Sales catalogue: W. C. Johnson

Date:
28 February 1884
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/16
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: W. C. Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    . 846 ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY (Bur- ton’s): by Democritus, Junr., to which is prefixed a Satirical Preface, 16th edition ; 8vo, half calf, 10/6 ; Frontispiece in compartments. : .B. Blake, 1836 Dr. Johnson speaks of it as the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise. 347 ANACREON—The First Twenty-eight Odes of, in Greek and English, with Notes, Lexicon, etc.; by John B. Roche, M.D., 8vo cloth, 2/6 1827 348 ANCIENT PALESTINE, Lyrics of, Beautifully Illustrated by Skelton, Watson, and others ; 8vo cloth gilt, 4/- 349 ANGELO, (T.) of the Laboratory, Wool- wich, Art of Makiug Fireworks, Detonating Balls, etc., folding Coloured Frontispiece prob- ably by Geo. Cruikshank ; Waterloo Crackers, etc., 3/6 RARE; original wrappers, 12mo J. Bailey, Circa, 1815 350 ANGLER’S GARLAND and Fisher’s Delight for 1870 and 1871. A Right Merrie Wreath of Rare Old Songs, Secrets and Sug- gestions in the Art of Angling, embellished with afew ‘‘Canny ” woodcuts by T. Bewick, with a Letter by him on Salmon Fishing, 1824, in- cluding The Young Sportsman’s Instructor, with numerous Vignettes by T. Bewick, and two by George Cruikshank, one on a Cancelled Leaf, VERY RARE; 1870 and 1871. On Hand Made Paper, 10/6. With List of Curious Reprints on the original wrappers, f’cap 4to. 351 ANGLER (Useful to an)—Rambles by Rivers, the Sea, Mole, Dove, etc. ; by J. Thorne, numerous woodcuts, 18mo cl, 2/- Knight, 1844 352 ANSON (George, Esq.), ‘‘now Lord Anson,” a Voyage round the World in the years 1840-1-2-3 and 4. Compiled by Richard Walter, M.A., with 42 Copper Plates: Fifth Edition, 4to, old calf, 6/6, SCARCE London, Printed for the Author, 1749 353 ANTITHEO’S Rerutation—an Examin- ation of the Argument ‘‘ There is a God,” by Wm. Gillespie, 8vo, cl, 2/- ‘‘ Philalethean Society for peaceably suppressing Infidelity.” 1840 354 APOCALYPSE—Hora APpocaLyPLica, A commentary on the Apocalypse, critical and historical, with appendices and illustrations, &c., by the Rev. E. B. Elliott, 4 vols, 8vo, cloth. Fifth and best edition, pub. 56/- for 25/- 1862 355 APOCALYPSE, Its own Interpreter, by a sound and ancient rule for interpreting Scripture byVen. J.W. Forster, 8vo, cl, 2/-, 1853 356 ARABIAN NIGHTS EnrertaInMENTs, 1001 Stories in one volume, ‘‘ with nearly 150 Engravings.” Engraved by Sears, after Designs by George and Robert Cruikshank and others, 8vo, half calf, 7/6. J. Limbird, 143, Strand, 1826 This is an Interesting Edition as issued by the indefatig- able Lzszdird, an early pioneer of London Illustrated Literature, of ‘‘The Mirror” celebrity ; constructed with “ scissors and paste,’”’ by his industrious manager, John Timbs; see ‘‘The Bookseller,” January 1884, for Limbira’s ‘‘ Obituary.” ° 357 ARCHITECTURE—C. Davies, Architect- ural Precedents with Notes and Observations, illustrated with many working drawings, 8vo, cloth, 5/- Library of Fine Arts, 1841 39 358 ARITHMETICAL GRAMMAR —Inter- rogatory System of Education, 12mo, 2/- Bradford, Printed 1824 359 ART AND LITERATURE—Dramatic LecturgEs, by A. W. Schlegel, from the German, by John Black, 2 vols, boards, 8vo, 3/-. 1815 360 ARTICLES, The XX XIX, of the Church of England, by W. Wilson, D,D. (Winchester), 8vo, cloth, 1/9 © Oxford, 1840 361 ASTRONOMY Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles, by David Brewster, with 26 Interesting Plates (folding), Magnitudes, Aspects, etc., of the Heavenly Bodies, Ferguson’s Orrery, etc., 2 vols, 8vo, boards, pub. £1 4s., 6/6. 1821 Exceedingly Interesting Engravings, ‘‘ The Calculator,” etc. 362 ASTRONOM Y—The Arithmetical Archi- tecture of the Solar System, by E. Henderson, of the Liverpool Observatory; post8vo, bds., 2/6 1838 363 ASTRONOMY, The History of, with its application to Geography, History and Chrono- logy Exemplified by the Globes, by George Costard, mM.A., Vicar of Twickenham, Middlesex ; 4to calf, 7/6 J. Newbery, Bible and Son, 1767 J. Lister, Little Boswell Court. Dedicated to the Earl of Morton, President of Royal Society ; its contents are of extreme Interest to Astron- omers, ‘‘ Ancient Polar Circle, Travelling and Sailing by the Stars, Mansions of the Moon and their Names,” Oldest Predictions of Eclipses, Dials, Night Watches, Mosaic History of Creation, etc., at page 291. ‘‘ The Mast of a Ship with Pully, dug out of the top of a hill in Greenland,” &c., &c. 364 ASTROLOGY— (Salmon, Wm.) A Com- pendium of Physic, Chirurgery and Anatomy performed Astrologically ; with Celestial Observations, Art of Embalming Dead Bodies, with Complete Idea of the Body of Man. 2nd edition, 2,000 additions adorned with 24 Copper Plate Sculptures, probably by W. Hollar, or Faithorne ; finely Engraved Portrait and Title, thick 8vo calf, 12/6 ‘* 7. Danks, Puddle Dock Stairs, Thames St.” 1681 1,208 pages closely printed, a Singular Work, by W. Salmon, at Red Balls, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London, 7th June, 1681; with Catalogue of Herbs, Simples, etc., in popular use then, with Significations of the ‘‘ Planets,” ‘‘Signs,” ‘‘ Houses,” ‘‘ Modes,” ‘* Significations,” etc. 365 ATHANASIAN CREED (The), Vindi- cated and Explained, by W. Dodwell, p.p., Archdeacon of Berks ; post8vocf, SCARCE, 2/-, 1819 366 ATLAS—The Imperial, of Modern Geo- graphy ; folio, half morocco, clean as new, 30/- cost £5 10s 1860 367 BACK WOODS or Canapa (The) ; giving a full Description of Canadian Life. The Oregon Territory : its History and Discovery ; 2 vols., engravings, feap 8vo, cl., C. Knight, 1/6 1846 368 BACON (Lord): His Writings and Philosophy, by G. L. Craik; 3 vols., fcap 8vo, cl., uncut, 3/6 1846 369 BACON (Sir Francis). The Essays or Counsels of Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, with Table of the Colours of Good and Evil, whereunto is added the Wisdome of the Ancients, with quaint Portrait, copper plate engraving ; small 8vo, old calf, 10/6. London, Humphry Robinson, at the Three Pigeons in St. Paul’s Church Yard, 1668 Lowndes mentions the Editions of 1614, realizing 42 2s, - 1683 and 1722 1€/- each.
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