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Lot 300 Lot 299 299 Beckford (William). A Descriptive Account of the Island of Jamaica ... Also observations and reflections upon what would probably be the consequences of an abolition of the slave-trade, and of the emancipation of the slaves, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for T. and J. Egerton, 1790, half-titles, previous owner signatures of Marcus Gage at head of titles, a little minor spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spines relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo ESTC T144356; Goldsmiths’ 14195; Sabin 4248. (1)
£150 - £200
300 [Haslewood, Joseph]. The Secret History of the Green Rooms: containing Authentic Memoirs of the Actors and Actresses in the three Theatres Royal, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed for J. Ridgway, J. Forbes, and H. D. Symmonds, 1790, each leaf (12mo format, 13.9 x 8.3cm) window-mounted into larger sheet, extra-illustrated with 22 Theatre Royal playbills (Covent Garden, Drury Lane and Haymarket, 1786-1803), all mounted on stubs, 2 with tissuerepairs, and approximately 120 engraved plates, mainly portraits and theatrical costume and c.1775-90, a few 19thcentury including one hand-coloured Gillray etching, mainly window-mounted, all edges gilt, c.1900 green crushed morocco by Riviere and Son, rebacked with original richly gilt spines laid down, French fillet frames gilt to sides, rear boards sunned, rubbing to extremities, small chips to one spine band and head of front board of volume 2, folio (26.2 x 15.8cm) Provenance: Sir Charles Blake Cochrane (1872-1951), theatrical impresario (bookplates). Arnott & Robinson 2209; ESTC T61252 (eight copies in UK libraries). A number of the playbills are for Drury Lane productions in 1795-6, including Garrick’s revival of Southerne’s Isabella, or The Fatal Marriage (19 September 1795) with Mrs Siddons in the title role, and Macbeth (23 December 1795), with Mrs Siddons as Lady Macbeth. (2) £400 - £600
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301 Paterson (William). A Narrative of Four Journeys into the Country of the Hottentots, and Caffraria, in the Years 1777, 1778, 1779, 2nd edition (‘corrected’), printed for J. Johnson, 1790, 19 copper-engraved plates (Bushmen’s Habitations, Hottentots, Horned Snake, Camelopardalis, and 15 botanical subjects), folding engraved map at rear with some light spotting and minor waterstain to lower right edge, early ink ownership signature to title of Marcus Gage, contemporary half calf gilt in very good condition, 4to Cox I p. 390; ESTC T89158; Mendelssohn II p. 143. An account of four expeditions into the Hottentot Country and Caffraria, containing descriptions of the geography, botany and zoology of the region, as well as the dress and conduct of the natives, in particular the author’s encounter with the Caffres and their chief, Khouta, in a region east of the Great Fish River which the explorer Sparrman did not reach (Paterson’s and Sparrman’s routes are marked on the folding map contained in this work). ‘Although the principal feature of the work is a description of the botanical specimens ... there are many interesting notes respecting the natives, with a few remarks on the Dutch colonists’ (Mendelssohn). Paterson was later appointed governor of New South Wales but ‘historians have rightly judged him more important as a natural scientist than as an administrator’ (ODNB). (1) £400 - £600
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