Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
May 1902
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/94
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    235 FAITHORNE (W.) Portraits. A Collection of Engravings, con- taining the Frontispiece to Blount’s Academy of Eloquence (4 portraits); Frontispiece to Wittie Apophthegmes (5 portraits) ; Bishop J. Prideaux ; Sir E. Littleton ; Oliver Cromwell (in 2 states), very rare; Sir E. Anderson : Sir F. Moore, FIRST STATE ; Selden, proof before letters; G. KR. Weckerlin; W. Gouge ; F. Rous (fine); Sir Richard Fanshaw ; T. Hobbes, first and second states, the former spelt Hoobs; Bishop Jeremy Taylor (in two states, one without the Latin and English quotations) ; W. Bagwell; Oughtred; A. Cowley; W. Harvey, very fine ; J. Bulwer, proof before letters; KR. Bayfield (three different portraits) ; S. Leigh ; R. Carpenter ; C. Simpson ; J. La Motte (proof before letters), neatly tipped on brown paper, in 1 vol. russia extra, g. e. by C. Lewis Ato *,* This collection was formed by Mr. Beckford, many from the collections of Mariette and Sir M. M. Sykes, the IMPRESSIONS ARE BRILLIANT. ‘The portrait of Bayfield, of which there are three here, is of the greatest rarity. 236 Ferrerio (P.) Palazzi di Roma de. Piv Celebri Architetti, 46 plates, Roma, G. G. Rossi, n. d.—Vredmann (J.) Artis Perspectiva, multigenis Fontibus, Hortulis, &c. 15 plates, Antv. apud T. Gallaeum, n. d.—Hortorum Viridariorumque nouiter in Europa precipue adornatorum elegantes et multiplices forme ad vivum delineate et eri incisee, Oueradt excudit, 24 plates, 1655—Vredemann (P.) Plusiers Menuiseries comme Portaulx, Garderobbes, Buffets, Chalicts, Tables, &c. 25 plates, 1658, de. ; in 1 vol. old red morocco, gilt panelled sides, full gilt back, g. e. clasps . obl. folio 237 Ferriar (J.) Essay towards a Theory of Apparitions, half morocco, g. t. uncut 1813 238 [Ferrier (Miss)| The Inheritance, by the Author of Marriage, FIRST EDITION, 3 vol. original boards, uncut, FINE COPY Blackwood, 1824 239 Fielding (Sarah) Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia, by the author of David Simple, FIRST EDITION, original calf, rare Ato. 1757 *,* This edition is not recorded by Lowndes, he only names one in 12mo. 240 [Fielding (H.)] Tragedy of Tragedies, or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great, frontispiece by Hogarth, half calf, scarce 1731 241 Fielding (H.) A Clear State of the Case of Elizabeth Canning who hath sworn that she was robbed and almost starved to death by a Gang of Gipsies, for which one Mary Squires now lies under sentence of Death, FIRST EDITION, unbound 1753 242 Fielding (H.) A Clear State of the Case of Elizabeth Canning who hath sworn that she was robbed and almost starved to death by a Gang of Gipsies, for which one Mary Squires now lies under Sentence of Death, FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS, 1753—Hile (Dr.) The Story of Elizabeth Canning Considered, 1753, fine portrait of Elizabeth Canning inserted ; in 1 vol. brown morocco extra, g. t. uncut (1753)
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