Sales catalogue 581: Maggs Bros

Date:
1933
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/125
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 581: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BuRTON (Robert)—continued. [ 428] Tur Anatomy of MeEtancnoty. What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptoms, prognostics and several cures of it. With a Satirical Preface. Frontispiece. 3 vols., 8vo. Original half vellum. London, Nimmo, 1886. 43 [ 429 | Tue Anatomy of MetancHoty. What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptoms, prognostics, and several cures of it. Fronuspiece. 3 vols., 8vo. Original cloth, uncut. London, 1893. 43 7s 6d [430] BUTLER (Samuel). Huprsras. With Dr. Grey’s Annotations. A New Edition, corrected and enlarged. Ilustrated with a fine series of engraved portraits, vignette engravings, etc., on India Paper. LarceE Paper Copy. 3 vols., royal 8vo. Half morocco gilt, uncut, t.e. g. London, 1819. £4 10s [431] BYRON (John). THe Narrative oF THE HonouraBLE JoHN Byron, Commodore in a Late Expedition round the World, containing an Account of the Great Distresses suffered by himself and his Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746. | With a description of St. Jago de Chili, and the manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Also a relation of the loss of the Wager Man of War, one of Admiral Anson’s Squadron. With an engraved view of the shipwreck. First Epirion. 8vo. New half calf, gilt. London, S. Baker, 1768. pee cis ‘Admiral Byron’s narrative of the loss of the Wager is one of the most thrilling accounts in the language, and supplied his illustrious descendant with many particulars for the shipwreck in Don Juan.” [432] BYRON (Lord). Frinpen’s ILLusrrations oF THE LirE aND Works oF Lorp Byron. With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects of the Engravings by W. Brockedon. Wuth upwards of 120 charming steel plates illustrating the scenery and characters mentioned in the Poems. Brilliant proof impressions of the plates on India Paper. LarcE Paper Copy. 3 vols., 4to. Contemporary dark red morocco, elaborately tooled on sides and backs, g.e. London, 1833-4. £4 4s [433] CALLIGRAPHY. MORISON (Stanley) and THOMAS (Henry). Andres Brun, Calligrapher of Saragossa. | SoME ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND worK. With facsimile of the surviving text and 48 facsimile plates in collotype of his two writing books 1583 and 1612. Small folio. Cloth. Paris, 1929. 45 58 Only 150 copies printed. Incorporating a facsimile of Brun’s Arte muy Provechosa para aprender de escrivir.
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