Three gilt metal mounted Catholic service books

lot 186 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

in coloured velvet bindings, 1845-47, 8vo, including Missal, Vespers Book and The Garden of the Soul, with applied enamelled shields to the covers, ... read more

Sold for £280 More details 1  

SMELLIE (W)

lot 187 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

A Natural History, General and Particular, … by Count de Buffon; to which is added A History of Birds, Fishes, Reptiles and Insects..; 2 vols. in one, ... read more

Sold for £170 More details 7  

BIRD (James)

lot 188 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Historical Researches on the origin and principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions: embracing the leading tenets of their system, as found ... read more

Sold for £3,600 More details 10  

Literature, various.

lot 189 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

[MANNERS (John Henry, Duke of Rutland)] A Tour Through Part of Belgium and the Rhenish Provinces, 1822, 4to, 13 lithograph plates as called for, ... read more

Sold for £160 More details 10  

LAYARD (Austen H)

lot 190 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Nineveh and its Remains, 2 vols., 2nd edition, John Murray 1849, 8vo, folding maps, slight foxing to very 1st leaves, original cloth, slightly faded, ... read more

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 7  

WILME (B P)

lot 191 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

A Hand-Book for Plain and Ornamental Mapping, Engineering and Architectural Drawing..., 1846, 4to, 42 coloured plans, illustrations and diagram ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £150 More details 7  

BRITISH POETS (The)

lot 192 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Including Translations, 100 vols. in 50, Chiswick: C. Whittingham, 1822, 12mo, half-titles, plates, half morocco gilt spines, marbled boards and

Sold for £110 More details 5  

Literature, various.

lot 193 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

GIBBON (E) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 12 vols., London 1816, 8vo, 2 folding maps, calf; BURNS (R) Works, 4 vols., 4th ... read more

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[TUCKER (Benjamin)]

lot 194 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

The Report of the Surveyor-General of the Duchy of Cornwall ... the Islands of Scilly, 1810, 8vo, 2 folding maps engraved by J. Basire, later boards

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JOHNSON (Charles)

lot 195 (The Library Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

British Poisonous Plants, iIlustrated by John Sowerby, 2nd edition, London: John Van Voorst, 1861, 32 coloured plates, publisher's maroon cloth; ... read more

Sold for £90 More details 4