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515. William Blake's Designs for Gray's Poems reproduced full-size in monochrome or colour from the unique copy belonging to His Grace the Duke of Hamilton London. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press 1922. Folio. pp. 22. 117 plates, including 6 in colour on rectos only. Publisher's cloth, limited to 650 copies, gilt embossed cover and spine. These works, probably produced in 1800, demonstrate that for Blake there was a strong Romantic streak to be found in Gray's poems, a streak that Blake has brought to the fore. This "original copy" was found among Flaxman's papers after his death, was auctioned in 1828, eventually sold to William Beckford, was transferred to Hamilton Palace upon the marriage of Beckford's daughter to the tenth Duke, and remained there until its discovery in a portfolio of prints. 100/200 Sold: $80.50 |
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516. The Daily Cleveland Herald, from Two Weeks in November, 1870 Two weeks worth of reading from November 4th through November 18th, Sundays excluded. Vol. 36, nos. 262-274. Great for any historian with headlines including medical, local news, advertisements, etc. Over-sized sheets, apprx 27" x 21-1/2". 200/400 Sold: $57.50 |
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517. The Great Epics of Ancient India, Condensed into English Verse by Romesh C. Dutt, signed and inscribed London: Dent, 1900. With an introduction by F. Max Muller. 384 pp. 24 plates from Indian sources, drawn especially for this edition by Stuart Hardy. Thick square 8vo, full crushed orange morocco with wide inner borders, elaborately decorated on both covers and back with gilt panels and Oriental geometrical designs in gilt and blind stampings; all edges gilt. Author's presentation inscription on half title. Beautifully printed by Ballantyne Press in unusually brilliant binding.Dutt was one of the first Indians in the British Indian civil service, who was a historian, an economist, a literatur, a great translator, a novelist, and a president of the Indian National Congress. 300/500 Sold: $299.00 |
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518. Five Orders of Architecture by Andres Palladio, ca. 1729 London, for S. Harding, at the Bible and Anchor on the Pavement in St. Martin's-Lane, 1729. Revised by Colen Campbell, Esq., author of "Vitruvius Britannicus". 66 numbered pp. with 31 numbered architectural engravings and additional plates at end of book. Engraved frontispiece title-page, engraved dedication, very finely engraved head and tail pieces throughout. Apprx 12-3/4"T x 8"W, in full leather binding, tooled boards, 6 raised bands in spines. 100/200 Sold: $379.50 |
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519. Lot of Decorators Books 1) Washington's Farewell Address to the people of the United States. Published for the Washington Benevolent Society. Windsor: T.M. Pomroy. 1812. Includes certificated of admittance for the Washington Benevolent Society. 23 pp. Bound with marbled paper on boards with leather spine. 2) Letters of Anna Seward: Written between the years 1784 and 1807. Vol II of six volumes. Edinburgh, L George Ramsay & Company. 1811. 399 pp. bound in red leather with gilt tooling and gilt to edges of pages. Five compartments on spine with gilt lettering. 3) A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians... by W. Wilberforce, esq. Philadelphia: Key and Biddle, 1835. 232 pp. Owners name Colin Ferrie appears on bookplate and written in brown ink on front page. With tooled leather cover and spine with six compartments... 40/60 Sold: $86.25 |
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520. Lot of Six Decorator Books 1) Des Champs ou Les Géorgiques Françaises by Jacques DeLille. Paris Chex Michaud Frères. 1811. 252 pp. Has a form from the Worcester Public Library Reference Department circa 1895. Bound in leather with seven compartments on spine. 2) Libería Religiosa. TomoXXIII. 421 pp. Bookplate from library in front. Marble front pages and leather binding. 3) Eléments d'hitoire Naturelle et de Chimie. Paris Chez Cuchet. 1786. 426 pp. Brown leather binding with six spine compartments with gilt lettering. 4) Vol. 14, 15, and 25 from Bibliotheque. Geneve: l'Imprim de la Bibliotheque Universelle. 1820. Speckled paper boards and leather spines with gilt lettering. 40/60 Sold: $57.50 |
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521. Alchemy and the Occult: A Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts From the Collection of Paul and Mary Mellon Given to Yale University Library. Volumes 3 & 4. Laurence C. Witten II and Richard Pachella. New Haven: Yale University Library, 1977. One of 500 copies, volumes 3 and 4 hardcover set in original two-toned cloth, leather labels on spines and publisher divided slipcase. A splendid catalogue which includes detailed bibliographical descriptions for each of the 149 manuscripts, having been purchased by Mellon from Denis Duveen in 1952. Its companion, containing the first two volumes devoted to the Mellon collection, was published in 1968. 100/200 Sold: $120.75 |
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522. Napoleon at St. Helena by O' Meara The Memoirs of Joseph Fouche, Duke of Ontario Scribner and Welford, New York, 1889, 2 vols. First vol with engraved frontispiece, second with color plate. Purple cloth with gold emblem on front cover and spine. Apprx 9" x 6". Previous owners bookplate inside front cover. William W. Gibbings, London, 1892. Limited to 150 copies of which this is number 143. Engraved frontispiece with four additional portrait plates. Previous owners bookplate on fly page. Apprx 10-1/4" x 7". 50/100 Sold: $74.75 |
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523. Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William Milligan Sloane The Century Company, New York, 1896. 4 vols, bound in publishers three quarter gilt red morocco, marbled boards, gilt spine with raised bands and gilt titles with blind tooling to spines. Napoleonic insignia to spines. Printed at the DeVinne Press. Illustrated throughout with black & white and coloured plates. Apprx 12" x 9" 100/200 Sold: $149.50 |
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524. The Life Of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of The French with a Preliminaray View of The French Revolution. Carey, Lea & Carey, Philadelphia, 1827. In three vols. Paper borads with gray leather spines, raised band, black title inserts, gold tooling. Illustrated frontispiece. Apprx 9" x 5-3/4". 40/60 Sold: $97.75 |
