Sales catalogue: Quaritch

Date:
1873
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/17/7
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Quaritch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Shakespeare’s Plays and Poems, best Vari- orum edition, with Life, by Malone, 21 vols. 8vo. hf. bound neat, a cheap working copy, £5. 1821 Shakspeare’s Dramatic Works, Whittingham’s tions to the Seven Ages of Man, ete. green morocco, gilt edges, 21s Shakespeare’s Plays and Poems, with Life, with the Prefaces of Pope, Rowe, and John- son, 8 vols. 8vo. 3 portraits and 40 plates, by Smirke, Heath, and others, half calf gilt, 36s Sharpe (R. B.) Monograph of the Alcedi- nidee : or family of Kingfishers, roy. 4to. 120 beautifully colowred plates, (pub, £8. 8s) unbound, purple morocco eatra, gilt edges, £8, 8s 1868-71 Shaw’s Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages, 2 vols. impl. 8vo, coloured dale’s copy, £8. 88 Pickering, 1843 Shaw (H.) Illuminated Ornaments se- lected from Manuscripts and printed Books of Madden, LARGE PAPER, 60 plates finely illu- srinated in gold and colours, cloth, uncut, with very Nwumerons ADDITIONS and CORRECTIONS by Sir Frederick MADDEN, £8. 10s 1833 another copy, LARGE PAPER, 60 plates in gold and colowrs, mor. gilt edges, £7. 7s 1833 This is one of the most charming of Shaw’s beautiful publications, Shaw’s Specimens of Ancient Furniture, atlas 4to. LARGE PAPER, 74 plates, INDIA PROOFS, russia gill, £4. 48 1836 Shaw’s Travels to several parts of Barbary and the Levant, fol. plates, old calf gilt, 7s 6d 1738 Comprises the valuable graphical observations of a first class scholar. Shelley (G. E.) Handbook to the Birds of Egypt, royal 8vo. 13 colowred plates, cloth, 24s 1872 Shirley (W. W.) Catalogue of the original Works of John Wyclif, 8vo. cloth, 3s 6d Owford, 1865 Shore’s Notes on Indian Affairs, 2 vols. 8vo. hf. calf, 10s 1837 Contains very lucid observations, the result of long ex- of the District of Furrukhabad, on the Laws, Landed Tenure, Customs, and the Character of the people. Shropshire. EYTON (Rev. R. W.) Anrtr- guities of SHROPSHIRE, 12 vols. roy. 8vo. maps and numerous plates of Architectural Remains, Churches, Monuments,; Seals, etc. with Index of Persons and Places, and Glos- sary, in parts, £18. 18s 1854-60 —___— the same, 12 vols. in 6, stout royal 8vo. russia gilt, £23. /* 1854-60 Only 300 copies were printed. The intrinsic value of the book is immense, k ; greater combination of labour, ability and learning, ‘ Siam, le Royaume de, par M. A. Gréhan, impl. gvo. portrait of the King, and 9 photographs for sale, 10s 4to. bound, with Sir J. Bowring’s autograph, 368 Siamese. Caswell’s English Grammar, in Siamese, 8vo. bds. 5s - Bangkok, 1846 The author was assisted by ‘‘ His Royal Highness, Thun Kramom Fa Yai; and the introduction is by- H, R. H. Chau Fa Yai.” Sibly’s Illustration of the Occult Sciences: or the Art of foretelling future events, 2 vols. 4to. . plates and numerous astrological diagrams, calf, scarce, 30s _ 1790 Sicily. Caruso (G. B.) Memorir historiche di quanto é accaduto in Srcizra, dal tempo de suoi primieri Abitatori sino alla Coronazione del Re Vittorio Amedeo, SECONDA EDIZIONE aumentata e corretta sopra il Manuscritto dell’ autore, 3 vols. in 6, sm. folio, Italian vellum, rare, £2. 10s Palermo, 1742-45 The first edition of volumes I and II appeared in 1716, the above second edition was edited after the death of the author by Fr. Caruso, his brother, who also brought out the 4 concluding volames. A copy of the first edition, the only one mentioned by Brunet, fetched, 1840, 80fr. 50c. The work is very rare in England, no copy has been sold here for years. Sicily. Fazellus de rebus Siculis, eum notis et auctario ab Vito M. Amico et Stratella illus- trata, 3 vols. small folio, velliwin, 20s Catan, 1749-53 Sidney’s (Sir Philip) Works, 3 vols. 8vo, por- trait and plates, old calf ve-gilt, rare, £3. 3s : 1725 Sikhs. Connincuam’s History of the Sikhs, from the origin of the nation to the Battles of the Sutlej, 8vo. map, cloth, 7s &d 1849 Silvestre (I.) Vues des Villes et des Chasteaux, royal folio, 14 large folding plates, engraved by Le Pautre, old French calf, 30s Paris, 1667-73 The views include: Marmont, Metz, Verdun, Sedan, Mommedy, Stenay, Namur, Roses, Charleroy, etc, Silvestre et Paillet, Lettres, Chiffres et Armes, tirés des principales Bibliothéques de l’Europe, folio, 60 plates of Monograms, Al- phabets, and Arms, (pub. at £4. 4s) half morocco, £3. 3s Paris, 1866 Simeon [Charles M.] Entire Works, including the Hore Homiletice, Skeletons of Sermons, &c. edited with Copious Indexes by T. H. Horne, 21 vols. 8vo. (pub. £7. 7s) cloth, con- tents lettered, £6. 1855 Sinclair’s History of Public Revenue, 2 vols. 4to. hf. bd. 7s 6d 1790 Sinclair’s Observations on the Scottish Dialect, 8vo. bds. 3s 6d 1782 Sindhi. Eastwick’s Sindi Vocabulary, (Zng- lish-Sindi in two dialects) folio, 76 pp. litho- graphed, sd. 98 Bombau, 1848 Singalese. Chater’s Cingalese Grammar, 8vo. bds. 10s Colombo, 1815 Singer’s Researches into the History of Play- ing Cards; with illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood, 4to. numerous plates, some coloured, bds. £3. ; 1816 Siret (A.) Dictionnaire historique des Peintres de toutes les Ecoles, deuviime édition, revue et menugatée, thick royal 8vyo. with the Monograms, half morocco, 18s Payis, 1866