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ILLUSTRATED
BOOKS \ CUTS & ENGRAVINGS
Beauties
of
the
Thames Illustrated
(A
SWEET & SUBSTANTIAL ENGLISH “VIEWS” BOOK).
Ireland, Samuel. Picturesque views on the river Thames, from its
source in Glocestershire to the Nore; with observations on the public buildings
and other works of art in its vicinity. London: T. & J. Egerton, 1792. 4to
(25 cm, 9.8"). 2 vols. I: Add. engr. t.-p., xvi, 209, [3] pp.; 1 map, 27 plts.,
illus. II: Add. engr. t.-p., viii (incl. t.-p.), 258, [4] pp.; 1 map, 25 plts.,
illus.
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52 aquatint plates engraved by C. Apostool after drawings by Ireland, 2 maps, and
a number of in-text cuts. 
This supplies both handsome, interesting pictures and good, now quaint reading.
This entry is repeated in the
The Most FamousFairy-Tale Author of All Andersen, Hans Christian. The fairy tale of my life. New York (pr. in Denmark): British Book Centre Inc., (copyright 1954). Folio. 350 pp.; illus.
• Publisher's quarter cloth with paper-covered sides, corners the slightest bit rubbed; original slipcase, this sunned and abraded with “spine” broken. Danish copyright information lined through, volume otherwise clean and quite nice internally. (24517)
Illustrated & AnnotatedArabian Nights. The thousand and one nights, commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights’ entertainments. London: Charles Knight & Co., 1839–41. 8vo (25.3 cm, 10"). 3 vols. I: Add. engr. t.-p., xxiii, [3], [xxv]–xxxii, 618 pp.; illus. II: Add. engr. t.-p., xii, 643, [1] pp.; illus. III: Add. engr. t.-p., xii, 763, [1] pp.; illus.
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A lavishly produced set, attractively illustrated and bound.
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Arabian
Angelo
(Arabian
Nights). Burton, Richard Francis, trans.
The book of the thousand nights and a night a plain and literal translation
of the Arabian nights entertainments ... decorated with illustrations by Valenti
Angelo. New York: Heritage Press, (copyright 1962). 8vo (22.2 cm, 8.75"). 6
vols. in 3. I: [8], xvi, [2], 1334 pp.; illus. II: [10], [1335]–2650 pp.;
illus. III: [8], 2651–3975, [1] pp.; illus.
• Publisher's quarter ivory cloth with brown, red, and gold printed paper–covered sides, spines stamped in silver, in original black paper–covered slipcases; bindings clean and fresh save for small, unobtrusive smudges to spines. Glassine jackets lacking; slipcases showing minor shelf wear, one starting to split along one joint — not in fact a very visible flaw, and the case not much weakened. (24469)
Wildcats, Bears, Rabbits, Otters, Skunks, Buffalo,
& “Wapite”Audubon, John James, & John Bachman. The quadrupeds of North America. New-York: V.G. Audubon, 1854. Royal 8vo (27.5 cm; 10.75"). 3 vols. I: viii, 383, [1 (blank)] pp., 50 plts. II: [2] ff., 334 pp., 49 plts. III: v, [1], 348 pp., [1] f., 51 plts.
155 fine handcolored lithographed plates by W. E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly after J.J. and J.W. Audubon, lithographed by J.T. Bowen. 
A lovely set. (23904)
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“The Victoria Album”(Augusta's Album).
Luckenback, Augusta, collector. Manuscript on paper, in English. Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem, and elsewhere. ca. 1853. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). [84 ff. (12 inscribed)]; 8 plts.
The front cover vignette has been reproduced, in gilt, opposite the frontispiece portrait.
Provenance: The inscription on the front fly-leaf reads “Miss Augusta E. Luckenback [/] presented to her by her dear sister Em [/] Feb.y 11th/53.”
Binding: Publisher’s red morocco, spine gilt extra, front and back covers with gilt-stamped vignettes of Queen Victoria, front vignette surrounded by gilt-stamped floral border. All edges gilt.
• Binding as above, edges and spine rubbed, still bright and attractive. Mild foxing to some leaves and plates.
St. Augustine It is
NOT Augustinus Aurelius, S. (pseudo). Pious breathings. Being the Meditations of St. Augustine, his Treatise of the love of God, Soliloquies, and Manual. To which are added, select contemplations from St. Anselm, & St. Bernard. London: S. Sprint, T. Bennet, R. Parker, J. Bullord, & M. Gilliflower, 1701. 8vo (20.7 cm, 8.1"). [10], 414 pp. (pagination 177/78 skipped, 209/10 repeated, text complete); 4 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. The volume is illustrated with a frontispiece and three other copper-engraved plates done by “I. Simons.”
• ESTC T97614. Contemporary speckled calf framed and panelled in blind with contrasting plain calf panel and blind-tooled corner fleurons, rebacked with speckled calf, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; sides abraded. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to back of frontispiece and similarly old small inked notation (monogram?) to title-page; ; title-page institutionally rubber-stamped at base (no other markings). Pages age-toned; intermittent light spotting and staining. (24438)
Jane Austen's Works — A Handsome,
Limited Edition
Illustrated by the Brock Brothers Austen, Jane. The novels and letters of Jane Austen. New York & Philadelphia: Frank S. Holby, 1906. 8vo. 12 (of 12) vols. I: Frontis., [6], vii–lix, [6], 255 pp.; 5 plts. II: Frontis., [8], 302 pp.; 6 plts. III: Frontis., [4], v–vii, 3–283 pp.; 5 plts. IV: Frontis., [8], [3]–299 pp.; 5 plts. V: Frontis., [4], v–vii, [5], 338 pp.; 5 plts. VI: Frontis., [8], 347 pp.; 5 plts. VII: Frontis., [6], vii–viii, [4]–339 pp.; 5 plts. VIII: Frontis., [8], 359 pp.; 5 plts. IX: Frontis., [4], v–viii, [4]–338 pp.; 5 plts. X: Frontis., [4], vii–viii, [4]–362 pp.; 5 plts. XI: [10], 3–392 pp.; 3 plts. XII: Frontis., [8], 3–393 pp.; 3 plts. (1 fold.).
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PRB&M offers a small prize to anyone who can, without looking anything up,
69 plates, including a wonderful series of color drawings to accompany the text, done by the brothers Charles Edmond and Henry Matthew Brock, this isadditionally embellished with portraits of the author, pictures of her residences in Bath and Winchester, a view of her burial place inside Winchester Cathedral, a facsimile autograph letter, and a facsimile title-page of the first edition of Sense and Sensibility. Each plate is accompanied by a protective tissue guard, printed with a descriptive caption in red ink. Title-pages are printed in red and black, and each has its own unique engraved vignette. 
The delights in this production abound. On the whole, very satisfying!
• Publisher's brown cloth, spines with brown paper label; several labels with ssmall brown spots, cracks, and edge chips, not too conspicuous and not affecting printing. Two leaves (pp. 343–346 of vol. X) detached from binding; long tear down center of pp. 283/284 (vol. IV), without loss of text; except for two leaves with some offsetting from laid-in scrap of paper, interiors clean. Outer and lower edges deckle, with a few signatures opened unevenly and some unopened. A very good set. (24537)
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European
Conquest &
Settlement of
Ceylon
Malabar
& “The East”Baldaeus, Philippus. Wahrhaftige ausführliche beschreibung der berühmten ostindischen kusten Malabar und Coromandel, als auch der insel Zeylon... Amsterdam: Brey Johannes Janssonius & Joannes von Someren, 1672. Folio (31.5 cm, 12.5"). *4 A–Z4 Aa–Zz4 Aaa–Zzz4 Aaaa–Fff4 Gggg6 2*4 **4 ***4; [3] ff., 610 pp., [13] ff., 16 fold. maps/plans, 18 fold. plts., and in-text illus.
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The work is highly illustrated and the engravings, being16 folding maps/plans, and 18 folding plates, are of battles, plans
of fortresses, maps of areas, statutes, etc. Three double-page engraved tables are of scripts. The in-text illustrations, which are just as detailed and impactful, are numerous.
An important book on the rising Dutch presence in the East Indies and concomitant diminution of the Portuguese hegemony. This is the first edition in German; a Dutch-language edition also appeared in 1672.
• Landwehr, VOC, 557. 18th-century calf, gilt spine extra. Binding shows wear, with abrasions and leather lost; joints starting. Onetime library call number on spine; other library pencillings, but no stamps. Clean copy.
Cortlandt
Bishop Copy
Balzac, Honoré de. La Vendetta. Paris: A. Ferroud, F. Ferroud, Successor, 1904. Tall 8vo.
• Bound by Granghaud in full red morocco with tooling in gilt and black. Wide turn-ins with gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. In marbled, morocco-edged slipcase.
The Private Edition, One of 12 Copies OnlyA Family Copy Barham, R. Harris. The Ingoldsby legends or mirth and marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby Esquire [with] The Ingoldsby legends ... Second series. London: Richard Bentley, 1840 & 1842. 8vo. 2 vols. I: [6], v, [3], 338, [2] pp. with inserted extra-engraved title (a proof before letters), numbered colophon leaf, engraved title, and six etched plates; II: vii, [3], 288 pp. with engraved title and seven etched plates.
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Sadleir's analysis suggested to him the following probable sequence: a) the private edition, b) copies of the public edition with p. 236 in the same form as it appears in the private edition, c) copies of the public edition with p. 236 blank; and d) copies of the public edition with the complete new version of the text on p. 236.
However, the remnants of the binding preserved at the back of the present first volume — see note below and
Barham began writing the short pieces making up this series as contributions to his friend and classmate's Bentley's Miscellany. The subject matter was “at first derived from the legendary lore of the author's ancestral locality in Kent, but soon [was] enriched by satires on the topics of the day and subjects of pure invention, or borrowed from history or the ‘Acta Sanctorum’. . . . The success of the ‘Legends’ was pronounced from the first, and when published collectively in 1840 they at once took the high place in humorous literature which they have ever since retained” (DNB).
Provenance: With R.H.D. Barham’s signature as noted above, and with the armorial bookplate of Sir David Lionel Salomons (1851–1925) in each volume.
• NCBEL, III, 365; Sadleir 156a; Tinker 216 (public edition); Carter, Binding Variants, p.92. Bindings a bit darkened and slightly discolored at extremities, light rubbing to joints, some foxing to the prelims of the first volume, with an old tide-mark in the lower gutter areas of the plates; a tipped-in bookseller's description in the first volume. A very good, very interesting example of a very rare thing.
First
Publicly
Available, “Real”
Editions,Signed Bindings[Barham, Richard Harris, a.k.a.] Ingoldsby, Thomas. The Ingoldsby legends or mirth and marvels. London: Richard Bentley (pr. by Samuel Bentley), 1840–47. 8vo (20.5 cm, 8.1"). 3 vols. I: Engr. t.-p., v, [3], 338, [2] pp.; 6 plts. II: Engr. t.-p., vii, [3], 288 pp.; 7 plts. III: Engr. t.-p., vi, [2], 364 pp.; 6 plts.
18 plates engraved by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and John Tenniel.
Bindings: Contemporary signed bindings by E.P. Dutton & Co., of red morocco with covers framed in gilt triple fillets; spines with raised bands, gilt-stamped titles, and compartments framed in gilt double fillets. Board edges gilt-ruled, gilt inner dentelles. Upper page edges gilt. Original cloth covers and spines bound in at the back.
• Sadleir 156b, e, & f; NCBEL, III, 365. Bindings as above, spines and upper board edges darkened with a bit of rubbing; free endpapers with offsetting from turn-ins. One volume with lower part of cover stained and the lower inner margin of the title-page and plates (not the text leaves!) waterstained. One plate evenly age-toned.
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ENGLISH History EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED bya Factor of TenBayley, John. The history and antiquities of the Tower of London, with memoirs of royal and distinguished persons, deduced from records, state-papers, and manuscripts, and from other original and authentic sources. London: T. Cadell, 1825. 4to (31.7 cm, 12.5"). 2 vols. in 3. I: [2], xiv, [2], 272 pp.; 100 plts. (1 fold., 4 double-page, 1 aquatint). II: [2], vi, [2], [273]–344, 345a, 346–352a/b, 353–564 pp.; 104 plts. (1 double-page). III: [4], 565–671, [1] pp., [7 (ms.)] ff., cxxviii, [18 (index)] pp.; 97 plts. (1 aquatint, 1 hand-col.).
Click the interior images for enlargements.original 27 engravings have been supplemented with another 274 steel-engraved, wood-engraved, mezzotint, aquatint, and monochrome plates from a wide variety of sources and hands, for a total of 301 plates. As an extra atop these extras, bound in between the close of the history and the beginning of the appendix areseven manuscript leaves — contracts from 1692 and 1693 for masonry and other work done on the Tower, an early 18th-century record of repairs to the ditch, and a 1743 missive from the Office of Ordnance recording the issue
of beds, bolsters, blankets, etc. to the barracks in the Tower garrison. 
signed by Tout. Top edge gilt. 
A spectacular set of a splendid work. (24412)
A Celebrated Study of Nicaragua's Natural History Belt, Thomas. The naturalist in Nicaragua: A narrative of a residence at the gold mines of Chontales; journeys in the savannahs and forests. With observations on animals and plants in reference to the theory of evolution of living forms. London: John Murray, 1874. 8vo (19.4 cm, 7.6"). Frontis., xvi, 401, [1] pp.; 3 plts., 1 fold. col. map.
Click the interior images for enlargements. • NSTC 00522718; Palau 26647; Jackson, Guide to the Literature of Botany, 368. Publisher's blue cloth, covers framed in black-stamped designs, front cover with central gilt-stamped alligator vignette; binding slightly shaken, spine sunned, corners and spine extremities rubbed, sewing just starting to loosen. Two leaves with outer margins lightly waterstained; map edges lightly foxed. A nice clean copy. (24406)
Detailed — DETAILED! Bergström, Ingvar. Dutch still-life painting in the seventeenth century. New York: Thomas Yoseloff Inc., 1956. 8vo. xix, [1], 330 pp.; illus.
• Publisher's blue cloth, spine with gilt- and blue-stamped title; without dust jacket, spine slightly sunned, a clean, solid copy. (24835)
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