[Agostino Argenti], Il Tempio D'Amore

lot 1 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[Agostino Argenti], Il Tempio D'Amore, [Ferrara?] 1566; bound in with Agostino Dolce, Almida Tragedia, Giovan Battista Natolini, Udine 1605, old ... read more

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[Dante Alighieri] Dante Con Nuove Et Utilissime Annotationi

lot 2 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[Dante Alighieri] Dante Con Nuove Et Utilissime Annotationi, Venice, for Giovann Antonio Morando, 1554, modern calf, 15x10cm.

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William Turner, The Seconde Parte of William Turner's Herball

lot 3 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

William Turner, The Seconde Parte of William Turner's Herball, Cologne, Arnold Bircsman, 1562, modern 17th Century style calf, 29.9x19cm.

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Francis Bacon, Resuscitation

lot 4 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Francis Bacon, Resuscitation, or, Bringing into Public Light, Several Pieces of The Works, Civil, Historial, Philosophical, & Theological, Hitherto ... read more

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[Marcus Tullius Cicero], In omnes de arte rhetorica M. Tullii Ciceronis libros

lot 5 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[Marcus Tullius Cicero], In omnes de arte rhetorica M. Tullii Ciceronis libros, item in eos ad C. Herennium scriptos ...., Venice, Aldus Manutius, ... read more

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Guillaume Du Choul, Discorso Della Religione Antica De Romani

lot 6 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Guillaume Du Choul, Discorso Della Religione Antica De Romani, Lyon, Guillaume Rouille 1569, bound in with Discourso Sopra La Castrametatione et ... read more

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William Camden, Annales, or The History of the most renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England

lot 7 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

William Camden, Annales, or The History of the most renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, Late Queen of England, translated into English by ... read more

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The Pourtraicture of his Sacred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings

lot 8 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[Attributed to Charles I] Eikon Basilike - The Pourtraicture of his Sacred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings, R. Royston, London 1649, calf, ... read more

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Robert Burton ("Democritus Junior"), The Anatomy of Melancholy

lot 9 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Robert Burton ("Democritus Junior"), The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford for Henry Cripps, 1628, engraved title page, calf, defective, 29x20cm.

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Publius Virgilius Maro, P. Virgilii Maronis Poetae Mantuani Uniuersum poema

lot 10 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Publius Virgilius Maro, P. Virgilii Maronis Poetae Mantuani Uniuersum poema, Venice, Bonellum 1602, with commentaries, vellum, 33x23cm.

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Peter Charron, Three Books of Wisdome

lot 11 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Peter Charron, Three Books of Wisdome, translated from the French by Samson Lennard, London 1670, three vols bound as one, engraved frontis, old calf, ... read more

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Paolo Beni, Comparatione di Homero, Virgilio e Torquato

lot 12 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Paolo Beni, Comparatione di Homero, Virgilio e Torquato, Padua, Lorenzo Pasquati, 1607, being ten discourses, old vellum, 20x15cm.

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Literary & Poetical works

lot 13 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Abraham Cowley, The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley, eighth edition, 1693, calf, 31x20cm; Sir Philip Sidney, Arcadia [1613?]; William Somervile, The Chase, ... read more

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Francis Bacon,Sylva Sylvarum

lot 14 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Francis Bacon,Sylva Sylvarum, edited by William Rawley, seventh edition, London 1658, bound in with New Atlantis, A Work Unfinished [n.d.], old calf, ... read more

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J* S*, Fortification and Military Discipline

lot 15 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

J* S*, Fortification and Military Discipline in Two Parts. The First Shews the Principles and Practice of all Manner of Fortifications, Regular and (Qty: 2) ... read more

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[Charles Cotton], Scarronnides: or Virgile Travestie, A Mock Poem

lot 16 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[Charles Cotton], Scarronnides: or Virgile Travestie, A Mock Poem in Immitation of the Fourth Book of Virgil Aeneis, an English Burlesque, London ... read more

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[Desiderius Erasmus], Twenty Select Colloquies

lot 17 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[Desiderius Erasmus], Twenty Select Colloquies, Out of Erasmus Roterodamus…, pleasantly representing several superstitious levities, that were crept ... read more

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[J T de Bry, Anthologia magna, sive Florilegium novum & absolutum]

lot 18 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[J T de Bry, Anthologia magna, sive Florilegium novum & absolutum, Frankfurt 1626?], engraved plates, some folding, modern quarter calf with marbled ... read more

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[Jodocus Crull], The Present condition of the Muscovite empire till the year 1699

lot 19 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[Jodocus Crull], The Present condition of the Muscovite empire till the year 1699 in two letters: the first from a gentleman who was conversant with ... read more

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[John Swan], Speculum Mundi, or a Glasse representing the Face of the World

lot 20 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[John Swan], Speculum Mundi, or a Glasse representing the Face of the World ... the second edition enlarged, Roger Daniel, Cambridge, 1643, restored ... read more

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[Raffaello Sanzio], Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphaele... in Vaticani

lot 21 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[Raffaello Sanzio], Imagines Veteris ac Novi Testamenti a Raphaele... in Vaticani palatii Xystis mira picturae elegantia expressae, Rome [after 1674], ... read more

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Arthur Wilson, The History of Great Britain

lot 22 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Arthur Wilson, The History of Great Britain Begining The Life and Reign of King James The First, London 1653, with numerous inserted plates, together (Qty: 2) ... read more

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Aylett Sammes, Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: or, the Antiquities of Ancient Britain

lot 23 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Aylett Sammes, Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: or, the Antiquities of Ancient Britain, Vol.1 [all published], Thomas Roycroft, for the Author, 1676, ... read more

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Joseph Moxon, Practical Perspective, or Perspective Made Easie

lot 24 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Joseph Moxon, Practical Perspective, or Perspective Made Easie, London 1670, with numerous engraved plates, with repairs, re-bound, leather spine ... read more

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Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Columna Antoniniana

lot 25 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Giovanni Pietro Bellori, Columna Antoniniana [Rome 1680's], being a collection of engraved plates, vellum, obverse folio, 38x49cm.

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William Salmon, Polygraphice or the Arts of Drawing

lot 26 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

William Salmon, Polygraphice or the Arts of Drawing, Engraving, Etching .... in four vols bound as one, London, Andrew Clark for John Crumpe, 1675, (Qty: 1) ... read more

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Izaak Walton, The Lives

lot 27 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Izaak Walton, The Lives of Dr John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert, fourth edition, London 1675, tooled calf, 16x10cm.

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Sir George Staunton, An Historical Account of The Embassy to the Emperor of China

lot 28 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Sir George Staunton, An Historical Account of The Embassy to the Emperor of China, London 1797, with plates and two folding engraved maps, half calf, (Qty: 2) ... read more

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Samuel Cooke, The Compleat English Gardener

lot 29 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Samuel Cooke, The Compleat English Gardener: Or, Gardening Made Perfectly Easy, second edition., London [n.d.], rebound calf, 17.5x10cm.

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William Robertson, The History of America

lot 30 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

William Robertson, The History of America, in two vols, Dublin 1777, lacks four folding maps, calf, 22x14cm.

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Alexander Pope, The Dunciad Valiorum. with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus

lot 31 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Alexander Pope, The Dunciad Valiorum. with the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, London, 1729, modern binding, leather spine, marbled boards, 25x19cm.

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George Shaw & Frederick Polydore Nodder, The Naturalist’s Miscellany

lot 32 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

George Shaw & Frederick Polydore Nodder, The Naturalist’s Miscellany, in two vols, London, 1790, hand-coloured plates, green half-calf, with marbled ... read more

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Gilbert Burnet, Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time

lot 33 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Gilbert Burnet, Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, in two vols, London 1724-34, repaired tooled calf, 36x24cm.

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The Works of Mr John Dryden

lot 34 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

John Dryden, The Works of Mr John Dryden, Being His Translation of Virgil's Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis, third edition [fourth volume], Jacob ... read more

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Richard Payne Knight, An Account of the remains of the worship of Priapus

lot 35 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Richard Payne Knight, An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus lately existing at Isernia, T Spilsbury, London 1786, calf, 4to., 27x22cm.

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Stemmata, Chicheleana and other Northamptonshire related books

lot 36 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Stemmata, Chicheleana: or A genealogical account of some of the families derived Thomas Chichele of Higham Ferrers in the County of Northampton, ... read more

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Sir Walter Raleigh, Instructions for Youth, Gentlemen and Noblemen

lot 37 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Sir Walter Raleigh, Instructions for Youth, Gentlemen and Noblemen, London 1722, comprising instructions to his son, and to prosperity, and ... read more

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John Milton, Paradise Lost

lot 38 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

John Milton, Paradise Lost, a new edition by Richard Bentley, for Jacob Tonson, London 1732, engraved portrait of Milton, 4to., modern half calf, ... read more

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John Martin, Illustrations of John Milton's Paradise Lost

lot 38A (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

John Martin, Illustrations of John Milton's Paradise Lost, being an album of 24 mezzotint plates by Martin [1825-27 ?], modern obverse folio, leather ... read more

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John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry

lot 39 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry, sixth edition, London 1724, small folio, rebound half Morocco.

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Jean Baptiste Du Halde, The General History of China

lot 40 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Jean Baptiste Du Halde, The General History of China. Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the (Qty: 4) ... read more

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[Jonathan Swift] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World

lot 41 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[Jonathan Swift] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World...by Lemuel Gulliver, in 2 vols, London 1727, calf; Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, (Qty: 4) ... read more

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[Charles D'Oyly], Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem

lot 43 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

[Charles D'Oyly], Tom Raw, the Griffin: A Burlesque Poem in twelve cantos, R. Ackermann, 1828, with hand-coloured aquatint plates, restored calf, 8vo. ... read more

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Edward Harding, Costume of the Russian Empire

lot 44 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Edward Harding, Costume of the Russian Empire, illustrated with upwards of seventy richly coloured engravings, London for John Stockdale,1811, tooled ... read more

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Edward Mogg, Patersons Roads

lot 45 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Edward Mogg, Patersons Roads, being an entirely original and accurate description of all the direct and principal cross-roads in England and Wales, ... read more

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George Baker, The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton

lot 49 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

George Baker, The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton, volume the First, 1822-30, rebound half-calf with marbled boards, large folio, (Qty: 2) ... read more

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Gilbert White, The Works in Natural History & other works

lot 50 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Gilbert White, The Works in Natural History, in two vols, London, 1802, rebound calf, 8vo; James Maddock, The Florists Directory, The Treaties on the (Qty: 5) ... read more

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George Smith, Smith's Cabinet-maker's & Upholsterer's Guide

lot 51 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

George Smith, Smith's Cabinet-maker's & Upholsterer's Guide, Drawing Book and Repository of New and Original Designs for Household Furniture and ... read more

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Captain Thomas Williamson, Oriental Field Sports

lot 52 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Captain Thomas Williamson, Oriental Field Sports, in two vols, London 1808, with illustrations in aquatint by Samuel Howett, half red morocco, ... read more

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Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes

lot 53 (Fine Art & Antiques, 6th Sep, 2022)

Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes .. selected from the latest Parisian publications; with a description of the dresses, and general ... read more

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