Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
March 1926
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/671
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    ol4 517 -Andubon (J. J.) Ornithological Biography, vol. 1 only, calf _ gilt, Edinburgh, 1831—Gatke (Heinrich) Heligoland as an Ornithological Observatory, portrait and other Ulus- trations, cloth gilt, t. e.g. 10. 1895 (2) ~ 1825-34— Burke (Edmund) Works, 8 vol. calf gilt, 1801 (24) [Beckford (Wilham) Vathek] An Arabian Tale, FIRST EDI- TION, old tree-calf, 1786; Vathek (in French) first London edition of the original teat, frontispiece and vignette, boards, 1815 (2) Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol. wood- cuts, calf gilt Newcastle, 1821 o19 oxi Sturt, old red morocco gilt, inside borders, g. e.; sold noi subject to return 1717 Browning (Robert) Strafford : an Historical Tragedy, FIRST . EDITION, original wrappers, white label on upper cover, uncut, FINE COPY 1837 Dampier (William) A New Voyage round the World ... The Third Edition Corrected, maps and plans, calf, top cover loose London, Printed for James Knapton ... 169% ** WITH THE AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON TITLE OF JONATHAN Swirt. ‘The volume was no doubt freely used by Swit when writing “ Gulliver’s Travels” as the form of the narrative of that work is apparently based on Dampier. The label of T. Connolly, Bookseller, 10, Up. Ormond Quay, Dublin, has been removed from inside the front cover and is inserted loose. Dixon (Charles) Lost and Vanishing Birds, 10 plates by Charles Whymper, linen, t. e. g. 1898; Stray Feathers from Many Birds, illustrations by C. Whymper, decorated cloth, 1890; The Migration of Birds, cloth, 1892; Curiosities of Bird Life, cloth gilt, 1897; Among the Birds in Northern . Shires, coloured frontispiece and other illustrations by C. Whymper, linen, t. e.g. 1900 (5) Evans (Sir John) The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland, wWlustra- . tions, cloth, New York, 1881; The Ancient Stone Imple- ments, Weapons, and’ Ornaments, of Great Britain, illws- trations, cloth, London, 1897; ete. (3)
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