Lot 503 503 Payne (John, translator). Tales from the Arabic of the Breslau and Calcutta (1814-18) Editions of the Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night... 3 vols., Villon Society, 1884, untrimmed, a few spots, bookplates of Sir Francis Danson, small press cutting and Villon Society subscription receipt, t.e.g., original publisher’s Japanese vellum gilt, 8vo, limited edition, 64/500, together with The Decameron of Giovanni Boccacci (Il Boccaccio)... 3 vols., Villon Society, 1886, light spots, bookplates, t.e.g., original publisher’s Japon vellum gilt, square 8vo, limited edition, 205/500, plus The Novels of Matteo Bandello, Bishop of Agen, 6 vols., Villon Society, 1890, bookplates, t.e.g., original publisher’s Japon vellum gilt, square 8vo, limited edition, 27/500?, with others translated by Payne including Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp, 1889, The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris, 1892, The Quatrains of Omar Kheyyam of Nishapour, 1898, The Poems of Shemseddin Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz, 3 vols., 1901 (30)
506 Psalter. Psalterium Davidis Carmine Redditum per Eobanum Hessum. Cum Annotationibus viti Theodori Noriber Gensis, quae commentarii vice esse posunt..., Leipzig : in Officina Valentini Papae, 1551, manuscript & ink stamp. to title, manuscript to verso of final leaf, occ. underscoring & few marks, first & last few leaves with few worm holes to inner margins, lacks front free endpaper, contemp. blind dec. calf over wooden boards, upper board detached and lacks clasps, worn, 8vo (1)
507 Raleigh (Sir Walter). The Historie of the World in Five Bookes..., 2 vols., 1652, addn. eng. title to vol. 1 with ‘The Minde of the Front’ present, printed title with eng. port., title to vol. 2 printed in red & black with eng. vignette, eight double-page eng. maps & plans (inc. two battle plans), several woodcut genealogies to text, a few leaves in vol. 1 with minor worming to lower margins, occasional light dampstaining, endpapers renewed, contemp. calf, rebacked, folio
£300-500
504 Pluche (Noel Antoine). Histoire du Ciel Considere selon les Idees des Poetes, des Philosophes, et de Moise, 2 vols., 1st ed., Paris, 1739, half titles, engraved frontispiece to vol. I, 24 engraved plates, water stains, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Magasin Encyclopedique, ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts, Redige par A.L. Millin, 30 vols., incomplete run, Paris 1797-1805, folding engraved plates, a few spots, previous owner signature, bookplates, original boards, some covers detached (one missing), some wear, 8vo, plus 12 vols. only, incomplete run of Les Nuits de Paris, ou les Spectateur-Nocturne, London & Paris, 1788-90? and one other Sold with all faults not subject to return. (45)
Wing (2nd ed.) R163. Armorial bookplate of Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Bart. (2) £500-800
508 Rimmel (Eugene). The Book of Perfumes, 1st ed., 1865, one col. litho. plt. (of Japanese fashions), numerous wood engs. to text, some light scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little rubbed and faded to spine and edges, 8vo, together with Piesse (G. W. Septimus), The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of Obtaining the Odours of Plants. With instructions for the manufacture of perfumes for the handkerchief, scented powders, odorous vinegars, ..., 3rd ed., 1862, b&w wood eng. illusts., orig. blindstamped purple cloth gilt, a little rubbed and faded to spine, edges a little darkened, small 8vo
£200-300
(2)
505 [Polidori, John William]. The Vampyre; A Tale, 1st ed., printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819, later issue with no attribution of author on title-page or half-title (first gathering with 24 lines per page; ‘almost’ spelt correctly on final line of p.36), first and final leaves foxed, bound with Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord), The Corsair, A Tale, 1st ed., John Murray, 1814, 2nd issue with text ending on p.100, half-title present, and part of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto the Fourth (up to p.96), 1st ed., John Murray, 1818, rough-trimmed, armorial bookplate of Rt. Honble. Sir John C. Hobhouse on front pastedown, ms. ownership name on front free endpaper, contemp. cloth, leather spine label, spine sl. faded and a little frayed at ends, 8vo (1)
£100-150
£100-150
509 Russian Dictionary. Rossijskij S Nemeckim i Francuzskim Perevodami, Slovar, Socinennyj Nadvornym Sovetnikom, [by] Iwan Nordstet, [Cyrillic script], 2 vols., St Petersburg: Tip. I.K. Shnora, 1780-82, Russian dictionary with German and French translations after each cyrillic entry, double column, some spotting, contemp. cyrillic inscription to front endpaper of vol. 1 and old institutional bookplates to both pastedowns, contemp. calf, covers det. and spines defective, 4to Rare. (2)
£300-500
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£200-300