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First editions, 5 vols including Blaikie's Life, 8vo, uniform half calf gilt by Henry Young of Liverpool, tan and black labels, a fine set. 'Missionary Travels' - folding tinted lithographed frontispiece and 2 plates, engraved portrait, folding table, 2 folding engraved maps at end with routes supplied in red, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 1857; 'Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi...', folding wood-engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, illustrations, folding engraved map with route in red, 1858; 'The Last Journals...' 2 vols, wood-engraved portrait, 20 plates, mostly wood-engraved, one double-page, folding map with routes in red (second larger map loose in pocket at end of Blaikie's Life, short tear to fold), illustrations, 1874; BLAIKIE (W.G.) 'The Personal Life of David Livingstone', engraved portrait, folding hand-coloured map, with map from Last Journals loose in pocket at end, 1880, together 4 works in 5, first editions, with loosely-inserted advertisement for Lett's Extract Book inscribed in ink at head 'Presented to Dr. Livingstone with the Publisher's best wishes'.
£5,000 -
First edition, 8vo, xxvi, 293 pp., frontispiece portrait, additional wood-engraved title, coloured folding map, wood-engravings in text, original red blind-stamped cloth gilt, gilt pictorial vignettes to upper cover and spine, a fine copy.
£850 -
First edition, 8vo, Original terracotta sand-grain cloth, title gilt to the spine, blind panels to spine and boards, brown coated endpapers. Folding tinted lithograph frontispiece, and 22 other plates including lithograph opposite page 225, illustrations to the text, 3 folding maps, one of them in pocket at end. A fine copy.
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First edition. 16mo, 64 pp., wood-engraved folding map by E. Whymper, original red printed pictorial boards, an excellent example.
£1,500 -
First edition. 8vo, xxvi, 293 pp., frontispiece portrait, additional wood-engraved title, coloured folding map, wood-engravings in text, original red blind-stamped cloth gilt, gilt pictorial vignettes to upper cover and spine, a fine copy.
£750 -
from the Rome edition of 'Vedute di Roma', etching with engraving on thick laid paper with a fleur-de-lys in a double circle watermark, 1st and only Roman state, 465 x 625 mm., a central vertical fold with a parallel repaired tear at the head, some marginal damp-staining, spotting and surface dirt, [H.83 I; F.783; WE.216]
£400 -
from the Rome edition of 'Vedute di Roma', etching with engraving, on thick laid paper with a fleur-de-lys in a double circle watermark, 2nd state with the artist's address and price, 405 x 615 mm., a central vertical fold with two parallel stripes of pale oil staining, faint marginal spotting and surface dust, [H.22 II; F.737; WE.175]
£300 -
Four volumes folio (53 x 40.5 cm). Vol. I: pp. iv ('Prefazione' and 'Imprimatur' leaf dated '25 Gennaro 1756' with list of Piranesi's publications verso), pp.(iv) Avviso al publico. 25 Augusto 1756. pp.(ii) Milord. Febbraio 1757.pp.40, pp. xi ('Spiegazione' and 'Osservazioni'), pp.iii ('Indice, O Sia Spiegazione'), pp.iv ('Indice'), pp.iii ('Indice'), pp.(ii) ('Repertorio'). Engraved frontispiece portrait of Piranesi by Polanzani, printed title, engraved double-page dedication plate with text 'Utilitati Publicae' (second state after the removal of 'Lord Charlemont'), Piranesi's text and 44 engraved plates plus 1 map, of which 5 are double-page, 1 large folding plate on two sheets, 2 folding plates on 1 sheet and 30 single page plates with two images;
Vol. II: engraved title, engraved double-page frontispiece and engraved list of subjects and 60 engraved plates, numbered I - LXIII (including title, frontispiece and list of subjects), of which 44 are double-page and one large double-page folding plate on 2 sheets;
Vol. III: engraved title and engraved double-page frontispiece and 52 plates, numbered I - LIV (including title and frontispiece), of which 42 are double-page and one large double-page folding plate on 2 sheets (four plates are by Girolamo Rossi and one by an anonymous artist);
Vol. IV: engraved title, engraved double-page frontispiece and engraved list of subjects and 57 plates.
Sheet size (double-page): c.725 x 520 mm (or the reverse). Watermarks examined include the shiled with sword and fleur-de-lys (Robison 61), a fleur-de-lys with initials (Robison 20 / 21), a fleur-de-lys within a single circle (Robison 18 / 19) however the majority of those present appear to be the fleur-de-lys within a double circle (Robison 33 / 35).
Full contemporary polished calf, rebacked, boards with triple-ruled borders and floral corner pieces in gilt, banded spines with gilt tooling and black leather label with gilt title in nine compartments, turn-ins tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. Repairs to edges and corners. An excellent example.£85,000 -
First edition. 8vo., ix, 687pp., folding wood-engraved frontispiece, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps (1 in pocket at end), 22 full-page wood-engraved plates, folding plan, illustrations in the text, original brown blindstamped cloth gilt, rear inner hinge repaired, front inner hinge just starting but firm, a very good bright copy.
£850 -
Magnificent group of six views of Rome, all from the Rome edition of 'Vedute di Roma', etchings with engraving on laid paper, with central vertical folds. Framed and glazed, overall size: 88.5cm by 66.6cm.
£26,000