of Universal Geography... By M. Malte-Brun. Boston: Samuel Walker, 1834. Vol. 2 only. 4to, calf. With numerous engraved plates and maps throughout. Lacking boards; intermittent foxing; offsetting from plates. $200-400

88 ROY, WILLIAM The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain. London: Printed by W. Bulmer, 1793.

Folio, rebound in full black cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Complete with 15 plates and 35 maps (one fold-out). Light soiling to boards; few scattered brown spots; otherwise fine. $300-500 89 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM A leaf from the Third Folio, (1664), The Life and Death of Richard the Third, pp.539/540. Double column text with engraved tail-piece. Folio, loose in sleeve. Two small brown spots; toning to edges; 1/2-inch tear to lower margin. $100-200

90* WERDENHAGEN, JOHANES ANGLIUS De rebuspublicis hanseaticis. Leiden: Ioannis Maire, 1631.

4 vols. in one. 16mo, full contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine. First edition. With engraved title page and portrait frontispiece. Soiling to boards; ends bumped; pages darkened. Property from the Collection of Vivian Moore, Bookseller, Bradenton, Florida $100-200