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Zustand: Good. 1930. Paperback. "6 p. plates, col. 24 cm. Paperback. Good clean copy." Keywords: Subjects. Not a first edition copy. . . .

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Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Scarce. Original printing. Splitting/fading/chipping along spine, binding loose. Pages clean.

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No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait, printed circa 1800. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Lacking boards, heavy erosion on the spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Pages tanned with some foxing and minor tidemarks.

Second Edition, with additions, Kl.4°, Front. Portr.taf., XXXI Taf., teils farb./aufklappbar, 5 Bl., XXIV, 240 S., 1 Bl., marmor. Vorsätze, Hldr., Ldr.ecken, goldgepr. Deckeleisten, Rücken dekor. Goldprägung. Letztes Bl. Besitzerstempel, Buchblock stellenw. minim braunfl. Ansonsten schönes Expl. + + + Achtung: Für unsere Kunden in Deutschland erfolgt der Versand in der Regel verzollt vierzehntäglich ab Deutschland. + Bankverbindung in Deutschland vorhanden. + Bitte fragen Sie uns an. Danke + + +.

Four volumes. 4to. in 2s. Some pages in two columns. vol. 1 : viii, [9]-286, [2] pp. 36 plates; vol. 2 : 284, [2] pp. 34 plates; vol. 3 : [6], 276 pp. 47 plates (1 map); vol. 4 : [2], 284 pp. 42 plates. The 4-vol. set contains 159 engraved plates, including maps, portraits, numerous antiquities, figures. Original full calf, gilt-rules, flat-back with elaborate gilt tooling creating the look of compartments, black and red gilt-stamped spine labels, marbled endsheets; joints starting, cords holding. Early bookplate of H; signature on title of J. Hinckes. Good. Compiled by Francis Grose, Thomas Astle and others. The fine 159 engraved plates are also supplemented with numerous figures. The miscellanea contained within may be a recipe (such as for apricot jam), biographies (such as of Sir John Oglander, Richard Cromwell, protector), of castles (Portchester Castle, Hampshire, Palace at St. David's, etc.) proverbs (poems), curiosities (such as "Spoon, boot, and glove of Henry VI in the possession of Christopher Dawson, Yorkshire), countryside spaces (such as Malcolm's Cross), etc. / "This Collection is meant as a Repository for fugitive pieces, respecting the History and Antiquities of this country. In the course of it care shall be taken to admit only such Views as may be depended on, and have never before been published, and which at the same time that they please the eye, shall represent some remains of Antiquary, some capital Mansion, or striking Prospect. The Portraits introduce to the public acquaintance only such Persons as have figured in one eminent station, or been remarkable for their abilities, stations, or accidents in life. And the Letter Press shall convey either original essays, or extracts from books, whole price and scarcity. . ." â" p. vii. / "Although spending time in both the regular army and militia, Francis Grose is best known as an antiquarian, compiling a number of volumes on the subject. He met the poet Robert Burns in 1789, who suggested that Grose include Allloway Kirk in his Scottish Antiquities. Grose agreed, on the condition that Burns provide a witchcraft story to go with the drawing. This story later developed into the famous Scots poem, Tam O'Shanter." â" National Galleries of Scotland.

The Athenian Letters, primarily written by Hardwicke and his brother Charles, enjoyed considerable vogue on the publication in 1781 of the second edition (a first edition of ten copies had appeared in 1741). The present item relates to a projected third volume of the 'Miscellaneous State Papers', the first two volumes of which had been published by Strahan and Cadell in 1778. John Topham (later Librarian to the Archbishop of Canterbury) and Thomas Astle worked together on the public records at Westminster. The present item is 1p, 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper adhering to reverse of blank second leaf. Folded three times. The letter reads: 'Dear Astle/ | Would You be so good, as to sound Mr Topham if It wd be inconvenient to Him to overlook the 3d Vol. of the State Papers, as He did the Athenian Letters? There is only one Part, in wch his Assistance will be wanted, & That I can fully instruct him upon in one or 2 Conversations. The Rest I can go thro my Self. Cadel is not so Ready at finding out Coadjutors as I expected One of his large Dealings wd be. - I must defer setting about the Work, till my Return to Town.' Postscript reads: 'Compts to Mrs A: & Fire-side.' From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.

Hardcover. Vol IV pp263-6: 4 engraved plates (pedigree). Uniform modern cloth, gilt-lettered. Complete set, limited to 1250 copies according to Bowyer's ledgers, with the later (distinctly rare, & invaluable) Index.

FIRST EDITION, occasional very faint foxing, woodcut portrait tailpiece of Gutenberg at end of Introduction, six tables in the text, 31 plates, of which four are printed on both sides (one in red, two in brown on verso), nine folding and seven partially hand-coloured, some light offsetting, pp. vii, xxv, 235 + 31 Plates, 4to, later calf, double fillet borders and corner leaf tools in blind to both panels, some surface abrasions, spine gilt lettered, red lettering piece, five raised bands hatched in blind with double fillet borders, small central lozenge tools in blind to empty compartments, spine rubbed with some surface loss, lower hinge rubbed with 5cm crack at foot but firm, all edges red, marbled endpapers, Walker & Son binders ticket and small modern bookplate (of the antiquarian bookseller Peter Stewart Young of Tillingham) to front pastedown, very good. Regarded by William Lowndes as the 'completest work on the subject of writing extant in this or any other language', 'The Origin and Progress of Writing' was considered 'an authoritative source for the history of writing well into the nineteenth century, and was last reprinted in 1876' (ODNB). Drawing from Astle's own extensive collection, the fine facsimile engravings were produced by Benjamin Thomas Pouncy, a draughtsman and engraver better known for his landscapes and topographical watercolours but whose work here is considered 'of exceptional quality' (ODNB). As described by Horace Walpole, 'In the paper office, there is a wight, called Thomas Astle, who lives like moths on old parchments' (letter to Rev. William Mason, Dec 21 1775 (Walpole's Correspondence, Yale Edition, 28.238)). Astle (17351803) was an archivist, antiquary, a noted collector of books and manuscripts, and a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society. In 1763 George Grenville, then prime minister and chancellor of the exchequer, nominated Astle alongside Sir Joseph Ayloffe and A. C. Ducarel to report on the public records held in the state paper office, which lead to a standing commission to superintend the materials held therein, and a similar commission to the same in the augmentation office. Subsequently, Astle was consulted by the House of Lords in regarding the publication of ancient parliamentary records, which resulted in the Lords' decision to publish the rolls of parliament - a slow undertaking, the six volumes of 'Rotuli parliamentorum, ut et petitiones, et placita in parliamento [12781503]' finally achieving publication in 1783, the same year that Astle was appointed Keeper of the Records. Astle amassed an outstanding private collection of charters, manuscripts and facsimiles as well as printed books, incorporating the collection of his father-in-law, the historian and clergyman Philip Morant, following Morant's death in 1770. On Astle's death, his manuscripts were offered to George Grenville, first Marquess of Buckingham and son of Astle's former employer, for the nominal sum of £500, thus forming the basis of the Stowe manuscripts collection now held by the British Library. (Lowndes I, 82; Alston III.850; ESTC T131273).

Second edition, "with additions". (viii), xxiv, 240 pp. 19th century maroon half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel and richly decorated to the others, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait and 32 plates, many folding and/or with some handcolouring. Slight wear and sunning to the spine, occasional browning to the plates, very good overall.