Sales catalogue 20: Andrew Block

Date:
1937-1938
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/26/13
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 20: Andrew Block. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NAVAL.—See also under NELSoN ; TORPEDOES. 479 NEEDLE-MAKING.—Aiguillier. Aiguillier-Bonnetier. Amidonnier. 4 fine engraved pls., with descriptions. Extracted from the Diderot Encyclopaedia, 1772. Folio 16/- 480 NELSON (Lord) Orme’s Graphic History of the Life, Exploits, and Death of Horatio Nelson. The Memoirs by F. W. Blagdon. With a portrait, a facsimile of a seal, 2 facsimiles of Nelson's writing, 4 engravings and 6 coloured aquatints, 4 of which are double-page (one is mounted). Lond., [1806]. Folio. Orig. hf. moroc., Uncut £5/5/- 481 NEW BON TON MAGAZINE; or, Telescope of the Times. Vols. I., II. and III. With col’d. plates (Vol. I. has 3, one of which is vepaived, Vol. II. has 5, Vol. III., 6). © Lond., 1818-9. 8vo. Contemp. half roan (rubbed) £3 482 NEW VOYAGE TO THE ISLAND OF FOOLS, Representing the Policy, Government, and Present State of the Stultitians. Written by the Author of The Black-Bird’s Song. Lond., 1715. Sm. 8vo. Hf. cf. (Some pages age-discoloured) 25/- 483 NEWTON (A. Edward) The Amenities of Book-Collecting and Kindred Affections. Illus. Lond., 1920. 8vo. Orig. hf. buckram 30/- A fine association copy from the collection of Roger Ingpen, containing his signature, a presentation inscription from Thomas Seccombe, inscribed: “Roger I ngpen the gift of Thomas Seccombe before he went to Canada’’ and a Postcard, A.L.S. and typed letter, signed, from Newton to Ingpen loosely inserted. 484 NICHOLS (Robert) The Budded Branch: Poems and a Play. Ist edn. Lond., Beaumont Press, 1918. 4to. Orig. bds., canvas back, Uncut £1 One of only 200 numbered copies printed. 485 [NIGHTINGALE (Florence)].—OsBorne (Hon. Sydney Godolphin) Scutari and its Hospitals, With coloured plates. Lond., 1855. 4to. Orig. cl. Loose in covers (as usual) 21]- Concerning Florence Nightingale and the Hospitals. 486 [NIGHTINGALE (Florence)] A Printed Letter from Queen Victoria : “Autograph Letter of the Queen.”’ Bristol, J. Hayward, (c. 1855). A quarto sheet, printed on one side only, with the Royal Arms at the head 21/- “ Would you tell Mrs. Herbert that I begged she would let me see frequently the accounts she vecewes from Miss Nightingale... Let Mrs. Herbert also know that I wish Miss Nightingale and the ladies would tell these poor noble wounded and sick men that no one takes a warmer tnterest ...’’ NIGHTINGALE.—See also under Mepicat. 487 NOYES (Alfred) A very fine collection of 100 Autograph letters, entirely in the _author’s hand. Also a collection of Noyesiana. All concerning his works. The letters are addressed to his Literary Agent, from June 8, 1900 to Dec. 29, 1914 £10 Mentioning “Drake,” “‘ Forty Singing Seamen,” etc. Also Kipling, Swinburne, Gosse, Alice Meynell, Keats, Francis Thompson, Landor, etc. 488 NUMISMATICS.—Constantin1 (Imp.) Byzantini. Numismatis argentei expositio duplex, Josephi Scaligeri. [Leyden], 1604. 4to. Sewn 21/- 489 O’BRYEN (D.) Lines Written at Twickenham. [In Verse]. Ist edn. Lond., 1788. 4to. Wrapbs. 21/- Dennis O’ Bryen supported Fox in various political pamphlets. O’BRYEN.—See also under Po.iricat. 4894 OCCGULT.—DeEt-Rio (Martin) Disquisitionum Magicarum Libri Sex, quibus continetur accurata Curiosarum artium, et vanarum superstitionum confutatio, utilis Theologis, Juris- consultis, Medicis, Philologis. Fine engraved title in compartments. Cologne, 1633. 4to. Contemp. cf. : £3 490 OCCULT.—HiILpEBRaAND (Wolffgang) Magia Naturalis ; Das ist Kunst und Wunder- buch Darinne begriffen wunderbare Secreta, etc. Leipzig, 1620. Sm. 4to. Orig. vell. £5 491 OCCULT.—RAma Prasad. The Science of Breath and the Philosophy of the Tattvas. Translated from the Sanskrit, with introductory and explanatory essays on Nature’s Finer Forces. Lond., 1897. 8vo. Orig. cl. (slightly soiled). Scarce 21/- 492 OCCULT.—Tartarorti (Girolamo) Del Congresso Notturno Delle Lammie Libri Tre. S’Aggiungono Due Dissertazioni Epistolari sopra l’arte Magica. Ist edn. Roveredo, 1749. Name on title-page. Ato. Orig. vell. 35/- “Crest un traité sur le sabbat, dont il s’applique & prouver Vimposture.’’—BIOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE.
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